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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science

A sample of articles on economics, hypothesis testing, theories in psychological science, practicality, validity, replication, and manipulation checks. More

New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science

A sample of articles on the risk for alcohol use disorder, language comprehension in children with autism, varied skills, primate vocal communication, the importance of the context for child development, and the role of robots in understanding the human mind. More

New Research in Psychological Science

A sample of research on theory-of-mind development in deaf children, male variability in cooperation, hypnosis and visual tasks, attitude formation, early training and musical skills, whether children prioritize saving animals, and the use of moral language in the U.S. Congress. More

Hypnotic Suggestions Can Make a Complex Task Easy by Helping Vision Fill in the Blanks

New research demonstrates that hypnosis can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one. More

Depression and Stress Could Dampen Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines: Interventions and Health Behavior Changes Could Boost Immunity

Health behaviors and emotional stressors can alter the body’s ability to develop an immune response to vaccines, including—potentially—the new COVID-19 vaccines. More

New Research in Psychological Science

A sample of research on children’s susceptibility to trust strangers, prosocial behaviors in adolescents, temporal structure in memory, memory accuracy for real-world events, effort and pupillometric investigation, personality changes and career, and a neurobiological examination of delayed judgments of learning. More