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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

New research shows that people post more on social media when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social ...

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.

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