There’s plenty of research on children and young adults, and plenty of research on senior citizens, but what about middle-aged people? It can sometimes feel like they’re the forgotten middle child of ...

If computers are flawed analysts of straightforward productivity, imagine, now, applying that same technology to something as complex as the constellation of emotions expressible by humans. Study ...

APS welcomes nine psychological researchers to the third cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.

APS Fellows, Charter Members, and award winners have been elected to both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the ...

Rebecca Schlegel, a professor of psychology and brain sciences at Texas A&M University who studies the “true self,” told me people can feel that they become more authentic over time. In her research, ...

Researchers explore how dampening, defined as minimizing positive emotions, can relate to depression symptoms in a new study.

Many people have ambitious goals to improve their health: work out, meditate, eat healthier, get to bed earlier. But so often, those good intentions to improve your well-being can fail to translate to ...

In early 2023, Mahzarin Banaji was meeting with her student Tessa Charlesworth (who is now at Northwestern University) when the topic of ChatGPT arose. Banaji had heard of the tool but hadn’t yet ...

Scientists who have shaped our understanding of clinical cognitive neuroscience, mental health, and racial biases are among the 12 recipients of the 2026 APS lifetime achievement awards. Since APS ...

Many people view their dogs as a central part of their lives. In fact, according to Pew survey data, almost all dog owners in the United States consider their canine companions to be important family ...

Many studies show that sexual attraction in long-term relationships decreases over time. Is this decline inevitable? Are we doomed to be not as into our partners as we were in the honeymoon period?