Breakthroughs and Discoveries in Psychological Science: 2020 Year in Review

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Breakthroughs and Discoveries in Psychological Science: 2020 Year in Review

A selection of some of APS’s most newsworthy research and highly cited publications from 2020. More

New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science

A sample of articles on contact tracing as a memory task, challenges of military veterans in their transition to the workplace, the dehumanization hypothesis, and statistical learning and language impairments. More

New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science

A sample of articles on collective narcissism, narcissism and intelligence, memory coherence and PTSD, responses to others’ scents, attention control, and motivations to ignore feedback. More

Why an Early Start Is Key to Developing Musical Skill Later in Life

Is there a developmental period early in life when the brain is especially receptive to musical training? The answer, according to new research published in the journal Psychological Science, is probably not. More

Citizens Versus the Internet: How Psychological Science Can Confront Digital Challenges

The latest PSPI explores ways that psychological and behavior science can help decrease the negative consequences of Internet use. More

New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science

A sample of articles on how children become aware of inequalities, how cognitive science can improve mathematics learning, the role of general cognitive skills in language processing, the rejection of science, how to improve eyewitness-identification evidence, and the links between stress and depression. More