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AMPPS Accepts First Manuscript From Innovative Peer Review System
The APS journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review.
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One Face, Many Places: The Development of Different Cortical Regions Responsible for Face Processing
Teaching: Use this lesson plan to teach students about the areas of the brain that interpret faces.
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Overturning Assumptions in Childhood Learning and Cognition
Researchers are finding out just how different—and adaptive—learning and memory can be early in life.
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Member Spotlight: 2025 APS Spence Award Recipient Chaz Firestone on the Foundations of Perception
This 2025 APS Spence Award Recipient discusses his research on the relation between perception and other cognitive processes.
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Science Counters Educational Inequality
Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them.
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8 Things to Say When Someone Lies to You
When someone you care about lies to you, you’ll probably feel betrayed, furious—and maybe even foolish, because how could you possibly have been duped like that? “People start to question themselves and how they could be so oblivious,” says Christian L. Hart, a professor of psychology at Texas Woman’s University, where he leads the Human Deception Laboratory. ... One of the main reasons people lie—especially women—is to maintain cohesion in important relationships. They might want to make their partner feel better, or, however misguidedly, believe their fib is improving the relationship. “You don't want to push them away accidentally, because their goal isn't to drive you away.
