AI chatbots are becoming more and more a part of childhood and adolescence....ANNE MAHEUX: Kids who do have worse mental health are seeking out AI to help them. But that AI use may be exacerbating ...

If you have a job that makes you sit at a desk most of the time, by the end of the workday you might feel stiff and exhausted.At that point, “it might seem overwhelming to ...

The APS Mentorship Program, designed to help members make connections with other professionals across the globe, welcomes 147 ...

Why do researchers analyzing the same body of evidence reach different conclusions about whether social-media use poses risks to adolescent mental health? We offer a partial explanation: Two common ...

Responding to a recent call for the development of a psychology of science, we examine how scientists manage empirical anomalies, a routine yet consequential challenge in scientific practice, and how ...

A long-standing debate in the study of cognitive aging centers around the issue of whether aging results in a selective deficit in inhibitory control beyond general slowing of cognitive processing.

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Abstract Flow is a state of optimal engagement. Autistic individuals and individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might have variations in flow-like experi ...

When Fan Yang’s children came home complaining about a crafting class, they had a particularly strong advocate. “They said, ‘They don’t let us take home our creations,’” Yang, a research associate ...

APS is excited to honor 11 leaders in psychological science with 2027 lifetime achievement awards. These scientists have advanced research in sleep disorders, cross-cultural comparisons of parenting, ...

Frank Infurna first started thinking about the plight of middle-aged adults 10 years ago. He conducted a monthly survey, asking about their health, well-being, relationships, and life events. But it ...

Image above: Occupy Wall Street movement, 2011. Boris D. Leak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Class identity—whether a person identifies as upper, middle, or lower class—shapes how we behave, ...