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Dissociation Is Not the Coping Mechanism It’s Assumed to Be
A new study highlights that most adults experience little to no dissociation, but it is frequently present in clinical populations, particularly people with dissociative disorders, PTSD, and BPD.
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Navigating Academic Careers Across Borders
During the 2025 APS Global Summit, the APS Student Caucus organized a roundtable session to bring together scholars with diverse international experiences to share insights on how to thrive in global academic landscapes.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent research covering language, friendships, misinformation, and more.
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What It Means to Be ‘Touch-Starved’
... Touch communicates connection and caring “with crystal clarity to your brain in ways that words don’t,” said James A. Coan, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the forthcoming book “Why We Hold Hands.” ... “Touch is part of flirting — you bump into each other, and you assess each other’s interest with touch,” said Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies touch and emotion. “When you flirt with someone you’re figuring out: Is this a good partner?” ...
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Let Your Kids Fail
... Ann S. Masten, a developmental psychologist, describes resilience as “ordinary magic,” the result of normal developmental processes rather than extraordinary personal qualities. But those processes require what she calls “adaptive systems,” one of the most important of which involves the capacity to learn to cope with stress. Children who are consistently shielded from everyday challenges don’t get to practice this coping. When they inevitably encounter larger disappointments—a college rejection, a romantic breakup—they might lack the psychological fortitude to handle it.
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Success! NIH Changes Clinical Trials Policy
On 29 January 2026, NIH announced that basic experimental studies involving humans will no longer be subject to NIH Clinical Trials Requirements.
