American Academy of Arts & Sciences Elects 9 Psychological Scientists Fellows
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected APS Treasurer Roberta L. Klatzky, APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow J… More
Observations
Who Am I, Facebook?
The Internet age introduced a completely new way for people to connect — remotely, through social media platforms such as… More
APS a Partner for March for Science
Thousands of people, many wearing knitted “brain” caps, braved persistent rain April 22 to participate in the flagship March for Science, held on the National Mall in Washington, DC. APS was among the partners for the event… More
The Factors That Foster Wise Reasoning
Empirical research on wisdom suggests that it’s not so much that some people simply possess wisdom and others lack it, but that our ability to reason wisely depends on a variety of external factors… More
Radboud University Researchers Win First Memrise Prize
The online learning community Memrise, in collaboration with researchers at the University College London, announced a $10,000 prize to be awarded to the research team that developed the best system for quickly learning, and retaining, foreign language vocabulary words… More
Why it’s so Hard to Remember People’s Names
Research shows that the ability to learn and remember proper names, particularly people’s names, is notoriously more difficult relative to other types of words… More