Opinions and Attitudes Can Last When They Are Based on Emotion

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Emotionality can create enduring opinions, shedding new light on the factors that make attitudes last. More

Depression and Stress Could Dampen Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines: Interventions and Health Behavior Changes Could Boost Immunity

Health behaviors and emotional stressors can alter the body’s ability to develop an immune response to vaccines, including—potentially—the new COVID-19 vaccines. More

Under the Cortex: 2020 Year in Review

What happens when APS Media Relations director Charles Blue chats with APS Senior Science Writer Ludmila Nunes? A fun discussion on 2020’s most interesting research, that’s what! Many of the major news stories of 2020 were closely tied to understanding human behavior, including efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 More

Breakthroughs and Discoveries in Psychological Science: 2020 Year in Review

A selection of some of APS’s most newsworthy research and highly cited publications from 2020. More

People with Blindness Have Refined Spatial Hearing

Does loss of sight enhance a person’s sense of hearing? New research supports this commonly held belief in one intriguing way: by testing blind people’s ability to navigate their surroundings. [September 15, 2020] More

Claiming Journalism Is ‘Fake News’ May Satisfy a Personal Need for an Orderly World

People may use the term “fake news” to satisfy their need for structure in the world. More