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Sleep and Social Stress: A Two-Way Street
Which social skills go out the window when folks become groggy? What stressors make for lousy sleep?
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Paluck Named 2017 MacArthur Fellow
Psychological scientist Betsy Levy Paluck is recognized for her innovative research investigating behavior change in social groups.
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Psychological Science Underlies Nobel Prize-Winning Work
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to economist Richard H. Thaler has its roots firmly planted in psychological science, particularly in the groundbreaking research of APS William James Fellows Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award October 9, 2017 in Stockholm, citing Thaler’s pioneering work showing how human behavior consistently defies economic theory. His findings have inspired many governments and organizations to inject more behavioral research and economics into policymaking efforts.
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Does Using Facebook Make People Lonelier?
A new article probes the complicated relationship between loneliness and social internet use.
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Anxiety May Quash “Gut Feelings”
Anxiety may interfere with intuition, our ability to know something without knowing how we know it.
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Funding Opportunities for Research on Methodologies for STEM Education
The National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) EHR Core Research Program has released a new letter detailing opportunities supporting psychological scientists and others who wish to study methodologies supporting inferences
