Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 20, Number 1) Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Faces offer information that helps us navigate our social world, influencing whom we love, trust, help, and even judge as guilty of a crime. But to what extent does an individual’s face reveal the More

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 19, Number 3)Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Nearly everyone at one time or another has engaged in overeating, excessive spending, procrastinating, or falling into other self-defeating behaviors.  These behaviors reflect a failure of self-control — pursuing an option that is the most More

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 19, Number 2) Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) In the modern world, most problems—whether they be at work, at home, or in communities—require that teams work together to find solutions. Combining idiosyncratic knowledge of people to achieve common goals is the very More

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 19, Number 1) Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Reading is a fundamental necessity for acquiring knowledge and many of the skills that facilitate social, cultural, and political engagement. Illiteracy and insufficient literacy have many social and economic costs. Insufficient literacy might prevent people More

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 18, Number 3) Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Faced with outbreaks of influenza and other vaccine-preventable diseases, parents, educators, healthcare providers, and policymakers around the world often want to know how to persuade people to get their vaccinations. A comprehensive review of More

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 18, Number 2 ) Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) When people go to a clinician for mental-health assistance, the diagnostic process can often seem quite straightforward: Patients discuss their symptoms, and the clinician then matches those symptoms to a disorder and devises More