Why do you teach the way you do? As psychological scientists, we are trained to use high-quality evidence when making… More

One of the themes of my work this year has been to encourage psychological scientists to actively engage in improving… More

In January, President Obama presented APS Fellows Julio Ramirez and Marigold Linton with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics… More

We all have our lucky charms. Whether it’s a four leaf clover, rabbit’s foot, or that “lucky” T-shirt we can’t… More

Psychological interventions to treat mental health issues have developed remarkably in the past few decades. Yet this progress often neglects… More

Wouldn’t life be easy if everything happened as we anticipated? Luckily we have the orbitofrontal cortex, the area of the… More

The University of Texas Limerick Committee article reminded me of our graduate student double-dactyl committee in the 1960s at the… More

Crankiness is a widespread phenomenon among academics. Some might even see it as distinctive of the trade, similar to absent-mindedness… More

New Years has come and gone. For many of us, so have our diet resolutions. Each year people turn to… More

David Peter McCabe, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on January 11, 2011… More

APS Fellow Andrew Baum died on November 22, 2010 at the age of 62. Baum was a distinguished professor and… More

The online magazine Slate has a largely political audience, so last May when it showed readers a picture of Barack… More

Years ago, in the early days of what’s now known as behavioral economics, researchers began to recognize that people often… More

As graduate students, we are indoctrinated to value those three little words: research, teaching, and service. Not the words you… More

In 1992, a team at the University of Parma, Italy discovered what have been termed “mirror neurons” in macaque monkeys… More