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How to Trick Yourself into Improving Your Performance
You’ve probably heard by now that trying to multitask is a terrible idea. One main reason is that our neural wiring does not allow us to split our attention: when we try to attend to
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring the suspicious-coincidence effect in word learning and factors that influence how we judge whether sentences are grammatically correct.
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Older Adults’ Abstract Reasoning Ability Predicts Depressive Symptoms Over Time
Data from a longitudinal study show that age-related declines in abstract reasoning ability predict increasing depressive symptoms in subsequent years.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring links between income inequality and psychological health and ethical free riding.
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Hershey’s thinks you’ll feel better about eating a thin Reese’s Cup. You’ll probably just eat (and buy) more.
When Hershey’s debuted a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup that will be 40 percent thinner than the original, the company said “consumers love Reese’s in all shapes and sizes.” To at least one chocolate and peanut
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2019 William James Fellow Award Goes to Phelps, Gilbert, Nadel, Werker
APS Past President Elizabeth A. Phelps, along with Daniel T. Gilbert, Lynn Nadel, and Janet F. Werker, are recognized for lifetime achievement in the basic science of psychology.
