Psychological research is showing that altruism does exist, an understanding that could lead to a more empathetic world.

This APS Rising Star and social psychologist researches the political psychology of ideological attitudes and integrating ...

Some scientists are hesitant to submit nonsignificant results to journals, citing reputation as a major factor.

The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural ...

The holidays aren’t always the happiest time of the year.We’re busier than usual, scurrying around buying presents, mailing cards and attending events. We’re battling the nasty winter illnesses that ...

This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the ...

The Observer has compiled a list of 2025 guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to support psychological scientists as they ...

They're especially useful for communicating with people who've lost the ability to speak or move their body.At the extreme, one brain-computer interface prototype can decipher imagined sentences, and ...

To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids....Candice Odgers, a ...

The college years once ranked among the happiest times of most people’s lives, but that’s changed. Young adults face an escalating mental health crisis, fueled in part by loneliness. In 2023, 19% of ...

For many in the U.S., the season most associated with giving, receiving and volunteering runs from Thanksgiving through Hanukkah and Christmas to New Year’s.But around the world, a giving season or ...

What does it take to become the best at something? The answer may not lie in early childhood practice or in lifelong, laser-focused dedication. Instead the path to becoming exceptional at a skill ...