There’s a reason why no one ever talks about “the bad old days.” A nostalgic longing for bygone times—and a sense that the present doesn’t stack up well against the past—is a common ...

The award supplements the sabbatical allowance provided by each researcher’s institution for the 2026–2027 academic year, ...

The Association for Psychological Science (previously American Psychological Society) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1988 to advance scientific psychology and its representation as ...

On “The Interview,” Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist and a professor at Yale, says that Americans think about happiness in unique ways, and they have for a long time.

The APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recognizes APS members who have made transformative early career contributions to psychological science. Research contributions can be transformative in various ways, ...

In recent years, several scholars have argued that the influence of deliberate practice on expertise has been overstated. Others have contended that these critiques conflate deliberate practice with ...

Image above: Grotzinger and lab members of the P-Badger Lab, University of Colorado Boulder. Your research aims to understand the genetic signal for psychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions. What ...

Neuroscientist Emily Finn often trawls Reddit for disagreements about television shows, movies, books or podcasts—any narratives that “evoke really different reactions in different people,” she ...

For times in your day where you’d really like to be more patient and present because it’s something that truly matters to you — like taking care of your child or pet — try to reframe the task as a ...

Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a ...

Image above: Kathy Hirsch-Pasek gives her remarks at the 2026 APS Awards Ceremony in Barcelona, Spain. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients reflected on their careers and shared important lessons ...

Campus Representatives are APS undergraduate and graduate student members who represent APS at their institutions and connect their peers to APS resources. All student members are encouraged to apply ...