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Presenting Information About Mental Health in a Second Language Could Help Counter Cultural Norms Against Treatment

Public health outreach efforts often strive to overcome communication barriers by using interpretation and translation to present information to communities in their native language.

Black Women’s Childhood Symptoms of Disordered Eating Predict Symptoms in Adulthood

Disordered eating can influence a person’s health and well-being throughout their lifetime.

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Want More Generous Children? Show Them Awe-inspiring Art

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.

Diversity Training: One Size Does Not Fit All

What explains persistent racial disparities in policing, despite police departments’ repeated investments in bias-training programs?

The Self-Taught Vocabulary of Homesigning Deaf Children Supports Universal Constraints on Language

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.

Psychological Stress Impedes Performance, Even for Olympic Athletes

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.

Events Serve as “Stepping Stones” en Route to Retrieved Memories

One solution to this frustratingly common scenario is to retrace your steps.

The Dangers of “Bureaucra-think”: Research Demonstrates Structural Bias and Racism in Mental Health Organizations

Bias is embedded in the very ways healthcare organizations operate, according to a study published recently in Clinical Psychological Science.

Similarities in Human and Chimpanzee Behavior Support Evolutionary Basis for Risk Taking

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.

Hearing is Believing: Sounds Can Alter Our Visual Perception

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.

The Dangers of “Bureaucra-think”: Research Demonstrates Structural Bias and Racism in Mental Health Organizations

Bias is embedded in the very ways healthcare organizations operate, according to a study published recently in Clinical Psychological Science.

Was I Happy Then? Our Current Feelings Can Interfere with Memories of Past Well-Being

Many of us spend our lives chasing “happiness,” a state of contentment that is more difficult for some to achieve than others.

Deprivation May Explain the Link Between Early Adversity and Developmental Outcomes in Adolescence

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children’s cognitive and emotional development.

A Broader Definition of Learning Could Help Stimulate Interdisciplinary Research

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—

Patients Believe in Psychotherapy More When Practitioners Demonstrate Warmth and Competence

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.

A Broader Definition of Learning Could Help Stimulate Interdisciplinary Research

We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

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.

How Work Is Evolving Under the Pressure of COVID-19

An interdisciplinary group of researchers shares their findings on the workforce, suicide and work, working mothers, insights for future research, and more.

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

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.