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He’s Just Not That Into Me: Rejection Influences Women’s Risky Sexual Decision Making
Given the significant consequences involved in women’s choices to have unprotected sex, empirical research designed to understand the in-the-moment factors influencing women’s risky sexual decision-making has become crucial. For the present study, we employed Downey
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Hey, Can You Watch My Stuff? A Study of Change Blindness During Real World Interactions
Many people fail to notice if someone is replaced by another during an interaction. Is change blindness reduced when individual identity is more important — e.g., when someone requests that you watch his or her
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A Family Affair
APS has been a family affair for us over the years. When the girls were little, they would come along for the ride. Since 2009, though, they have been active participants. To emphasize the “Psychology
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Integrated Classroom: Mind-body Interactions
In previous decades, cognitive psychology has focused on the mind to the exclusion of the body. More recent research has begun to demonstrate the interaction between physical actions and mental processing through areas such as
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Science Galore in the APS Exhibit Hall
This month, thousands of psychological scientists from more than 40 countries will gather at the 25th APS Annual Convention in Washington, DC, USA, to share their research, learn from leaders in the field, and celebrate
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What’s Location Got to Do With It?
When we see airplanes and toothbrushes and other visible things, we see them in relation to other objects — on top of a runway or inside of a mug on the bathroom counter. Many psychologists
