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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.
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APS Comments on OMB Proposed Rule
APS submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget’s rule proposed on May 29th, 2026. The proposal would strip the current checks and balance system that ensures a merit-based funding system, not one based
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Like Humans, Great Apes Think Differently From Each Other
A new study assesses how cognitive skills of great apes vary between individuals.
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Our Brains May Be Automatically Filtering Out Negative Words
A new study offers insight into how the brain determines which information enters conscious awareness and which remains outside it.
