When addiction research was in its infancy roughly a century ago, scientists dismissed substance abuse as a mere personality flaw… More

Once upon a time, I watched Dacher Keltner on the BBC series The Human Face and Lera Boroditsky on the… More

The 2014–2015 James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships have been awarded to Ara Norenzayan, Ione Fine, and Todd A. Kahan. Presented… More

In the classic Star Wars film franchise, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker kiss at least twice — before learning in… More

An innovative research-replication initiative has generated results that have important implications for eyewitness memory. The project confirms earlier findings that… More

At the 2014 APS Annual Convention, four researchers (as reported in the July/August Observer article “Exploring the Psychological Science of… More

October 2014 Student Notebook Announcements Student Research. Are you in the initial development stages of your research? Apply for the… More

Despite the availability of effective evidence-based treatment, about 40% of individuals with serious mental illness do not receive care, and… More

Research, in the early stages, is a generative process; results can be conflicting, messy, and difficult to interpret, but that… More

Some of the most historic experiments in psychology used methods that today are consider unethical, if not cruel. So do they still belong in textbooks? … More

No, the recent Facebook mood-manipulation flap is not the reason — but more on that later. A recent government initiative… More

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

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To submit a new book, email apsobserver@psychologicalscience.org. Neurobiology of Social Behavior: Toward an Understanding of the Prosocial and Antisocial Brain… More

What do undergraduates think about how creative ability develops? It seems like a simple question, but it led to a… More

Traditionally, researchers in different fields have banded together, leading to ever-evolving but separate lines of work. However, there is now… More

APS William James Fellow Brenda Milner has received the 2014 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. Milner is a neuropsychologist at McGill… More