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Elaine Walker: Current Directions in Schizophrenia Research

Check out a video summary of the Current Directions in Psychological Science special issue on schizophrenia.The editor, Emory University psychological scientist and schizophrenia expert Elaine Walker, discusses the state-of-the-art summary of the latest research on… More>

      

Happy Friday

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Drawing on groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, APS Member and University of California, Riverside professor Sonja Lyubomirsky lays out an easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in her ... More>

I Just Can’t Quite Put My Finger On It…

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What do your hands have to do with recalling a name? Seemingly not much, but a new study in Psychological Science finds that you don’t just use your eyes to ... More>

Text Messages Reveal the Emotional Timeline of September 11, 2001

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been called the defining moment of our time. Thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences, including ... More>

Leshner Responds to Coburn-McCain Report

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In an opinion piece in Politico, psychological scientist Alan Leshner, the CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the executive publisher of Science, responded to… More>

Girls’ Early Puberty Linked to Unstable Environment via Insecure Attachment in Infancy

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Girls are hitting puberty earlier and earlier. One recent study found that more than 10 percent of American girls have some breast development by age 7. This news has upset… More>