When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction—a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and systematically—is more effective than self-discovery through reading. More
A sample of research on note-taking, visual processing speed in older adults, logical reasoning in monkeys, narcissism in children, counterfactual curiosity, how narratives can shape attitudes toward immigration, motion perception, and using a distanced diary to train for wisdom. More
A sample of articles on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, theory building in psychological science, motivation and endocrine responses, and the influence of how children explain differences in their classroom on performance. More
A sample of articles on financial resilience, pornography use, the categorization of social groups, learning by drawing, action coordination to achieve joint goals, and the representation of human imagination in the brain. More
A sample of research on attention to emotional stimuli, representations of time and number, choice and control, gender stereotypes in language, impressions of other people, gender gaps in negotiation, perceptual features in visual memory, the benefit of talent in team performance, and how children process what adults say. More
People are able to approach social conflicts more wisely if they have trained themselves in advance by practicing a distanced self-talk technique, referring to themselves with third-person pronouns such as “she” or “they” rather than the first-person pronouns of “me” or “I.” More
