Common wisdom suggests that a core difference between solitude and loneliness is choice.
Concert halls, movie theaters, and museums are home to a kaleidoscope of art forms, but one thing they all have in common is the potential to inspire feelings of awe.
What explains persistent racial disparities in policing, despite police departments’ repeated investments in bias-training programs?
Languages may seem different on an instinctual level—“hello,” for example, does not sound like “ni hao.” But the work of many psychological scientists suggests that the thousands of languages spoken throughout the world draw on many of the same fundamental linguistic abilities and reflect universal aspects of how humans categorize events.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were unique not just for taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic but for being the first athletic event to measure and broadcast competitors’ heart rates as world-class archers took a shot at Olympic gold.
One solution to this frustratingly common scenario is to retrace your steps.
Bias is embedded in the very ways healthcare organizations operate, according to a study published recently in Clinical Psychological Science.
Many important decisions boil down to a choice between the supposed safety of sticking with what we know and the risk of going out on a limb for a chance at getting something even better.
Perception generally feels effortless. If you hear a bird chirping and look out the window, it hardly feels like your brain has done anything at all when you recognize that chirping critter on your windowsill as a bird.
Bias is embedded in the very ways healthcare organizations operate, according to a study published recently in Clinical Psychological Science.
Many of us spend our lives chasing “happiness,” a state of contentment that is more difficult for some to achieve than others.
Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children’s cognitive and emotional development.
We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren’t the only entities capable of adapting to their environment—
Therapy is a collaborative process informed not just by a practitioner’s expertise but also by the patient’s expectations about that expertise and how likely they are to benefit from it.
We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit
Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.
An interdisciplinary group of researchers shares their findings on the workforce, suicide and work, working mothers, insights for future research, and more.
Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.