A Prescription for Change
New insights from learning and motivation science are challenging conventional views of addiction as a brain disease. More
New insights from learning and motivation science are challenging conventional views of addiction as a brain disease. More
A sample of research exploring: genetic associations anxiety, depression, and executive function; motivation and emotion regulation in depression; and sense of agency over thoughts in obsessive-compulsive disorder. More
It’s the shiniest time of year: that hopeful period when we imagine how remarkable — how fit and kind, how fiscally responsible — our future selves could be. And while you may think “new year, new you” is nothing more than a cringey, magazine-cover trope, research supports its legitimacy. — More
APS William James Fellow Terry Robinson and APS Fellow Kent Berridge have won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award For Psychology for their research on the role of neural sensitization in drug addiction. More
A series of experiments suggests that merely believing that we’re multitasking may boost our performance by making us more engaged in the tasks at hand. More
A sample of research exploring advice giving and motivation, mechanisms underlying face and expression processing impairments in autism, and visual perception in peripersonal space. More