Research Topic
APS Research Topics: Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Psychological scientists have done extensive research on Alzheimer’s Disease, different types of dementias, and the aging brain.
In recognition of 2022’s Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, we invite you to browse the collection of previously published articles, features, and news stories on this research, including articles on caregivers’ emotional empathy and mental health, how schooling is critical for cognitive health throughout the lifespan, using driving to detect and study dementia, and more.
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Government Research, Funding, and Policy
New Report Finds “Gaps and Variation” in Behavioral Science at NIH
Urged by Congress, study sets out steps to improve field’s role at agency
A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) report emphasizes the importance of behavioral science in improving health, observes that support for these sciences at NIH is unevenly distributed, and makes recommendations for how to improve their support at the agency. APS had called for the report in conversations with policymakers as an important step toward growing behavioral science’s role at NIH.
