If a hard day in the office leaves you crabby and uncooperative, you may have an excuse: scientists say exercising self-restraint can exhaust parts of the brain related to decision-making and impulse ...

How does the brain’s memory function change as we grow older? What recent discoveries are helping us understand these changes ...

To encourage student research in psychological science, the APS Student Grant Competition provides small “seed grant” funding to support research in its initial development stages, e.g., the purchase ...

Graduate student instructors have the right to choose if they want to disclose (or not disclose) their sexual orientation and ...

Why some people cry more than othersMuch of that difference is likely to be the result of societal pressures and gender norms, experts say. Consider the fact that little boys and girls cry about the ...

It has long been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, providing an unparalleled glimpse into the soul of a human ...

Next time you’re feeling stressed, try giving some money away.Generosity is a powerful drug even in small doses. Donations to a worthy cause or acts of kindness to friends give your mind and body a ...

A sample of research on parent reinforcement and relationship behaviors, global well-being and mental health, predicting transdiagnostic symptom change across diverse demographic groups, and much more ...

Cynicism is on the rise. Should that come as any surprise given today’s divisive global conflicts and our fraught political landscape? Even the weather seems like it’s out to get us.Americans are ...

While your body fights germs, you feel depressed, anti-social, even lethargic. Social neuroscientist Keely Muscatell offers an evolutionary explanation for why your mood and immune system are linked. ...