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Center for Evolutionary Psychology - Research center directed by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, University of California, Santa Barbara. Suggested reading, evolutionary psychology primer, full-text articles, and ...

University of Florida Department of Psychology - The area of Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) functions within the Department of Psychology to provide instruction and training, and to conduct research. Students are offered instruction and mentorship from faculty and affiliated faculty, and may choose to emphasize programs of study and research in various areas of behavior analysis including behavioral pharmacology, choice, developmental disabilities, behavioral medicine, and instructional technology, among others. Research laboratories are located both on and off campus and involve applied and basic research with humans and nonhumans.

Princeton University - Research facilities include access to extensive databases, as well as hard-copy resources dealing with architecture, area studies (African, African-American, Jewish, Latin ... bisexual, and transgender studies, history, industrial relations, rare manuscript, music, numismatics, philosophy, plasma physics, psychology, public administration, public and international affairs, population research, public policy, theatre, the United Nations, United States government documents, Western Americana, and women's studies. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

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Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria's Best-Loved Driving Tours : Dr. Amina Memon is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. She has a first-class degree in psychology (1982) and a Ph.D. in psychology (1985). Her main areas of expertise are social and cognitive psychology. Dr. Memon has published widely on topics such as the investigative interviewing of child witnesses, police interviews, face recognition, eyewitness identification, the performance of elderly witnesses, false memories and jury decision making. Between 1991 and 1997. Dr. Memon conducted extensive psychological research on procedures for interviewing child witnesses for the purpose of obtaining complete and accurate witness reports.

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life : In a remarkable book that does for time what "Blink" did for snap judgments, "New York Times"-bestselling author Zimbardo and research partner Boyd combine scientific and popular psychology, self-help advice, and social commentary into a big think guide for living today.

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Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior : Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, reveal the hidden psychological forces that drive irrational behavior.

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