The US Senate has instructed the National Institutes of Health to acknowledge the behavioral science community’s opposition to classifying basic research with humans as clinical trials.
APS William James and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Carol S. Dweck has pioneered the study of the mindsets that influence students’ academic achievement. Teachers’ mindsets play a big role in students’ success as well, she says.
Scientists from a range of disciplines are coming together to take a good look at themselves. APS Fellow Jonathan Schooler outlines how psychological science can enrich our understanding of the ways science — and scientists — work.
