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The Uplift of Strangers: More Reasons to Dose Up on “Vitamin S”
Research points to three broad reasons why people need social contact with strangers, or“Vitamin S.”
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New Directions After Current Directions
Wrapping up 10 years as Editor of Current Directions in Psychological Science, APS Fellow Randy Engle reflects on emerging developments in the field, including the rise of behavioral genetics and behavioral economics.
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Future Directions for Current Directions
An avid reader of Current Directions in Psychological Science steps up as Editor of the APS journal.
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Why George Clooney Made Coffee Sexy
In the marketing world, pairing a star with a brand imbues that brand with the celebrity’s attributes.
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Many Explanations for Why Patients Overreport Their Symptoms
Some mental health patients report more symptoms than they actually experience and this is often attributed to malingering, when people intentionally inflate their symptoms for some benefit. The assumption that such patients are malingering tends to overshadow alternative explanations, even though research indicates that there are actually multiple pathways that could lead to overreporting. Researcher Harald Merckelbach of Maastricht University and colleagues review the available data and detail some of these alternative explanations in Current Directions in Psychological Science.
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The Opposite of Procrastination
Behavioral researchers are begun investigating a phenomenon called pre-crastination, or rushing to get things done even if requires unnecessary effort.
