Tuesday, October 12, 2010

iPost: Current Directions in Psychological Science Table of Contents for 1 October 2010; Vol. 19, No. 5

This is one of my favorite journals for keeping "up" on research topics. Brief summaries that almost always are up to date 


Current Directions in Psychological Science Online Table of Contents Alert

A new issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science is available online:
1 October 2010; Vol. 19, No. 5

The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/vol19/issue5/?etoc


Articles
Sex Differences in Math-Intensive Fields
Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 275-279
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/275

From Scanner to Sound Bite: Issues in Interpreting and Reporting Sex Differences in the Brain
Cordelia Fine
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 280-283
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/280

Getting Lost in Buildings
Laura A. Carlson, Christoph Hölscher, Thomas F. Shipley, and Ruth Conroy Dalton
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 284-289
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/284

Sleep's Role in the Consolidation of Emotional Episodic Memories
Jessica D. Payne and Elizabeth A. Kensinger
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 290-295
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/290

Justification of Effort by Humans and Pigeons: Cognitive Dissonance or Contrast?
Thomas R. Zentall
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 296-300
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/296

Toward a Mentalistic Account of Early Psychological Reasoning
Yuyan Luo and Renée Baillargeon
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 301-307
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/301

New Approaches to the Study of Childhood Language Disorders
Susan Nittrouer and Bruce Pennington
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 308-313
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/308

The Form and Function of Social Development: Insights From a Parasite
David J. White
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 314-318
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/314

All in the Family: Comparing Siblings to Test Causal Hypotheses Regarding Environmental Influences on Behavior
Benjamin B. Lahey and Brian M. D'Onofrio
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 319-323
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/319

Toward a More Social Understanding of Achievement Goals: The Interpersonal Effects of Mastery and Performance Goals
P. Marijn Poortvliet and Céline Darnon
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 324-328
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/324

Computational Models as Aids to Better Reasoning in Psychology
Simon Farrell and Stephan Lewandowsky
Curr Dir Psychol Sci 2010;19 329-335
http://cdp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/329