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Why Outfitting Police in Military Uniforms Encourages Brutality
APS Member/Author: Adam Galinsky As protests over the systemic brutality by law enforcement against Black Americans continue, an enduring image will be of a blue wall of police, outfitted in helmets and riot gear, prepared
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Policing and Law Enforcement: Further Considerations from Psychological Science
A review of some research on police and stereotyping, police officers’ aggressiveness, and the impact of psychological science on policing in the United States.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on distress caused by contact with ex-partners, the results of attention-bias modification on anxiety symptoms, risk factors in male sex offenders, and self-esteem and borderline personality disorder.
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Funding for Gun-Violence Research Ends 20-Year Drought
With the passage of the 2020 US funding bill in December, US federal funding dollars will finally be allocated for research on gun violence and ways to prevent it.
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Games Can Be Good – When You Play for the Right Reasons
The effects of playing video games on well-being seem to depend largely on why and how an individual chooses to partake.
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Stop Blaming Mental Illness
APS Fellow Alan Leshner, who has held some of the most prestigious scientific leadership positions in the United States, calls on policymakers to support research into the real causes of mass shootings instead of scapegoating people who struggle with mental disorders.
