Current Issue
May/June, 2013
Cover Story
Claiming Credit in the Interdisciplinary Age
These days, the term “credit crisis” invokes thoughts of Wall Street and financial debt. But in the scientific enterprise, structural changes are affecting core issues of intellectual credit and indebtedness ... More>
Observer Article
The History Corner: The Galvanometer
The mirror galvanometer is one of several instruments used for measuring small amounts of electrical current. Its use in psychological research led to greater understanding of the physiological underpinnings of ... More>
Observer Article
Then and Now: APS Conventions
Then: The First APS Convention: 1,000 Strong The following appeared in the July 1989 Observer. In what one attendee called a “psychology Woodstock,” over a thousand psychological scientists and scientist-practitioners ... More>
Observation
Special Neuroscience Issue
The April issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science is a special neuroscience edition, synthesizing the latest research in this cutting edge field. The articles in this issue detail neural ... More>
Presidential Column
Opportunities for Psychological Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse
The fiscal year 2008 federal budget for research and development did not keep pace with inflation for the fourth consecutive year. The budget for research and development at the National ... More>
