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Why Is Economic Inequality the Status Quo?
The latest PSPI issue examines the political psychology of economic inequality and highlights the cognitive processes that sustain high levels of inequality across nations.
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APS Announces Winners of the 2026 Student Poster Awards
Read the personal stories behind some of the best student posters accepted for the APS Convention 2026, 28–30 May, in Barcelona, Spain, as selected by reviewers for the three categories of awards.
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APS issues statement on the Proposed Elimination of the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
APS issued a statement urging Congress and the White House to work together to ensure the sustained continuity of research, education, and training.
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APS Statement on Disruptions to NSF Leadership
In April, the Administration dismissed all 22 seated National Science Board members—the independent, Congressionally mandated oversight body—leaving the National Science Foundation without its Board and a confirmed Director. APS sent a letter urging the Senate
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sampling of recent content covering AI, socialization, inequality and more.
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A Child’s Environment May Shape How Their Brain Solves Problems
The findings may have implications for the classroom, as well as for broader efforts to reduce socioeconomic disparities in children’s academic outcomes.
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2026 Editorial Fellows Bring Diverse and Global Perspectives
APS welcomes nine psychological researchers to the third cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.
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Fourteen APS Fellows Elected to Two Prestigious Organizations in 2026
APS Fellows, Charter Members, and award winners have been elected to both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 2026 elections.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
New content covering, empathy, altruism, artificial intelligence, and more.
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Why Is It Hard to Fully Enjoy Positive Moments?
Researchers explore how dampening, defined as minimizing positive emotions, can relate to depression symptoms in a new study.
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APS Responds to FY 2027 Presidential Budget
APS sent a letter to congress urging them to preserve the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the National Science Foundation.
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For Young Adults, Recollection of Alcohol Addiction May Differ From Reality
When young adults are asked to recall their drinking habits, their recollections may not always match what actually happened in their day-to-day lives, a new study suggests.
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The New Midlife Crisis: Mental and Cognitive Health in Middle-Aged Americans Is Declining
Research has shown that nations with more income inequality, including the United States, have higher levels of loneliness.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sampling of recent content covering Large Language Models & AI, statistical methods, culture and more.
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AAAS Names 13 APS Psychological Scientists as 2025 Fellows
The 13 psychological scientists listed below account for all but one of the individuals in the Section on Psychology.
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2026 Estes Fund Unlocks New Skills With Mathematical Workshops
Two summer schools focused on skills for cognitive modeling and mathematical psychology will each receive $20,000 grants through this year’s Estes Fund.
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Is Information or Motivation to Blame for Partisan Beliefs?
What we believe is determined by more than just the facts we are exposed to, according to a new study in Psychological Science.
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How the 2008 Recession Shifted Class Identity
A new study explores how the economic and social class of Americans changed after the Great Recession.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles covering substance abuse, psychopathology, bias, and much more.
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Six Psychological Scientists Receive 2026 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award
Each recipient has led trailblazing research, including on how our environments shape cognition, the brain’s ability to build models of the world and ourselves, and psychology’s interaction with technology.
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Even Nonmusicians Pick Up on Music’s Context
“Our brains can use the information in the music that’s in front of us in really cool ways. Even when we aren’t specifically trained to play music, we still pick up enough of it just walking around, listening.”
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Winners Announced for the APS Share Your Science Competition
The winning videos included research on economic stressors, language processing in bilingual speakers, interactive learning, and more.
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Dissociation Is Not the Coping Mechanism It’s Assumed to Be
A new study highlights that most adults experience little to no dissociation, but it is frequently present in clinical populations, particularly people with dissociative disorders, PTSD, and BPD.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent research covering language, friendships, misinformation, and more.
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New APS Travel Award Will Support Early Career Scientists
The APS Early Career Scholar Travel Award is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Robert A. Baron in memory of Dr. Donn Byrne.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles covering longitudinal designs, gender identity, research models, and more.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
Recent content covering gender bias, artificial intelligence, creativity, socialization, and much more.
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Cannabis May Help Some Communities Cope with Gun Violence
A new study examines the role of cannabis on the well-being of street-identified Black Americans in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Across Cultures, People Combine Reference Frames to Orient Themselves
A 2025 study explores allocentric and egocentric references and whether the two can be integrated simultaneously in a single action.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of articles covering anxiety, adolescence, mental health interventions, and much more.
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U.S. Science Funding Update: National Science Foundation
Science policy advocacy requires a sustained effort and the active involvement of many voices. Through APS, you can continue to help shape the future of science and ensure that psychological science is a priority.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles covering overconfidence, rationality, sexual identity, and much more.
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Mitochondria May Be Missing Link Between Mental Health and Brain Function
The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on statistical models, post publication, replication, and much more.
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2025 in Review: Revisiting Top Research From APS’s Journals
This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the world around us.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles covering social integration, new insights on mental health care, memory and more.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles in Clinical Psychological Science. Covering depression, emotional regulation, self control, and more.
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Simine Vazire Awarded 2025 Einstein Foundation Individual Award
The editor-in-chief of Psychological Science is recognized for promoting quality in research.
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How Language Shapes Mental Health
The impacts of language on depression and anxiety symptoms in Japanese English bilingual people are explored in a new study from Clinical Psychological Science.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles including research on gender equality, racial equality, misinformation, and much more.
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2025 Mentorship Cohort Includes Nearly 100 Members From 15 Countries
This year’s cohort includes 43 mentors and 56 mentees, representing 15 countries, including Australia, Spain, Taiwan, and Cameroon.
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Could Psychotherapy Work by Changing How We Navigate Our Own Minds?
According to researchers in a 2025 study, becoming aware of unrecognized psychological and behavioral challenges is the most crucial mechanism in conversation-based psychotherapy.
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The Risky Choices of Modern Life
A new study compiles an inventory of the 100 most common risky choices of everyday life, creating a framework that scientists can use to study risk and uncertainty in the modern world.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on whether truth pays, questionable research practices, the DECIDE Framework, and much more.
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Global Summit Brings Psychological Scientists Together for Second Year
More than 500 scientists from 35 countries gathered in late October for APS’s second Global Psychological Science Summit.
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Unconscious Cognitive Processes May Fuel Election Fraud Beliefs
A new study shows that how we process information, in addition to party allegiances, can contribute to beliefs of vote tampering.
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APS Comments on U.S. Government Shutdown and Science
Read APS President-Elect Pam Davis-Kean’s full statement on the potential government shutdown.
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Is Overconfidence Avoidable?
New research examines overconfidence among tournament chess players to investigate if it is prevalent in an environment that should discourage it.
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Pro-Climate Sentiments Are More Common Than You Think
A new study highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception.
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Like Likes Like: Partner Preferences May Be Explained by Genetics
A new study suggests that assortative mating, where partners choose a mate like themselves, can be explained by looking at inheritance of traits and the corresponding preferences for those traits.
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Does Meditation Come With Side Effects?
A new study examines the extent of adverse effects for those who meditate and pinpoints those most at risk of experiencing them.
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A Common Cognitive Bias Gets a Name, Definition
Doubling-back aversion—defined as the tendency for an individual to forego taking an easier or faster route when it involves retracing steps they’ve already taken on an alternate route—is defined in a new study.
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How Our Brains Grasp Faces
Podcast: In this episode, cognitive scientists Rebecca Saxe of MIT and Heather Kosakowski join host Scott Sleek to discuss their groundbreaking findings about the development of the brain’s face-processing network.
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The Cost of Efficiency: Exploring Doubling-Back Aversion
Podcast: Why do we avoid retracing our steps—even when it helps us reach our goals faster? Under the Cortex explores.
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Why Ethnic Minorities Prefer Strong Leaders
A new study provides a potential explanation for ethnic minorities shifting their voting preferences to the political right.
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Time Warped: How Repetition Distorts Our Sense of Duration
Podcast: This guest’s research uncovers a surprising illusion: Repeated experiences, which are more vividly remembered, are often perceived as having occurred further in the past than they did.
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Teresa Bajo Receives Prestigious Award From Psychonomic Society
APS Board Member Teresa Bajo has been honored with the Psychonomic Society’s Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals for their significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology.
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Two Maps In the Mind: How the Brain Stores What We Know About Others
Podcast: Why does the brain use two different reference systems to encode social knowledge? Under the Cortex explores.
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How Dance Develops In Children
A new review explores how dance develops in early childhood and how studying the emergence of dance can reveal the development of auditory perception and musical memory.
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Bridging Research and Editorial Vision: A Conversation With Arturo Hernandez
Arturo Hernandez, Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and editor for Perspectives on Psychological Science, joins Under the Cortex to reflect on the dynamic relationship between scientific discovery and scientific communication.
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Real-Time Research: How the Experience Sampling Method Is Changing Psychology
Podcast: New research outlines ten key design and implementation considerations for ESM studies, helping researchers apply this method with clarity, rigor, and real-world relevance.
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Nine Early Career Researchers Join APS’s 2025 Cohort of Editorial Fellows
APS welcomes 10 researchers from across the globe to the second cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.
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Why People See Their Pets as Family Members
Declining fertility rates and our biological drive to nurture may explain the rise of “dog parents.”
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Over a Dozen APS Fellows Elected to Two Prestigious Scientific Organizations in 2025
A long list of APS Fellows, award winners, and members have been elected to both the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 2025 elections.
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How Donating Can Help Manage Depression Symptoms
Donating is thought of as a selfless act. But new research suggests people who regularly give away their money might also be cashing in on a reward: earning a more positive outlook.
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Why Do Emotions Hijack Our Decisions? The Neuroscience of Impulsivity
Podcast: Why do some people struggle to control their actions when emotions run high? What happens in the brain when impulsive decisions take over? Why do some brains lose control under high arousal, while others stay composed? Under the Cortex explores.
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Beyond Words: Why TalkBank is Crucial for Spoken Language Research
Podcast: Most linguistic datasets focus on written text, but what about the way we actually speak? TalkBank, the world’s largest open-access repository of spoken language, is helping researchers understand everything from child development to dementia, bilingualism, and even classroom learning.
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Science Explains How Children Best Learn Math—And Yes, Timed Practice Helps
A new report shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively when instruction combines conceptual understanding and timed practice.
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Exploring Emerging Adulthood Among Ovambo Namibians
A new study looks at how young Namibians reach adulthood, broadening the understanding of this life stage in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ensuring Research Validity: A Checklist for Stronger Science
Scientific credibility depends on valid research. But with growing concerns about replication failures and questionable research practices, how can scientists ensure their findings stand up to scrutiny? Under the Cortex explores.
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Image-Based Memory May Heighten Symptoms of PTSD
Using imagery can help people keep their memories vivid for longer, but for those with PTSD, a strong sense of imagery could be harmful.
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Young Minds, Smart Strategies: How Children Decide When to Use External Memory Aids
Podcast: Do young children prefer to rely on their memory, or do they take the easier route and use external aids like lists and reminders? Under the Cortex explores.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on motivation and pleasure deficits, rural suicide, the role of affective cognition in trauma and PTSD-related drinking, and much more.
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Understanding Addiction: A General Liability or Unique Disorder?
Podcast: Is there a single explanation that accounts for all addictive behaviors, or is the reality more complex? Under the Cortex explores.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on preprocessing experience-sampling-method data, noise versus signal, validity and transparency in quantifying data, and much more.
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Worse Weather Pushes People to Social Media
New research shows that people post more on social media when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the United States.
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Mastery of Language Could Predict Longevity
A recent study has linked longevity specifically to verbal fluency, the measure of one’s vocabulary and ability to use it.
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Addressing Selection Bias in Disparities Research
Podcast: This episode explores how non-representative samples can influence study conclusions and highlights solutions for strengthening study validity.
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Searching for Structure and Purpose in Disordered Behavior
New articles in Perspectives on Psychological Science explore the nature of “noise” in human behavior.
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Untangling Mental Health Disparities in Bisexual Young Adults
Researchers break apart monoliths to find out why bisexual people are more burdened by mental health challenges than gay or lesbian people.
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Beyond Focus: How Attention Shapes Learning Differently for Children and Adults
Podcast: This episode explores whether children’s weaker selective attention is a hidden strength by addressing findings on attention, memory, and childhood learning.
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Examining How Personality Type Influences Symptoms of Depression
Unique personality traits could be affecting how individuals manage their experience of depression.
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APS Calls for Bipartisan Support for Psychological Science
On February 7, 2025, APS began sharing a statement with federal lawmakers, encouraging them to sustain the bipartisan investment in scientific research.
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Seven Psychological Scientists Honored With 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award
The seven recipients are honored for cutting-edge research on topics ranging from the neurocognitive mechanisms of information processing to the connections between psychopathology and addiction.
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A Message to APS Members
The following email was sent to APS Members on February 11, 2025.
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Dosage Dilemma: Unpacking Meditation App Science
Podcast: In this episode, host Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum teams up with Simon Goldberg from the University of Wisconsin to explore a critical question: “How does the “dosage” of meditation app use impact mental health outcomes?
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Understanding the Mechanisms Behind Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
A new paper in Clinical Psychological Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as an effective option and explores how it may work.
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Resilience in Black Americans Spans Multiple Levels of Support
A new study shows that supports at the individual, relational, and community levels work together to foster resilience, expanding notions of mental health interventions.
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Exploring Decision Making in People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD can be treated, but people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. A recent study theorized that decision making could be, at least partly, to blame.
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The Hidden Cost of Caregiving: Stress, Anxiety, and Coping Mechanisms
Podcast: Under the Cortex features Michael Kramer from the University of Zurich to discuss how, as individuals step up to provide care for loved ones in need, they face their own mental health challenges.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on the importance of life skills and civic science, the psychology of secrecy, how we use our imaginations to condemn and condone, and much more.
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2024 in Review: 10 Most Popular Articles from APS Journals
Podcast: How do the five love languages hold up to empirical research? How does gender equality vary by country globally? Tune in to hear highlights from last year’s most popular research.
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June Gruber Welcomes Research with Societal Impact as New Editor of Current Directions in Psychological Science
Gruber plans to highlight a diversity of scientists and global discoveries in her new role.
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Building Bridges: Exploring Cooperation in Children
Podcast: In this episode, we speak with Patricia Kanngiesser from the University of Plymouth about how children learn to navigate teamwork.
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Unraveling the Power and Influence of Language
The study of framing effects is a multidisciplinary line of research that investigates when, how, and why language influences those who receive a message and how it impacts their response. This science is in the spotlight in the latest issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
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Singles Differ in Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction Compared to Partnered People
New research finds that lifelong singles have lower life satisfaction scores compared to those in relationships.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on the effects of voice pitch, when and why people conceal infectious disease, the perception of falling behind, dissociable codes in motor working memory, and much more.
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Cultural Differences Account for Starkly Different Responses to COVID-19
The cultural differences between the United States and East Asian countries that contributed to divergent COVID-19 outcomes are the focus of the latest issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
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A Year in Review: Announcing the Top Research From APS’s Journals
The most downloaded psychological science research published in APS’s six peer-reviewed research journals in 2024 cover a broad range of topics about our understanding of ourselves and others.
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Heart Rates and Step Counts: A Novel Approach to Eating Disorder Care
Podcast: In this episode, Under the Cortex explores how commonly used technology, such as heart rate monitors and step counters, can be used to understand binge-eating episodes.
