A new study shows that how we process information, in addition to party allegiances, can contribute to beliefs of vote ...

Why do so many young people have mental-health problems? The growing focus on students’ anxiety and depression, while well-intentioned, may be making psychological distress seem inevitable. Instead of ...

Some of this was projection. “We love an avatar more than a specific being,” Pettman writes, “a gestalt abstraction, lifted from all the love stories we’ve imbibed since childhood.” I wanted this guy ...

Today, in a cabinet meeting, U.S. secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claimed that there is a link between autism and circumcision. “There’s two studies that show children ...

Dylan Selterman, a scientist who works as an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins University department of psychological and brain sciences, and studies dreams, said there was no ...

In a first-ever initiative made possible by a $70,000 grant from Empire State Development (ESD), the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) BA in Psychology program brought 32 undergraduate ...

Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration and hotel information! NEW! This year’s program features six Integrative Science Symposia (ISS), each exploring complex scientific questions through ...

Chess is a fitting test bed for overconfidence research. “Both sides have access to the same universe of possibilities on the board in front of them,” said Patrick Heck, a researcher at the Consumer ...

Deadline for nominations for the 2025 cohort is October 1, 2025! Each nomination must be supported by two APS members: A primary nominator is responsible for submitting the nomination form and will be ...