Some of this was projection. “We love an avatar more than a specific being,” Pettman writes, “a gestalt abstraction, lifted from all the love stories we’ve imbibed since childhood.” I wanted this guy ...

Why do so many young people have mental-health problems? The growing focus on students’ anxiety and depression, while well-intentioned, may be making psychological distress seem inevitable. Instead of ...

Today, in a cabinet meeting, U.S. secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claimed that there is a link between autism and circumcision. “There’s two studies that show children ...

In a first-ever initiative made possible by a $70,000 grant from Empire State Development (ESD), the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) BA in Psychology program brought 32 undergraduate ...

Dylan Selterman, a scientist who works as an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins University department of psychological and brain sciences, and studies dreams, said there was no ...

Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration and hotel information! NEW! This year’s program features six Integrative Science Symposia (ISS), each exploring complex scientific questions through ...

Social interactions are essential for our well-being and happiness, research has shown. And now a large study supports that finding and suggests there are many ways to squeeze in more companionship — ...

Chess is a fitting test bed for overconfidence research. “Both sides have access to the same universe of possibilities on the board in front of them,” said Patrick Heck, a researcher at the Consumer ...

Deadline for nominations for the 2025 cohort is October 1, 2025! Each nomination must be supported by two APS members: A primary nominator is responsible for submitting the nomination form and will be ...