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For Young Adults, Limiting Social Media Use Doesn’t Improve Well-Being
What happens when young adults are asked to slash their social media use to 30 minutes a day? In a new set of studies, most did not follow through, and those who did cut back
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Across Cultures, People Share Beliefs on How Children’s Minds Grow
A new study examines how people from around the world think about children’s mental development.
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APS Teaching Fund Supports Projects on Training, Memory, and New Therapy Approaches
Projects will teach the science of memory, train undergraduates to deliver clinical interventions, and present a reflective model for viewing therapeutic processes with young people.
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Inflated Confidence May Not Give Children a Learning Advantage After All
Believing they can succeed might encourage children to persist longer at difficult tasks and eventually see performance improvements. New research suggests that this apparent learning advantage may be a statistical illusion.
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Motor Abnormalities Predict Mental Illness in Both General and Specific Symptoms
Understanding how motor abnormalities relate to psychological disorders may provide insight into mechanisms underlying mental health issues, disease progression, and potential treatments.
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Canine Science Is Biased Toward the Western World
A new study addresses how studies on domestic dogs tend to focus on a Westernized subset.
