A new study shows that how we process information, in addition to party allegiances, can contribute to beliefs of vote ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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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 ...

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 ...