Psychology has portrayed “risk-takers” in a familiar way over the past few decades: as skydivers, gamblers, motorcyclists, partygoers and thrillseekers. But in 2025, this archetype seems to be ...

Historically, rituals have acted as a social glue. “We’re especially interested in being like our family, and members of our community, of our region or country,” said Cristine Legare, a professor of ...

This year’s cohort includes 43 mentors and 56 mentees, representing 15 countries, including Australia, Spain, Taiwan, and ...

APS Fellow and distinguished scholar J.P. Das made lasting contributions that shaped the fields of educational psychology, ...

Simine Vazire, editor-in-chief of the Association for Psychological Science’s journal Psychological Science and professor of ...

The impacts of language on depression and anxiety symptoms in Japanese English bilingual people are explored in a new study ...

Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults, according to a study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open....One ...

Laura Carstensen's favorite lecture of the year is the one when she tells undergrads at Stanford University that—contrary to what they've probably been told and believe—these are not the best years of ...

You might think spending time on your smartphone or computer is bad for your brain. Indeed, “brain rot” — the slang term for a mental decline caused by mindlessly consuming social media or digital ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

In this Q&A, Richard Aslin shares his thoughts on the real meaning of “academic freedom” and why members of the higher ...