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Student Notebook: Using Self-Regulation to Balance Commitments
“Understanding your goals, your motivation, and the tools available to you are key to handling everything on your plate,” writes doctoral student Beth Anne Hosek.
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The Nuclear Risk Research Gap
Nuclear war is one of the world’s greatest existential threats, so why isn’t there more psychological research on it?
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Do You Believe in Altruism?
Teaching: Researchers are beginning to understand altruism in new ways. This student activity highlights the real-world implications.
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Emily Finn on the Unique Patterns of Brain Activity
The Spence Award recipient talks about her research on individual variability in brain activity and behavior.
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A More Mature Approach to Credibility Is Needed to Build Trust in Science
In this interview, Brian Nosek touches on big takeaways from the SCORE program, how evidence from the program contradicts the 2025 executive order, and his vision for a more trustworthy scientific landscape.
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How Should Psychologists Use AI and Big Data? Nine Guides Point the Way
Practical tutorials, frameworks, and cautionary insights for researchers navigating this new terrain.
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How Effective Is Police De-Escalation Training?
De-escalation training is thought to be a solution for mitigating police violence. Could research on its effectiveness be improved?
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee William Brady on Blazing Your Own Research Path
The Spence Award recipient answered a few questions about his research on the interactions between human psychology and technology, the highlights of his career, and his practical advice for future researchers.
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The Therabot Is In: Categorizing Automation of Therapeutic Interactions
Teaching: Use these activities to help students reflect on the different categories of automation.
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Safeguarding Scholarship in Emerging Autocracies: Preview of an APS Convention Workshop
This article provides a preview of a workshop that will take place during APS’s Annual Convention in Barcelona. The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, 28 May 2026, 14:00–18:00.
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Ten Years Applying Psychological Science Inside the U.K. Government
APS President James Pennebaker’s fourth presidential column features Carla Groom, who discusses her training in psychological science to bring about real changes in the British government.
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The Biggest Threat to Online Data Collection Is Humans, Not Bots
Concerns about bots answering online surveys are exaggerated, but a new threat is emerging in artificial intelligence agents.
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Dorsa Amir on How Culture Shapes the Mind
The director of Duke University’s Mind & Culture Lab conducts research that sits at the intersection of culture, development, and cognition.
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Paul Ekman: Lives Touched
Ekman’s long-time collaborator and friend Robert W. Levenson gathers accounts from eight people who worked closely with the “larger-than-life” psychologist.
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How Kids Learn the Power of Persistence
Teaching: Lesson plans to teach students cutting-edge research on parenting and introduce feedback loops and expectancy-value theory.
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Focusing the APS Mission for the Future
The APS Board—working in partnership with staff and members—is aligning APS activities with four guiding pillars.
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The Unwritten Rules of Cultural Belonging in Academic Departments
Leher Singh discusses how power, privilege, and positionality thread themselves through the cultural ecology of academic life.
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Promises and Challenges of Working With a Multidisciplinary Team
Two researchers describe their experiences working on a multidisciplinary team during the development and implementation of an intervention designed to reduce intimate partner violence.
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This American Moment Calls for Psychologists to Think Differently
Stand Up for Science Founder Colette Delawalla shares what psychologists can uniquely offer to support science in the U.S. political sphere.
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Psychologists Are Seeking Alternative Research Support Amid Funding Uncertainty
Opportunities for students and early career researchers are dwindling as the U.S. political landscape shifts. How can researchers navigate these challenges?
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Mahzarin Banaji Is Probing the Black Box of LLMs
The former APS president asked ChatGPT to describe its implicit biases. Its answer steered her research in a whole new direction.
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All the Lonely (Middle-Aged) People, Where Do They All Come From?
Teaching: Why are U.S. middle-aged adults experiencing increasingly high levels of loneliness and depression? A three-part lesson brings this cutting-edge research into the classroom.
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Generational Shifts, New Methods, and the Future of Our Field
Psychological science has never been more societally relevant, says APS President James Pennebaker in his third presidential column.
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Six Psychological Scientists Receive 2026 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award
Each recipient has led trailblazing research, including on how our environments shape cognition, the brain’s ability to build models of the world and ourselves, and psychology’s interaction with technology.
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“Lesser of Two Evils”: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Move Beyond Self-Reports
Two researchers advocate for new AI-based measures not because they offer measurement free from error, but rather because they avoid specific problematic forms of error linked to overreliance on self-reports.
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Navigating Academic Careers Across Borders
During the 2025 APS Global Summit, the APS Student Caucus organized a roundtable session to bring together scholars with diverse international experiences to share insights on how to thrive in global academic landscapes.
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New APS Travel Award Will Support Early Career Scientists
The APS Early Career Scholar Travel Award is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Robert A. Baron in memory of Dr. Donn Byrne.
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Cutting Indirect Costs for Universities Impacts More Than Research
Incoming APS President Pamela Davis-Kean describes the role indirect costs play in the U.S. research landscape and the economies of university communities.
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Member Spotlight: Thora Bjornsdottir on How We See the World—And Each Other
APS Rising Star and lecturer at University of Stirling Thora Bjornsdottir discusses her research and work, funding challenges, and the importance and benefits of collaboration.
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2026 APS Teaching Fund Supports Multicultural Education and Career Pathways
Four psychology professors will receive funds to support new projects in early 2026. Projects will connect students with global research, help carve out career pathways, and provide networking opportunities.
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How to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research Lab
APS Fellow Julia Strand offers resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab.
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Data Sharing Is Growing but Looks Different for Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Quantitative and qualitative approaches face different challenges and expectations, particularly when it comes to data sharing.
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Teaching Metacognition in Humans Versus Artificial Intelligence
Teaching: Use this lesson plan to demonstrate to students that confidence is not equivalent to accuracy.
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Member Spotlight: Flavio Azevedo on the Search for a Globally Representative Science
This APS Rising Star and social psychologist researches the political psychology of ideological attitudes and integrating open science into higher education.
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Seeking Evidence of Altruism in Turbulent Times
Psychological research is showing that altruism does exist, an understanding that could lead to a more empathetic world.
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Are Psychological Scientists Overvaluing Significance?
Some scientists are hesitant to submit nonsignificant results to journals, citing reputation as a major factor.
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Student Notebook: AI As a Tool, Not As a Therapist
How do the advantages of using artificial intelligence for mental health stack up against its weaknesses?
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Life Is Better Remembered in Chunks
Teaching: Lesson plans aimed at helping students understand event segmentation and its role in memory.
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Nine Practical Guides to Support Your Research in 2026
The Observer has compiled a list of 2025 guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to support psychological scientists as they expand their toolboxes of research practices and methods.
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From Those Who Admired Them: Lives Lost
Remarks from colleagues about a few of the psychological scientists we said goodbye to this year.
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Collective Action Is Essential for Universities in Current Political Climate
In this Q&A, Richard Aslin shares his thoughts on the real meaning of “academic freedom” and why members of the higher education community have reason to be cautiously optimistic.
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A Life Devoted to the Science of Goodness
Ervin Staub recounts his life’s path from Holocaust survivor to pioneering social psychologist.
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Highlighting Posters From APS’s Second Annual Global Psychological Science Summit
Nine early career researchers share details about their research from posters featured in this year’s summit.
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Global Summit Brings Psychological Scientists Together for Second Year
More than 500 scientists from 35 countries gathered in late October for APS’s second Global Psychological Science Summit.
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The Ups and Downs of Feeling Good
Teaching: These lesson plans aim to help students make associations between positive-affect dynamics and mental and physical health.
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Science Startup Uses Simple Approach to Reduce Student Absenteeism
Todd Rogers and his startup company EveryDay Labs have a singular goal—reduce student absenteeism or bust.
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New Clinical Psychological Science Editor Aims to Break Down Barriers to Care
“A strong CPS paper is both meticulous and imaginative. Rigor and transparency are nonnegotiable—clear reporting, reproducible analyses, and careful reasoning remain the foundation of credible science.”
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Unearthing the Nature of Knowing
Research reveals how people process information, how they acquire—and sometimes reject—knowledge, and how that compares to artificial intelligence systems’ abilities to do the same.
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New AMPPS Editor Strives to Build on Legacy of Transparency and Accountability
At the start of the new year, Felix Thoemmes will take over APS’s journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS) as the next editor-in-chief. Thoemmes is an associate professor and chair in
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APS in Today’s World
“If APS is to thrive, we must come to terms with each of these issues,” writes APS President James W. Pennebaker in his second presidential column.
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Making Memory Research Mirror Real Life
Researchers are designing studies that better represent how memory works in daily life, leading to discoveries about how to intervene when it falters.
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Latest Cattell Sabbatical Researchers Will Focus on Animal Cognition, Child Development, and Emotion
Three researchers will receive support this year from the Sabbatical Fund Fellowship from the James McKeen Cattell Fund.
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How Genetics Methods Can Answer Intelligence Questions
Teaching: These lesson plans use genetic research to illustrate reliability and the distinction between correlation and causation.
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APS Honors 12 Psychological Scientists With 2026 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Scientists who have shaped our understanding of clinical cognitive neuroscience, mental health, and racial biases are among the 12 recipients of the 2026 APS lifetime achievement awards.
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Student Notebook: The Physics of Autistic Inertia
Hari Srinivasan describes the difficulty autistic people face in starting, stopping, or switching tasks, as well as how to manage this feeling of “inertia” as a graduate student.
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From Crisis to Opportunity: Where Psychological Scientists Can Find Foundation Support
As the U.S. government slashes research funding, philanthropic organizations emerge as vital partners.
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New Anti-Autocracy Handbook Aims to Give Power Back to Scholars
APS Fellow Stephan Lewandowsky and colleagues recently developed the Anti-Autocracy Handbook, designed to provide guidance to scholars navigating the growing global trend of democratic backsliding.
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Member Spotlight: Spike W. S. Lee on Morality, Politics, and Overcoming Stigma
This APS Rising Star and social psychologist studies political polarization, antiscience attitudes, and morality.
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Pandemic Led to No Prolonged Spike in Anxiety Levels in the U.S., Study Indicates
Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive online study spanning more than a decade.
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Cite the Good Cite: Building a Better Psychology Through Citations
Two psychological scientists outline the importance of citing work, strategies to improve citing decisions, and much more.
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Methodology Expert Ulf-Dietrich Reips Assumes Helm at PSPI
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, a pioneer in internet-based psychological research, assumes the leadership role at Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
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Facing the Storm, Reimagining Our Future
APS President James Pennebaker outlines a new initiative to modernize the organization.
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Community Peer Review Initiative in Psychological Science Has Launched
PCI Psychology, an emerging community within the broader Peer Community In framework that aims to transform peer review in academic publishing, is open for submissions.
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AMPPS Accepts First Manuscript From Innovative Peer Review System
The APS journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review.
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One Face, Many Places: The Development of Different Cortical Regions Responsible for Face Processing
Teaching: Use this lesson plan to teach students about the areas of the brain that interpret faces.
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Overturning Assumptions in Childhood Learning and Cognition
Researchers are finding out just how different—and adaptive—learning and memory can be early in life.
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Member Spotlight: 2025 APS Spence Award Recipient Chaz Firestone on the Foundations of Perception
This 2025 APS Spence Award Recipient discusses his research on the relation between perception and other cognitive processes.
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Science Counters Educational Inequality
Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them.
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Representation and Relevance: Diverse Scholars in Psychology
In this special edition of the Student Notebook, early-career scholars from across the APSSC community share their experiences navigating psychological science as diverse scholars.
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International Team Constructs Definition, Inventory of Questionable Research Practices
An international team of researchers has proposed an overall definition of QRPs and published a comprehensive list of them—as well as ways to detect and prevent them.
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APS Members Hit Capitol Hill to Advocate for Science
Under an APS pilot program, scientists and graduate students press lawmakers to fight research funding cuts.
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Speaking Up for Science: Comments From APS Lifetime Achievement Awardees
Read what some of the world’s leading psychological researchers have to say about the political turmoil befalling science and academia.
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Presidential Roundtable Explores DEI Across Borders
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are ideals that span the globe, but their implementation is anything but uniform, as scholars from Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States show.
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Snapshots From the 2025 APS Annual Convention
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From Memory and Plasticity to Collective Cognition and AI
Groundbreaking research on the mechanisms of emotional memory and brain plasticity, the dynamics of collective cognition, and psychological science’s intersection with artificial intelligence (AI) were all on display at the 37th APS Annual Convention in May.
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Resistance Is Futile: Teaching About Merging Selves In Close Relationships
Teaching: Explore these lesson plans on merging realities, goals, and selves in relationships.
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What Does the Future Hold for Psychological Science?
At the APS 37th Annual Convention, scientists shared their concerns about the challenges facing psychological science amidst a tide of funding stoppages and worrisome technological changes.
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Teachers Should Focus On the Impact, Not the Approach, Education Scholar Says
“I don’t care how you teach,” Hattie said in May at the 37th APS Annual Convention in Washington, DC. “I care about the impact of your teaching.”
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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Award Recipient Justin Minue Kim On the Science of Emotion
This Spence recipient’s interdisciplinary work examines the neurocognitive mechanisms of affective information processing and how they impact mental health.
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How Psychological Study Results Have Changed Since the Replication Crisis Began
A meta-analysis examines the progress scientific psychology has made in strengthening its practices and results.
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Student Notebook: A Graduate Student’s Guide to Transdisciplinary Research and Grant Writing
Learn how to structure your applications with clarity, purpose, and impact.
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A Different Image of Problematic Drinking
Teaching: Here’s a strategy to help students think critically about the state of the science on alcohol use disorder.
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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Awardee Julia Leonard on Celebrating Children’s Progress
This Yale University researcher discusses her efforts to understand children’s approach to learning.
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David Sbarra and the Impact of Social Connection on Public Health
The APS Fellow is taking a critical look at his pioneering research at the intersection of clinical and social psychology.
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Nine Early Career Researchers Join APS’s 2025 Cohort of Editorial Fellows
APS welcomes 10 researchers from across the globe to the second cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.
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Predicting Suicide
Researchers are exploring ways to gauge who is most at risk and help develop targeted treatments for their most vulnerable moments.
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How the Behavioral and Social Science Directorate at NSF Really Came to Be
Founding APS Directors Alan G. Kraut and Sarah Brookhart outline the effort to establish the NSF directorate and the power of direct and sustained engagement with policymakers across the U.S.
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Rachael Jack Looks Toward Future of Psychological Science as First Editor of Advances in Psychological Science Open
APS’s new journal will champion work that “dares to challenge convention” while upholding the highest standards of research integrity.
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Investigating Human-Like Processing in Large Language Models: A Glimpse into Findings from Early-Career Researchers
Scientists address fundamental questions on how LLMs relate to human language and thought.
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Science Explains How Children Best Learn Math—And Yes, Timed Practice Helps
A new report shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively when instruction combines conceptual understanding and timed practice.
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Culture is Bound to Shape Motor Development
Teaching: Introduce students to the concept of developmental cascades with this lesson plan about gahvoras, wooden baby cradles used in homes in Tajikistan.
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Are We Ready for the Next Public Health Crisis?
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are asking what we can learn to better prepare for future health crises.
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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Awardee Juan Del Toro on Exploring Identity and Discrimination
Del Toro’s research focuses on how socialization, discrimination, and identity shape development across the lifespan.
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2024 Cohort Reflects on First Year of APS Editorial Fellowship
The first cohort of editorial fellows share their experiences and advice for future fellows.
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The Interplay of Innateness and Statistical Learning in Language Acquisition
APS President Randi Martin talks with Elissa Newport about the insights she has gained from her research career.
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James Pennebaker and the Power of Physical Markers in Social Research
APS’s incoming president describes the lessons and impacts of his research in social psychology.
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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Awardee Gemma Sharp on the Prospects of Eating Disorder Research
Technological innovation and a focus on underrepresented groups are highlights of this Spence Awardee’s career thus far.
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Reclassifying Psychopathology
Researchers are looking for ways to better conceptualize mental illnesses and reflect the natural variance clinicians see in the consulting room, rather than rely on traditional categories.
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Student Notebook: Is the Clinical Psychology PhD Admissions Process Scientific?
Doctoral student Miranda Wood explores the flaws of the clinical psychology admissions process and the challenges prospective students face when applying for a spot in the coveted program.
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Tips for Estimating Power in Complex Statistical Models
David Cole and George Abitante present recommendations for using and interpreting power analyses.
