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neW Journal edItor Exploring the notion of ‘lifespan’ The new editor of Psychology of Aging will tackle a broader age range. B Y B ETH A ZAR Mayr will also work to maintain the ognitive psychologist Ulrich interdisciplinary flavor of the journal, Mayr, PhD, can’t help but think publishing articles that cover a broad about psychology through the spectrum of research across all areas lens of the lifespan. He spent his graduate of psychology. “This is something that school years under the wing of lifespan I cherish, both in my work and as an researcher Paul Baltes, PhD, at the Max editor,” he says. Planck Institute of Human Development In fact, Mayr doesn’t plan many in Berlin, Germany, and it’s now part changes to Psychology of Aging. of his identity to integrate questions of Submissions have been on a steady aging into most of what he does. increase over the years, and he feels that Now a professor of psychology at the he’s in a position to increase the journal’s University of Oregon, Mayr feels right Dr. Ulrich Mayr prestige by focusing on papers that will at home as the new editor of Psychology have the biggest influence on the field. of Aging. “I know the field very well,” he He’d also like to pull together some special issues, and he says. “Even as I’ve branched into other areas of research, I’ve welcomes ideas from readers. “Special issues typically do very kept a lifespan perspective.” well and garner a lot of interest,” he says. “They’re a good As Mayr begins accepting manuscripts in January, he would vehicle to bring things that are not necessarily at the center of like to see a broader range of ages represented in the journal’s a field into greater focus, or to allow the field to take stock of articles, not just old age as it compares with college students. where it’s headed.” n “In the cognitive domain, for example, the aging process starts at 25,” he says. “What happens between 25 and 45? We Beth Azar is a writer in Portland, Ore. don’t see many studies focused there.” DeceMber 2011 • Monitor on psychology 81 C

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - December 2011

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Willpower Pioneer Wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize
Single-Sex Schooling Called Into Question by Prominent Researchers
Maternal Depression Stunts Childhood Growth, Research Suggests
For Boys, Sharing May Seem Like a Waste of Time
Good News for Postdoc Applicants
In Brief
Treatment Guideline Development Now Under Way
Government Relations Update
Psychologist Named Va Mental Health Chief
The Limits of Eyewitness Testimony
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Deconstructing Suicide
Questionnaire
A Focus on Interdisciplinarity
A Time of ‘Enormous Change’
The Science Behind Team Science
Good Science Requires Good Conflict
A New Paradigm of Care
Speaking of Education
Science Directions
New Labels, New Attitudes?
Psychologist Profile
Early Career Psychology
Unintended Consequences
Better Options for Troubled Teens
Saving Lives, One Organ at a Time
New Journal Editors
APA News
Division Spotlight
Guidelines for the Conduct of President-Elect Nominations and Elections
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011