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Snapshots From the 2025 APS Annual Convention
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Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
As Americans scramble to respond to rising rates of suicidal behavior among youth, many policymakers have locked in on an alarming metric: the number of hours a day that American children spend glued to a glowing screen. ... “We have known for over a decade now that screen time is a flawed measure, but we continue to tally time spent on screens instead of asking how young people are spending their time online and why they want to be there,” said Candice L. Odgers, a professor of psychological science in informatics at the University of California, Irvine. ... Jean Twenge, a psychologist who was not involved in the new study, came to a similar conclusion.
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Feeling Betrayed By a Family Member? Here’s How To Cope
Social rejection by someone close to you can feel as acute as physical pain. If you felt as though your heart broke, or you’d been punched in the gut, that’s because social rejection and physical pain share the same neural circuitry in the brain, according to research by Naomi Eisenberger, a professor of social psychology at UCLA. From an evolutionary standpoint, this makes sense: As social animals, we benefit from avoiding rejection. “To the extent that social rejection or exclusion is a threat to survival, feeling ‘hurt’ by these experiences may be an adaptive way to prevent them,” Eisenberger wrote. ... Write a letter but don’t send it.
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From Memory and Plasticity to Collective Cognition and AI
Groundbreaking research on the mechanisms of emotional memory and brain plasticity, the dynamics of collective cognition, and psychological science’s intersection with artificial intelligence (AI) were all on display at the 37th APS Annual Convention in May.
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Resistance Is Futile: Teaching About Merging Selves In Close Relationships
Teaching: Explore these lesson plans on merging realities, goals, and selves in relationships.
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What Does the Future Hold for Psychological Science?
At the APS 37th Annual Convention, scientists shared their concerns about the challenges facing psychological science amidst a tide of funding stoppages and worrisome technological changes.
