New directions in training students to gather, engage with, and communicate scientific information. … More
With the help of a grant from the APS Teaching Fund, students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are learning how to gather, evaluate, and disseminate psychological science on Wikipedia’s sister site… More
Barbara Tversky becomes Board President as Suparna Rajaram moves to Immediate Past President. Lisa Feldman Barrett steps in as President-Elect, and Vonnie C. McLoyd and Maryanne Garry begin terms as Members-at-Large… More
Courses can be designed to employ active learning experiences that combat the illusions and misconceptions students bring with them to the classroom… More
Scientists are asked to submit comments about a controversial policy change affecting research grants… More
Psychological researchers and other social scientists are warning about a possible problem with survey data being collected through Amazon Mechanical Turk… More
APS Fellow Carsten de Dreu, a professor of social and organizational psychology at Leiden University, has been awarded the Spinoza Prize… More
Research published in APS journals shows some of the strategies and traits associated with student success… More
Although there are benefits to studying the faults in airplanes that cause crashes, would it not be better to study the mechanisms that allow flight… More
Colleagues and friends reflect on the daring ideas, pioneering research, and deep generosity of a giant in the field of attention research… More
Building on a feature story from the January issue, scientists contribute additional opinions on the most replicated discoveries in psychological science… More
Clinical researchers and other scientists investigate computer algorithms that could lead to reliable measures of suicide risk… More
Duke University psychological scientist Gregory Samanez-Larkin has developed an accessible way to teach statistical analysis — having students examine data about their own health… More
Psychological scientists gathered in Paris, France to foster future research on teaching and learning psychology at the inaugural Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science… More
APS Fellows Nora S. Newcombe and Laura A. King will become editors of Psychological Science in the Public Interest and Perspectives in Psychological Science… More
APS President Barbara G. Tversky celebrates the impact of psychological science in art, engineering, and other domains… More
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Richard E. Mayer addresses the weak evidence for cognitive benefits attributed to computer games… More
“Reflecting on 5 Years of Teaching Current Directions” by C. Nathan DeWall and David G. Myers and “Teaching Students Why Warmth and Competence Matter” by Beth Morling… More
