Image above: Grotzinger and lab members of the P-Badger Lab, University of Colorado Boulder. Your research aims to understand the genetic signal for psychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions. What ...

Frank Infurna first started thinking about the plight of middle-aged adults 10 years ago. He conducted a monthly survey, asking about their health, well-being, relationships, and life events. But it ...

How does getting older affect verbal fluency? What’s the best way to teach children math skills? How have psychology results changed since the replication crisis? This year, psychological scientists ...

Scientists who have shaped our understanding of clinical cognitive neuroscience, mental health, and racial biases are among the 12 recipients of the 2026 APS lifetime achievement awards. Since APS ...

Imagine standing at a crossroads with both the red and green lights on. Do you go, or do you stop? The uncertainty feels paralyzing. This mental tug-of-war is a daily reality for many experiencing ...

Seven early career scientists are recipients of the 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. These researchers are leading cutting-edge psychological research ...

Have you ever found yourself wondering if someone you’re interested in feels the same way about you? If they laugh at your jokes, recent research suggests that it might be a sign that they’re into you ...

Scientists who have pioneered our understanding of language, vision, theory of mind, racial/ethnic identity, and much more are among the 15 recipients of APS’s highest honors. Fifteen scientists have ...

What is the logic behind using trigger warnings? Do they improve learning outcomes? In this episode, Under the Cortex hosts Victoria Bridgland of Flinders University to explore her meta-analysis ...

More than 80% of the world’s population lives in countries other than the United States, Canada, and Europe, which dominate psychological science nonetheless. The Global Spotlight series is a small ...

Recently, one of the researchers at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab was taking her 4-year-old son for a walk through the campus. The little boy looked up at the famous campanile ...

What has one voice but goes on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening? The wise Sphinx posed this riddle, and clever Oedipus guessed the answer. It’s a human being, ...