Members in the Media – Association for Psychological Science – APS

Showcasing our members’ research in the media

Showcasing our members’ research in the media

Do You Have a Case of the ‘September Scaries?’

The New Yorks Times
August 29, 2024

Featuring: Christian Waugh

‘Button’ Dogs Do Understand Words — And Not Just From Their Humans

The Washington Post
August 28, 2024

Featuring: Clive Wynne

What Superfans Know That the Rest of Us Should Learn

The Wall Street Journal
August 19, 2024

Featuring: Julianne Holt-Lunstad

Misinformation vs. Disinformation: What the Terms Mean and the Effects They Have

USA TODAY
August 23, 2024

Featuring: Dolores Albarracin, Elizabeth Loftus

Why Humans are Drawn to Extremely Spicy or Sour Foods — Even if They Hurt

NBC
August 13, 2024

Featuring: Paul Rozin

Empathy is on the Rise in Young People

CNN
August 20, 2024

Featuring: Jamil Zaki

Many Older People Maintain and Even Gain Cognitive Skills

Scientific American
August 20, 2024

Featuring: Denise Park

How ‘Inside Out’ and Its Sequel Changed Therapy

The New York Times
August 7, 2024

Featuring: Dacher Keltner

The Boredom Scroll on Socials May Be Making Your Problem Worse

CNN
August 19, 2024

Featuring: Pamela Rutledge

Ghosting is Usually a Terrible Thing To Do. Here’s When It’s OK

CNN
August 18, 2024

Featuring: Richard Slatcher

The World Isn’t Actually Going to Hell in a Handbasket

The Wall Street Journal
August 11, 2024

Featuring: Daniel Gilbert, Jamil Zaki

Here’s What Could Be a Sign of Future Cognitive Decline

CNN
August 13, 2024

Featuring: Angelina Sutin

The Crybaby Olympics

The Atlantic
August 8, 2024

Featuring: David Matsumoto

Do You Really Store Stress in Your Body?

TIME
August 8, 2024

Featuring: Camelia Hostinar

The “Fight or Flight” Idea Misses the Beauty of what the Brain Really Does

Scientific American
August 8, 2024

Featuring: Lisa Feldman Barrett

Americans’ Struggle with Mental Health

The New York Times
August 8, 2024

Featuring: Emma Adam

Is Bed Rotting Bad for You?

TIME
August 2, 2024

Featuring: Stephanie Preston

The Worst Feature Apple Ever Made

The Atlantic
August 4, 2024

Featuring: Nicholas Allen

Think You Are Sick? It May Be the Nocebo Effect.

The Washington Post
August 7, 2024

Featuring: John Kelley

How to Break the Cycle of ‘Sameness’ and Push Yourself in Midlife

The Washington Post
August 3, 2024

Featuring: Carol Dweck

5 Ways to Make Friends (Without Joining a Book Club)

The New York Times
August 2, 2024

Featuring: Julianne Holt-Lunstad

Teens Have a Lot of Good Coping Strategies — And They Often Just Need to Be Heard

CNN
August 1, 2024

Featuring: Laurence Steinberg

Want to Live a Long Life? Start Prioritizing Your Friends

BBC
July 23, 2024

Featuring: Julianne Holt-Lunstad

Why Do People Mix Up Names?

The Wall Street Journal
July 30, 2024

Featuring: Neil Mulligan

Practicing Gratitude Could Help You Live Longer

CNN
July 12, 2024

Featuring: Philip Watkins

Confidence Is Key to Well-being. Here Are 5 Ways to Boost Yours

CNN
July 14, 2024

Featuring: Ian Robertson

Can Money Buy Happiness? 5 Tips to Turn Bucks Into Bliss

CNN
July 23, 2024

Featuring: Elizabeth Dunn

Unhappy at Work? How to Plan Your Next Move

NPR
July 23, 2024

Featuring: Tessa West

Social Prescribing: Why Purpose Is Good for Your Health

BBC
July 23, 2024

Featuring: Ellen Langer

A New Development in the Debate About Instagram and Teens

The Atlantic
July 17, 2024

Featuring: Candice Odgers

Some Seniors Readily Step Back. Some Never Will.

The New York Times
July 20, 2024

Featuring: Teresa Amabile

Do You Want to Be Happier? Here Are 5 Habits to Adopt

CNN
July 21, 2024

Featuring: Sonja Lyubomirsky

Is it Weird to Talk to Your Dog Like a Toddler?

The Washington Post
July 18, 2024

Featuring: Clive Wynne

Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower

TIME
July 18, 2024

Featuring: John Kounios, Jonathan Schooler

Moving in Childhood Contributes to Depression

The New York Times
July 17, 2024

Featuring: Shigehiro Oishi

Teens Feel Less Emotional Support Than Their Parents Think They Do, New Report Shows

CNN
July 16, 2024

Featuring: Jeffrey Arnett

These Science-based Tips Can Help You Manage Conflicts in Relationships

The Washington Post
May 30, 2024

Featuring: Nickola Overall, John Gottman

Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science

NPR
June 26, 2024

Featuring: Tali Sharot

In the Race to Artificial General Intelligence, Where’s the Finish Line?

Scientific American
June 25, 2024

Featuring: Alison Gopnik

Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing

Los Angeles Times
June 18, 2024

Featuring: Craig Fox

Make Something With Your Hands (Even if It’s Hideous)

The New York Times
June 28, 2024

Featuring: Michael Norton

Teens’ Mental Health May Improve When They Help Others

Scientific American
June 25, 2024

Featuring: Andrew Fuligni

How to Win Elections: Evidence-Based Principles of Effective Persuasion

Talk Psych Blog
June 24, 2024

Featuring: David Myers

Social psychologist Brenda Major wins mentor award, launches scholarship

The Current
June 24, 2024

Featuring: Brenda Major

A User’s GuideTo Midlife

The New York Times
June 24, 2024

Featuring: Margie Lachman, Susan Charles

Is that chatbot smarter than a 4-year-old? Experts put it to the test.

The Washington Post
June 12, 2024

Featuring: Alison Gopnik

What ‘Inside Out 2’ Teaches Us About Anxiety

The New York Times
June 14, 2024

Featuring: Dacher Keltner

Quit Being a Cynic at Work. It’s Holding You Back.

The Wall Street Journal
June 9, 2024

Adolescent Anxiety Is Hard to Treat. New Drug-Free Approaches May Help

Scientific American
May 14, 2024

Featuring: BJ Casey

Brief But Spectacular: Creating Cultures of Growth

PBS NewsHour
May 28, 2024

Featuring: Mary Murphy

OPINION: It’s not just about tech and anxiety. What are kids learning?

The Hechinger Report
May 28, 2024

Featuring: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Golinkoff

Think AI Can Perceive Emotion? Think Again.

The Wall Street Journal
May 16, 2024

Research from Psychological Science in the Public Interest Featuring: Lisa Feldman Barrett

Improve your sense of direction

NPR
May 6, 2024

Featuring: Mary Hegarty

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

NPR
May 11, 2024

Featuring: Sophia Vinci-Booher

Can scientists ‘solve’ stress? They’re trying.

National Geographic
May 14, 2024

Featuring: Katie McLaughlin

The Loneliness Curve

The New York Times
May 6, 2024

Research from Psychological Science

Innovation 2.0: Multiplying the Growth Mindset

Hidden Brain
May 6, 2024

Featuring: Mary Murphy

Striving to Connect

Science
April 25, 2024

How to Overcome Polarization on Climate Action

TIME
April 22, 2024

Featuring: Jay Van Bavel,

Want to Remember More? Make More Mistakes

The Wall Street Journal
April 19, 2024

Research from Psychological Science Featuring: Henry “Roddy” Roediger, Charan Ranganath, Jeffrey Karpicke

Compassion is making a comeback in America

Vox
April 23, 2024

Featuring: Sara Konrath

Remembering Daniel Kahneman: A Mosaic of Memories and Lessons

Behavioral Scientist
April 11, 2024

Why a Cognitive Scientist Put a Head Cam on His Baby

The Atlantic
April 5, 2024

Featuring: Chen Yu

The Calming Power of Rituals

The Wall Street Journal
April 8, 2024

Featuring: Michael Norton

Discussing politics even with a disagreement in opinion can lead to good conversation

KCBS Radio
April 7, 2024

Research from Psychological Science

Why Labeling Some People as ‘Gifted’ Actually Hurts Us All

TIME
April 2, 2024

Featuring: Mary Murphy

What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness

The Conversation
March 24, 2024

Featuring: Bruce Hood

Men psychology researchers can’t seem to remember their women colleagues

Science
March 14, 2024

Featuring: Veronica Yan

A new religion has Americans looking to the stars

The Boston Globe
March 27, 2024

Featuring: David DeSteno

Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-winning economist, dies at 90

The Washington Post
March 27, 2024

The Smartphone Kids Are Not All Right

The Atlantic
March 21, 2024

Featuring: Jonathan Haidt

Feeling Lonely Isn’t Just About Being Alone

The Wall Street Journal
March 23, 2024

Featuring: Matthias Mehl

Frans de Waal, Who Found the Origins of Morality in Apes, Dies at 75

The New York Times
March 20, 2024

THE FADING MEMORIES OF YOUTH

Science
March 14, 2024

Featuring: Nora Newcombe, Rick Richardson

As More People Choose the Single Life, Researchers Ask: Are They Happier?

CBC
March 18, 2024

Featuring: Yuthika Girme

Your Immune System Can Make You Feel Sad, and That’s a Good Thing

NPR
March 8, 2024

Featuring: Keely Muscatell

We Still Don’t Believe How Much Things Cost

The Wall Street Journal
March 12, 2024

Featuring: Ravi Dhar

The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking Them Into Flexible, Bite-Size Chunks

Scientific American
January 29, 2024

Featuring: Angela Duckworth, Katy Milkman, Edward Chang

Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out

The Atlantic
February 14, 2024

Featuring: Jean Twenge, Jonathan Haidt

Twins Are a Mirror to Each Other – And a Window Into the Mysteries of Genetics

NPR
February 9, 2024

Featuring: Nancy Segal

How Are You, Really?

The New York Times
March 7, 2024

Featuring: Rong Su, Laurie Santos, Martin Seligman, Christina Maslach

How to Actually Catch a Liar, According to the New Science of Lie Detection

BBC Science Focus
February 17, 2024

Featuring: Julia Shaw, Amina Memon

Feeling Stuck? Here Are 5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Life.

The New York Times
January 25, 2024

Featuring: Adam Alter

Chicken Littles Are Ruining America

The Atlantic
January 31, 2024

Featuring: Jonathan Haidt, Jean Twenge, Teresa Amabile, Roy F. Baumeister

A Paradigm Shift in How Scientists Study Kids

The Atlantic
February 15, 2024

Featuring: Anne Fernald, Lisa Oakes

People Have Very Different Understandings of Even the Simplest Words

Scientific American
February 1, 2024

Featuring: James Hampton, Celeste Kidd, Oriel FeldmanHall

For Gen Z, an Age-Old Question: Who Pays for Dates?

The New York Times
February 10, 2024

Featuring: Campbell Leaper

A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments Last

The New York Times
February 2, 2024

Featuring: Charan Ranganath

As Prices Increase During a Recession, Mental Health Usually Decreases

Discover Magazine
January 5, 2024

Research from Clinical Psychological Science

What We’ve Learned Through Sports Psychology Research

Smithsonian Magazine
February 13, 2024

Featuring: Alan Kingstone

Identifying Talent in Business, Sports, and Education

Forbes
January 3, 2024

Featuring: Jonathan Wai

The Remarkable Power of Holding Hands With Someone You Love

The Washington Post
February 12, 2024

Featuring: James Coan

Finding It Tough to Motivate Yourself? These Strategies Can Help.

The Washington Post
January 31, 2024

Featuring: Katy Milkman, William R. Miller

Love Languages Are Fake, Scientists Say

Futurism
January 21, 2024

Research from Current Directions in Psychological Science

Why February Is the Best Month for Resolutions

The New York Times
February 1, 2024

Featuring: Angela Neal-Barnett

Robert Rosenthal, Who Linked Subtle Cues to Behavior, Dies at 90

The New York Times
January 19, 2024

‘Gender Inequities Are Important’: Why Couples Fall out of Love

The Guardian
January 13, 2024

Research from Psychological Science

The ‘Love Languages’ Are Popular. Are They Real?

The Washington Post
January 26, 2024

Research from Current Directions in Psychological Science

Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Public Health

Scientific American
January 30, 2024

Featuring: Stephan Lewandowsky, Sander Van Der Linden

Can We Keep Time?

The Atlantic
January 15, 2024

Featuring: Charan Ranganath

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