These and a succession of other scholars, such as Richard Lerner of Tufts University, William Damon of Stanford and Kurt W. Fischer of Harvard, characterized adolescence as a period of emerging ...

Dr. Simona Ghetti, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of California, Davis, whose research focuses on the development of memory in childhood, acknowledged that while many ...

The first cohort of editorial fellows joined APS in April 2024, bringing their rich array of experiences and backgrounds to ...

You had to be really unlucky to be on the China National Highway 110 on August 14, 2010. One of the longest traffic jams on record ensued, ensnaring thousands of vehicles over more than 100 ...

For the millions of Americans who retire each year, stopping work might seem like a well-deserved break. But it can also precipitate big changes in brain health, including an increased risk of ...

Technological innovation and a focus on underrepresented groups are highlights of this Spence Awardee’s career thus far.

Pennebaker is now a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He retired from teaching two years ...

The assumption that people need to be coupled or grouped goes beyond restaurants, said Bella DePaulo, a social psychologist in Summerland, Calif., and the author of the 2023 book “Single at Heart: The ...

Like hundreds of millions of others around the world, Brian Scholl, a psychologist and cognitive scientist at Yale University, spent much of the COVID pandemic on Zoom. But during one digital faculty ...

Researchers are looking for ways to better conceptualize mental illnesses and reflect the natural variance clinicians see in the consulting room, rather than rely on traditional categories.

On TikTok, misinformation about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be tricky to spot, according to a new study....“The data are alarming,” said Stephen P. Hinshaw, a professor of psychology ...

Doctoral student Miranda Wood explores the flaws of the clinical psychology admissions process and the challenges prospective ...