In exploring aging societies around the world, psychological scientists find significant variability in social relationships and family structures, individuals’ needs and expectations, and potential solutions for maintaining quality of life. Declining fertility rates and each country’s unique situational context point to the need for flexibility with regard to policy development related to aging. More
Popular narratives centering on “free choice” and “personal responsibility” might contribute to high rates of ill health and poor well-being in the United States, suggests a recent article in Perspectives on Psychological Science. The authors, Cayce J. Hook and APS Fellow Hazel Rose Markus (Stanford University), propose shifting to a narrative emphasizing that: (a) health depends on the More
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is looking to hear from the public on what characteristics make data repositories useful for managing and sharing data. More
Did you know? The Economic and Social Research Council, the UK’s largest organization for funding research on social and economic issues, offers two types of general grants that may be of potential interest to psychological scientists. More
Starting this fall, NIH will require researchers who are involved in certain types of grants to link an ORCID ID number to their grants. More
We provide a complete overview of the NSF GRFP award and how you can apply for this prestigious honor. More
