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The Military Budget Grows Bigger and Bigger

Lead editor and an author of 'Preventing War and Promoting Peace', William H. Wiist, outlines his argument on why health professionals (including psychologists) need to make research and policy advocacy for federal budgets that empahsize domestic programs a priority in their work.

William H. Wiist | 28 Aug 2018

What our outrage over child separation tells us

Hundreds of children still haven’t been reunited with their parents after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Many of us are outraged. This sense of outrage tells us that something is wrong. And...

Robert W. Heimburger | 21 Aug 2018

Play Ball! A Look at the Relationship Between Perception and Performance

Baseball season is here! I’ve always enjoyed watching baseball; I even tried playing softball a few times in graduate school. But something always struck me as odd. No matter what, every time it was...

Wendy Heath | 13 Aug 2018

Inventing the Opera House

The opera house is one of the most successful new building types of modern times. Found all over the world, opera houses usually have three major features: private boxes stacked vertically around an open,...

Eugene J. Johnson | 8 Aug 2018

Acceptance of Complexity in Psychotherapy

Dr. Mardi Horowitz discusses the concepts in his book Adult Personality Growth in Psychotherapy

Mardi Horowitz | 2 Aug 2018

Why Is Strategic Conservation Important?

Why Is Strategic Conservation Important? In an Interview, Robin Murphy, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, The Conservation Fund asks Will Allen & Kent Messer, Authors of The Science of...

Will Allen, Kent Messer | 2 Aug 2018

Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

Cambridge University Press Commisioning Editor Emily Hockley joins Imagining Shakespeare's Wife author Katherine West Scheil before her book launch at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Katherine West Scheil | 31 Jul 2018

Body Positive: What We Wish We Knew Back Then

When we started studying body image, between 14 and 20 years ago, we had a personal interest in the topic.  In some ways, the work has become less personal across time and in some ways it has become more...

Meghan Gillen, Elizabeth Daniels, Charlotte Markey | 27 Jul 2018

Research Reveals Benefits of Experiencing Nature

As the temperature rises and the days get longer, I am reminded that many researchers have demonstrated the advantages of experiencing the outdoors. For example, Bratman, Daily, Levy, and Gross (2015)...

Wendy Heath | 19 Jul 2018

Intellectuals, Totalitarianism, and “Post-Truth Culture”

Did we, as intellectuals, perhaps unwittingly, play a role in preparing the ground for what is now called “Post-truth Culture”?

Ralph Ellis | 16 Jul 2018

Deportation and the Trump Administration

The outcry over the Trump Administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents has been overwhelming. The widespread criticism led to the President’s executive order halting the...

Bill Ong Hing | 3 Jul 2018

How Much of You is Reflected in Your Close Relationships?

Cambridge author Stanley Gaines, Jr. discusses how much of an influence your partner can have on your own personality.

Stanley O. Gaines, Jr | 28 Jun 2018