Allie Sinclair discusses the challenges and opportunities of launching a lab in the current political climate and emphasizes the importance of building a network of interdisciplinary collaborators.

Harry Reis, a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, said the silent treatment is “not really silent.”“There’s no sound to it, but the message is unmistakable. And that message is ...

The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching....The loss of those funds affected researchers like Priti Shah, chair of the University of Michigan’s psychology ...

A common maxim holds that “context is everything.” This perspective transformed the field of emotion regulation, which evolved from understanding which regulation strategies people use, to ...

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How do chatbots affect our emotional state? What can scientists do to fight fraud on a global scale? How is human conversation evolving? These queries are just a few of the complex questions ...

If there’s one sentiment shared by all great artists, from Shakespeare to Beyoncé (not that we’re comparing the two), it’s this: Love is intense. Most of us can attest to the powerful, irrational, and ...

Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies — such as highlighting and even rereading — don’t show much promise for ...

Can you remember the last time that you received an especially good hug? Brooke C. Feeney, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who was not involved in Dr. Dueren’s study, has found ...

PSPI Live is a series of 60-minute live events highlighting recent or upcoming papers published in the APS journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI). Speakers include the authors, ...

You’ve just listened to your doctor explain a treatment plan, heard a roomful of new names or sat through an important work presentation and you want to remember the details later. Turns out, sitting ...