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The July/August Observer: Making Genetics Research Effective for All
Researchers have made great strides in understanding genetic risk factors, but many findings are less accurate for BIPOC populations.
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Diversity, Trust, and Informed Consent: Making Genetics Research Effective for All
Research on genetic risk factors is paving the way for precision mental healthcare, but the field needs more racially diverse participants and perspectives for all people to benefit equally.
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The Bad-Behavior Blend
“The one gene, one disease idea is a thing of the past.” Scientists aren’t simply trying to identify people who are innately predisposed to incivility, immorality, or lawlessness. They’re examining how parenting, education, and other life experiences trigger those biological leanings.
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Up-and-Coming Voices: Genetics Research in Psychological Science
Previews of relevant research by students and early-career scientists.
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Careers Up Close: Katie Ehrlich on Studying Intergenerational Health Disparities, Finding Your Footing, and Helping Others Succeed
An associate professor at the University of Georgia, Katie Ehrlich researches how social experiences as a child can shape mental and physical health across the lifespan.
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Research Briefs
Recent highlights from APS journals articles on learned cognitive flexibility, visual short-term memory across multiple fixations, spatial cognition and its malleability, and much more.
