Studies have shown that exerting control over your situation proactively can help relieve the stress associated with waiting. As helpful methods for quelling anxiety, research participants waiting for ...

Every day, we make countless choices—but are these decisions guided by desire or design? This hour, TED speakers on what shapes the food we eat, how we power our homes, and how we communicate.Guests ...

Frank McAndrew has heard it more times than he can count. Someone finds out he studies gossip and says, with great indignation: “I never gossip.” His first thought, every time? “You must be the most ...

APS President James Pennebaker's fourth presidential column features Carla Groom, who discusses her training in psychological ...

The 13 psychological scientists listed below account for all but one of the individuals in the Section on Psychology.

When Martin Seligman, bestselling author, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the most influential figures in the field, became a psychologist in the mid-1960s, the ...

Since our worries tend to fixate on the future, rather than the past, it can also be used to focus our attention on preparing and problem-solving. It can also motivate us to take action.Research has ...

According to recent polling from the American Psychiatric Association, Americans are feeling anxious — about current events, job security, finances, the future.You don’t have to be in the center of a ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research.Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

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, ...