Cover Story
Using Sound to Get Around
Much like bats and marine mammals, humans show a remarkable ability to navigate their surroundings by bouncing sound waves off objects, psychological science reveals. This human echolocation, says researcher Lore Thaler, is spurring new insights into neuroplasticity.
Presidential Column
APS and Open Science: Music to Our Ears
How is the long path to open science similar to the trajectory of a classic rock band? In this guest presidential column, APS Executive Director Emeritus Alan G. Kraut looks… More>
A Brief History of Psychological Science
It’s been an eventful quarter century at Psychological Science. A year-long commemoration of the journal’s silver anniversary concludes with a look back at major milestones, including the launch of an… More>
Redefining Fear
Joseph E. LeDoux equates emotional experience — particularly fear — with soup. Like the medley of ingredients we add to broth, fear encompasses a mix of brain arousal, body feedback,… More>
Making Sense
The language we speak, the families we grow up with, and the genes we are born with all shape the way each of us understands the world. A panel of… More>
Remembrance
Remembering Wendell E. Jeffrey
Psychological scientists celebrate the life of a mentor who worked at the forefront of research on infant perception and who had a remarkable knack for recognizing budding scholars’ potential. More>
Rajaram, Weber Among APS Fellows Elected to Society of Experimental Psychologists
APS Board Member Suparna Rajaram of Stony Brook University and APS Past Board Member Elke U. Weber of Columbia University are among eight psychological scientists recently elected to the Society… More>
Examining the Mechanics of Different Types of Choice
Observations about how people make seemingly random choices have helped Maya Bar-Hillel develop a living framework to classify simultaneous choices.
More>Showcasing Psychological Science: A Conference for High School Students and Teachers
College faculty came together to create a conference showcasing psychological science and pedagogy for high school students and teachers in Indiana.
More>Jeb Bush Was Wrong: There Are Many Careers for Psychological Scientists
The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology and APS have partnered to develop a mentorship database that helps junior scientists connect with more established peers.
More>Changing the Climate on Climate Change
Researchers draw on psychological science to provide five actionable strategies for improving public policy and decision making on climate change.
More>Satiated, Stuffed, and Spatially Impaired?
New research suggests that a few days of high-fat, high-sugar eating — say, Thanksgiving followed by a weeks’ worth of leftovers — may impair a specific cognitive function: spatial recognition.
… More>Reducing Intergroup Conflict Through Contact
In a 2015 meta-analysis, psychological scientists examined the effectiveness of intergroup contact at reducing ethnic prejudice.
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