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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent articles covering overconfidence, rationality, sexual identity, and much more.
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Overturning Assumptions in Childhood Learning and Cognition
Researchers are finding out just how different—and adaptive—learning and memory can be early in life.
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How COVID Shaped a Resilient Generation of Kids
As COVID surged and schools across the U.S. shuttered in March 2020, Jamie Wyss, an elementary school counselor at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system in Virginia, vividly remembers quickly assembling paper packets on
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Beyond Focus: How Attention Shapes Learning Differently for Children and Adults
Podcast: This episode explores whether children’s weaker selective attention is a hidden strength by addressing findings on attention, memory, and childhood learning.
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It’s Time to Do Away With Early School Start Times
The first bell echoes off the bricked hallways of Lindbergh High School in Renton, Washington, warning dazed and coffee-clutching students to pick up their pace. It’s December. It’s 7:15 a.m. It’s still dark outside. Yet
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Learning As an Adult Can Be Hard. It’s Even Harder on a Balance Beam.
Learning a new skill as an adult can be daunting, especially something as difficult as gymnastics. One adult gymnastics class shows there are serious benefits to adult learning. … Rachel Wu is an associate professor
