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UK Research and Innovation: Future Leaders Fellowships
This fellowship supports researchers with outstanding potential who are transitioning to or establishing research independence, helping to develop their careers.
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Positive Outlook Predicts Less Memory Decline
The happier we feel, the less likely we are to experience memory decline.
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Access One of the Largest Health Data Resources Through the NIH All of Us Research Program
Researchers looking to access one of the largest biomedical and behavioral data resources can apply for access to the Research Hub of the All of Us Program, an initiative of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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The Psychology of Fact-Checking
APS Fellow/Author: Stephen J. Ceci Distortions and outright lies by politicians and pundits have become so common that major news outlets like the Associated Press, CNN, BBC, Fox News,and Washington Post routinely assign journalists and fact-checkers to verify claims made during stump speeches and press briefings. The motivation to uncover falsehoods and misleading statements taken out of context is laudable. But when it comes to real-world complexities, the trouble is that people often see different things when looking at the same event, a phenomenon repeatedly documented by psychologists.
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What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
... In the past few decades, Americans have broadened their image of what constitutes a legitimate romantic relationship: Courthouses now issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Americans are getting married later in life than ever before, and more and more young adults are opting to share a home rather than a marriage license with a partner. Despite these transformations, what hasn’t shifted much is the expectation that a monogamous romantic relationship is the planet around which all other relationships should orbit. ... A few decades after the erosion of romantic friendship began, Americans’ conception of marriage shifted.
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Forget Halloween. Children Are Frightening Year-Round.
Some parents don’t need spooky stories or horror movies. The real terror already lives within the walls of their homes. To be clear, I’m talking about little children. Kids can be incredibly eerie. They seem innocent but sometimes appear highly sophisticated. And when they communicate, it’s often in such a simple, uninhibited way that many adults find it unnerving. Especially when their children are talking about something unpleasant. ...
