Puerto Rico’s “Fear Lab” Mentors Neuroscience Rigor amid Diversity
A lineage of young neuroscientists from diverse backgrounds trace their scientific roots to a “fear lab” in Puerto Rico that… More
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How Trauma Affects Memory: Scientists Weigh In On The Kavanaugh Hearing
In Thursday’s testimony at Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Christine Blasey Ford alleged Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party… More
The Fluidity of Time: Scientists Uncover How Emotions Alter Time Perception
The study of time perception serves as a hallmark of integrative science, mixing linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and attention research to explore the ways people feel the minutes and hours pass. And increasingly, this research is focusing on the role that emotion plays in distorting our sense of time… More
How Useful Is Fear?
Franklin D. Roosevelt no doubt meant to be soothing when he insisted, “The only thing we have to fear is… More
New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of articles exploring neuropsychological assessment, gender differences in stress reactivity and its relationship with depression, and social-support figures and fear extinction… More
Emotions in Context: What We Know About How We Feel
Data from around the world show few differences in people’s day-to-day emotional experiences, but distinct cultural differences in the feelings they find most desirable, APS Fellow Jeanne Tsai has found. Tsai is among psychological scientists across the globe who are charting the depths of emotion research… More