Most graduate students in psychology are familiar with behaviors that reinforce anxiety — namely, avoidance, the use of safety behaviors… More

Ellen Frank has been recognized internationally for her clinical research on the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, including the… More

2014 was the first year in which Psychological Science authors were eligible to earn up to three badges in recognition… More

To submit a new book, email apsobserver@psychologicalscience.org. Processing Inaccurate Information: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational… More

With childhood obesity rates escalating, psychological scientists are using self-report measures, brain scans, and other methods to reveal how ads for unhealthy foods affect children’s minds — and their eating behaviors… More

James S. Jackson, an APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow and Director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the… More

1962: Enrolled as engineering student at Michigan State University (MSU) and later changed major to psychology 1968: Became National President of the… More

The message may seem ridiculously obvious: “If she doesn’t consent, or can’t consent, it’s rape.” So why does the White… More

Many of today’s developmental psychologists defend the hypothesis that “babies are smarter than we think” — a lot smarter than… More

Robert J. Sternberg received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Stanford in 1975 and went on to become IBM Professor… More

Kabir (1440–1518), the Indian mystic, asked, “Given both Guru [teacher] and Govind [God] standing in front of you, whom should… More

Just as advancements in technology have revolutionized the collection and measurement of data, new statistics offer an approach to analysis… More

Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, “Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science” offers advice and how-to guidance… More

Many psychological scientists who have conducted research for some time have a home or favorite funding agency. Mine is the… More

APS Fellows Randall Engle and Laurence Steinberg have been selected as recipients of the 2014 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for… More

Students applying to medical school in the US in the fall of 2016 will soon have to add psychological science… More

Catherine Lord, the DeWitt Senior Scholar and a professor of psychology in psychiatry and of psychology in pediatrics at Weill… More