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Cultural Conditioning in Progress: Children are More Likely to Prioritize the Needs of Animals
Beliefs about how animals should be treated vary significantly between cultures, and are likely socially acquired.
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The Social Mind: Language and Other Human Tricks
Psychological scientists explore the myriad ways that language shapes how we understand and reason about the social minds of those around us.
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APS Teaching Fund Showcase
Three teams of researchers—studying accessible statistics, outreach on implicit bias, and undergraduate animal studies—share highlights from their work.
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Back Page: Decades of Dolphins
Janet Mann, a professor of psychology and biology at Georgetown University, dives deep into the social lives of these clever marine mammals.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on mind-set theory, desire to be moral, subjective well-being around the world and across life span, and gender-equality paradox in STEM, and a replication of social facilitation/inhibition effects with cockroaches.
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New Research from Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring poverty and puberty, infants’ processing of unexpected events, and a re-examination of statistical-learning ability in newborn chicks.
