Cornell University’s Department of Human Development incorporates not only various aspects of psychological science, but also law, sociology, history, and more. APS Fellow and Department Chair Qi Wang details the department’s successes. More
Research psychologists use scientific methods to examine questions and test hypotheses with the aim of understanding human thought and behavior. More
Clinical researchers and other scientists investigate computer algorithms that could lead to reliable measures of suicide risk. More
Some psychological researchers and other social scientists are warning about a possible problem with survey data being collected through the widely-used online tool Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). The researchers recently detected a noticeable number of survey responses from repeating GPS coordinates, indicating the presence of possible bots with spoof accounts. More
The 30th APS Annual Convention’s Symposium Sunday programming put a spotlight on research in applied neuroscience, big data, and the neuropsychology of socioeconomic disadvantage. How Neuroscience Can Save the World Presenters took neuroscience beyond the medical and psychiatric realms to focus on how our understanding of the brain can address More
NIH has released a notice of an intent to solicit applications for institutions interested in leading behavioral sciences predoctoral training programs focusing on computational and/or data science approaches. More
