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Hot topics in ethics: Artificial intelligence

06 Friday Jun 2025

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“APA Ethics Committee members Drs. Lindsay Childress-Beatty, Laura Lamminen, Nancy A. Haug, and Heather Ciesielski take the stage at APA 2024 to address ethical questions related to the use of artificial intelligence—including dilemmas relevant to psychologists involved in education, applied practice, research, and practice.”

Rutu Modan and the Queen of the Scottish Fairies

11 Wednesday Sep 2024

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Rutu Modan, an illustrator and comic book creator, is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation. She has done comic strips for the Israeli newpapers Yedioth Acharonot and Ma’ariv and illustrations for The New Yorker, Le Monde, The New York Times and many other publications. Her first graphic novel, Exit Wounds, will be published in June. Ms. Modan, usually based in Tel Aviv, is currently in Sheffield, England. Queen of the Scottish Fairies is truly fun.

Rutu Modan – Queen of the Scottish Fairies

 

Some creative people have “unique brain connectivity”

10 Wednesday Apr 2024

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The latest research into creativity compares the brain function of exceptionally creative visual artists and scientists with a highly educated group.

Scientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan participants’ brains while they performed tasks that tested creative thinking.

The researchers found that the brains of exceptionally creative people worked differently and had a unique brain connectivity pattern compared to the control group

The study was published in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

Mayo Clinic Minute – Three things to remember when using Narcan in an emergency

14 Friday Apr 2023

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter (OTC) sales of Emergent BioSolutions Inc’s (EBS.N) Narcan, allowing for easier availability of the life-saving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.

The formal decision makes Narcan the first naloxone-based drug available without a prescription.

Emergent said it will make Narcan available on U.S. store shelves and online retailers by late summer.