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The Monitor on Psychology (2020, 51(7),p. 38) reported on APA’s recommendations for police reform: 1) Promote community policing, 2) Ban chokeholds and strangleholds, 3) Invest in crisis intervention teams, 4) Increase the number of mental health professionals in law enforcement agencies, 5) Involve psychologists in multidisciplinary teams to implement police reforms, 6) Encourage partnerships between mental health organizations and local law enforcement, 7) Discourage police management policies and practices that can trigger implicit and explicit biases, 8) Strengthen data collection, 9) Bolster research.

A longitudinal study of 920 kindergarten boys ages 5 and six found that those who were inattentive and distractible earned less at ages 35 and 36 than those who were sympathetic and inclusive of others. (In brief. Distractible boys. Monitor on Psychology, 2019, 50(5), p. 17) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Lee Radziwill: Everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven’t are either liars or narcissists. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Sibling bullying is more likely in families with three or more children. Bullies are more likely to be first borns and older brothers. (In brief. Sibling bullying. Monitor on Psychology, 2019, 50(5), p. 16) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

COVID-19 has crept into our dreams. It has increased our dreaming and our memory for our dreams. It has impacted the content of our dreams, making them COVID-19 relevant. (Neilson, T. (2020). Infectious dreams. Scientific American, 323(4),30-35) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

People in all disciplines seem to come up with their most creative ideas and best problem solving when their minds are wandering off-topic and they are not working on a problem. (In brief. “AHA!” moments. Monitor on Psychology, 2019 50(5), p. 16) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

A recent study in Science Advances suggested that a complex pattern of brain activity detectable by fMRI underlies human consciousness. This finding offers promise for a new method of defining and detecting human consciousness. (In brief. Detecting conscious signals. Monitor on Psychology, 2019, 50(5) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Lawyer Clarence Darrow: The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the second half by our children. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

The use of moral rather than economic arguments is more likely to convince an employer to address a social issue. (In brief. Corporate Morality. Monitor on Psychology, 2019, 50(5), pp. 12-13) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Author Douglas Adams: If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it can not afford to have is a sense of proportion. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com