The mechanisms fostering merging include mutual self-disclosure and repeated interactions. Such merging can have positive or ...

Groundbreaking research on the mechanisms of emotional memory and brain plasticity, the dynamics of collective cognition, and ...

At the APS 37th Annual Convention, scientists shared their concerns about the challenges facing psychological science amidst ...

Arturo Hernandez, Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and editor for Perspectives on Psychological Science, ...

I don't care how you teach,” Hattie said in May at the 37th APS Annual Convention in Washington, DC. “I care about the impact ...

Loneliness has become a global public health concern. Countries including the United Kingdom and Japan have appointed “ministers of loneliness” to help tackle the problem. In the United States, ...

A new review explores how dance develops in early childhood and how studying the emergence of dance can reveal the ...

The idea seems so old-fashioned, so sentimental: that you could fall for someone “at first sight,” deeply and instantly. It’s straight out of the classic romance dramas—Jack’s gaze freezing when he ...

More than a decade after psychologists began to seriously wrestle with questions about the rigor and reliability of their work, there are signals that the field is improving. A recent analysis of 240, ...

Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory.

If there is a song in your soul, sing it out loud — whether in your car on your morning commute or at karaoke with friends. It’s okay if you are not the next Beyoncé.Making ...

This Spence recipient's interdisciplinary work examines the neurocognitive mechanisms of affective information processing and ...