You want that new video game so badly, but you’re trying to knock your credit card balance down. Or you’re binging your favorite TV show and can’t wait to find out if a character lives, ...

Concerns about bots answering online surveys are exaggerated, but a new threat is emerging in artificial intelligence agents.

The director of Duke University’s Mind & Culture Lab conducts research that sits at the intersection of culture, development, ...

Homophobia of course never went away, but not long ago, it seemed like it might. Implicit and explicit bias against gay people fell steadily from 2007 to 2020 and was on track to soon hit ...

Maintaining a positive outlook on life, and about aging in particular, also appears to benefit people in their later years.A 2022 study found that women over 50 who scored highest on a measure of ...

Edward L. Deci, a psychologist at the University of Rochester whose groundbreaking insights, with his colleague Richard M. Ryan, into what motivates people to do what they do — or not — helped ...

Do you see images in your mind? Do you have an inner monologue? Do you have memories you swear are real? Our minds have tremendous variation. This hour, insights on how our brains construct ...

Two summer schools focused on skills for cognitive modeling and mathematical psychology will each receive $20,000 grants ...

Friendship is particularly vulnerable to the alienating force of hyper-individualism. It is the most voluntary relationship, held together primarily by choice rather than by blood or law. So as people ...

Teaching: Lesson plans to teach students cutting-edge research on parenting and introduce feedback loops and expectancy-value ...