The winning videos included research on economic stressors, language processing in bilingual speakers, interactive learning, ...

The psychologist first became intrigued by the phenomenon decades ago, while he was setting up an experiment about the effects of drinking on anxiety and heart rate.Women had been excluded from many ...

My son was 14 weeks old when he made his first unmistakable whole-body belly laugh. In the months that followed, his laughter was accompanied by playful provocations — grabbing my hair and shrieking ...

Two researchers advocate for new AI-based measures not because they offer measurement free from error, but rather because they avoid specific problematic forms of error linked to overreliance on ...

During the 2025 APS Global Summit, the APS Student Caucus organized a roundtable session to bring together scholars with ...

A new study highlights that most adults experience little to no dissociation, though it is frequently reported in clinical populations, particularly people with dissociative disorders, PTSD, and ...

Touch communicates connection and caring “with crystal clarity to your brain in ways that words don’t,” said James A. Coan, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the ...

APS is pleased to announce the application process for the next cohort of the Editorial Fellowship Program (EFP) is now open. This program aims to increase opportunities for members of groups ...

On 29 January 2026, NIH announced that basic experimental studies involving humans will no longer be subject to NIH Clinical Trials Requirements.

A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change....“I’m not sure [this new model for diagnosis] will have any strong utility at this point,” ...

Understanding how the human brain learns to perceive objects is one of the ultimate challenges in neuroscience.  In 2003, Pawan Sinha, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...