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Mitochondria May Be Missing Link Between Mental Health and Brain Function
The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on statistical models, post publication, replication, and much more.
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2025 in Review: Revisiting Top Research From APS’s Journals
This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the world around us.
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Brain-computer Interfaces
They're especially useful for communicating with people who've lost the ability to speak or move their body. At the extreme, one brain-computer interface prototype can decipher imagined sentences, and comes with password protection to avoid revealing private thoughts. To understand more, Mihi is joined by University of Auckland Professor of Psychology Anthony Lambert.
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How to Build the Mindset Now Proven to Slow Ageing
... Dr Becca Levy, a professor of public health and psychology, lit the touchpaper of this research at the turn of the millennium. As a young graduate student, she had just spent a semester in Japan, thanks to a fellowship from the US National Science Foundation. The country was famous for its population’s extraordinary longevity and, immersing herself in its culture, she was struck by how much reverence the Japanese paid to their oldest citizens. Could the two be linked?
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A New Antidote for Youth Loneliness: Sharing Data About the Kindness of Others
The college years once ranked among the happiest times of most people’s lives, but that’s changed. Young adults face an escalating mental health crisis, fueled in part by loneliness. In 2023, 19% of young adults reported having no one they could count on, compared to less than 14% in 2006. When explaining this trend, it’s tempting to turn to stereotypes: phone-addled, self-obsessed kids these days have forgotten how to connect. A new study from our lab tells a different story. We surveyed thousands of students at Stanford University, where we both work, and discovered two different schools.
