Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) can be used to help bolster areas of the brain associated with creative thought. By learning about the neural patterns of creative thought, scientists are exploring how to steer them in new directions.
Amy Belfi, an assistant professor at Missouri S&T, discusses her research into the impact that audio and music have on the brain—and looking forward to learning more, getting tenure, and playing the upcoming Nintendo Zelda game.
A resurgence of research into psychedelics has renewed interest in their potential impact on creativity and social connectedness.
Artists are haunted by the specter of creative burnout, but research suggests that the best way to overcome barriers to creativity may be to accept them as part of the process.
Under the Cortex talks with 2022 Spence Award winner Oriel FeldmanHall.
Researchers are identifying the mechanisms involved in the brain-gut axis.
Previews of research on neuroscience by early-career psychological scientists.
A collaborative initiative is bringing training for EEG and the measure of ERPs to the undergraduate masses.
Jeni Kubota, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, focuses on implicit racial bias and basic social cognitive processes as drivers of injustice.
Could the sci-fi-esque concept of quantum computing transform our understanding of human cognition?
The split-second distinctions made possible by neuroscience challenge common understandings of how we see and hear.
The connectome—a map of the human brain—is revolutionizing what we know about the brain's structure and function.
Using a larger dataset than all previous studies on the subject combined, researchers found a small connection between brain size and cognitive performance.
György Buzsáki presented the APS's 2020 Fred Kavli Keynote Address titled "The Brain Inside Out." [July 15, 2020]
APS's Charles Blue talks with APS Founding Member Dr. Janet Jones, author of the book Horse Brain, Human Brain.
New research indicates that task-fMRI lacks the reliability to predict individual behavior or how a person might respond to mental-health therapies. [June 3, 2020]
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are discovering what happens in the brain when emotions from one event carry over to the next.
Transcranial direct-current stimulation may be growing in popularity, but research suggests that it probably does not add meaningful benefit to cognitive training.
The evidence from psychological research is clear: When children are separated from their parents, it can have traumatic repercussions for kids’ lives down the line.
The human brain contains more than 100 billion neurons and trillions of connections. In these six articles, we explore how psychological scientists are unpacking its mysteries in research labs all over the world.
The powerhouse of the cell could also hold the secrets to healthy aging.
Reporters and editors, bloggers, social media stars, and even big companies are all trying to figure out the secret recipe for making content go viral. Punchy headlines, funny gifs, and cute animals all seem to
New scientific findings provide insight into the brain activity of socially withdrawn children.
Neuroimaging involving people born deaf shows the pliability in the brain area that processes auditory information.
As you glance over a menu or peruse the shelves in a supermarket, you may be thinking about how each food will taste and whether it’s nutritious, or you may be trying to decide what
Brain activity can be used to tell whether someone recognizes details they encountered in normal, daily life, which may have implications for criminal investigations and use in courtrooms.
Supportive parenting can help protect adolescents, and their brains, against the long-lasting impact of growing up in poverty.
Burnout is not just a state of mind. Psychological research shows it to be a condition that leads to distinctive changes in the anatomy and functioning of the brain.
Activity in areas of the brain related to reward and self-control may offer neural markers that predict whether people are likely to resist or give in to temptations, like food.
Psychological scientists have generated an understanding of the brain’s own navigation capabilities, from the level of individual cells all the way up to higher level cognitive networks.
Psychological scientists have long known that psychological and social factors can affect our responses to viral infections and vaccinations, but that critical connection seems to have eluded many of the public health officials and others charged with leading the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic in its early days.
Methodological innovations provide scientists with fresh ways of addressing the mysteries of the human mind.
This will prepare students to understand how all parts of the brain contribute to behavior.
The committee aims to develop a shared language and concepts for behavioral science research.
This free and easy-to-use platform enables researchers to analyze and reuse complex neuroscience data.
This Seoul National University professor uses computational modeling to identify the behavioral markers of addiction.
Nathan S. Rose uses neuroimaging and stimulation to study memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amnesia.
Is there a developmental period early in life when the brain is especially receptive to musical training? The answer, according to new research published in the journal Psychological Science, is probably not.
Under the Cortex talks with 2022 Spence Award winner Jason Okonofua.
Babies born with high levels of bad cholesterol and a certain type of fat may face a heightened risk for social and psychological problems in childhood, scientists have found.
In a new issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, researchers propose novel treatment strategies, based on advances in brain science, that could help prevent abuse of opioids and other drugs.
Researcher Daeyeol Lee uses methods from economics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence to understand the brain’s ability to make decisions.
Humans’ unique cognitive abilities emerged from a cycle of interactions between brain, culture, and environment, says Atsushi Iriki.
To meet the challenges posed—and promises offered—by brain science, representatives from Australia, Japan, Korea, and the US have declared an intent to create an International Brain Initiative.
Upon reading or hearing words associated with light and dark, peoples’ eyes behave like they are experiencing light and dark, according to a new article published in Psychological Science.
Psychological scientist Laurie R. Santos of Yale University says that her cognitive experiments with monkeys and dogs suggests that humans' unique ability to understand others' mental states can, in many cases, actually cause us to confuse that thinking with our own. See her complete presentation at the 29th APS Annual Convention in Boston.
A surprisingly high proportion of people may have a form of motion blindness in which sensory information about moving objects is not properly interpreted by the brain.
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Ellen Frank discusses her unconventional career path and her research on the role of social routine in curbing bipolar episodes
A panel of regulation experts explains how the capacity develops from infancy through adolescence.
Some brains stay strong despite showing all the biological signs of dementia. Psychological science is identifying specific lifestyle defenses against cognitive decline.
Psychological scientists have uncovered an alarming link between chronic stress and cellular aging. The length of our telomeres, the protective caps at the tips of our chromosomes, may foretell health risks.
You probably don’t need statistics to appreciate the pervasive role of stress in American life, but the numbers are there if you do. A recent Stress in America survey found that a quarter of adults
New York University’s György Buzsáki proposes that our newborn brains are filled with largely random patterns, which he refers to as an “inside-out” framework.
Differences in how our brains respond when we’re anticipating a financial reward are due, in part, to genetic differences.
Researching this persuasive myth allows students to use scientific reasoning tools to evaluate popular claims regarding intelligence.
Research shows that you don't need to see an actual object to experience the “ventriloquist illusion” and its aftereffect. Simply imagining the object produces the same illusory results.
Brain imaging research suggests that our ability to do “cold” math calculations may be connected with our ability to regulate “hot” emotions.
This professor of psychiatry and neurology leads a longitudinal biomarker study of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
A look at how scientific advances are calling into question one of the most basic and fundamental components of psychological science.
The study of time perception serves as a hallmark of integrative science, mixing linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and attention research to explore the ways people feel the minutes and hours pass. And increasingly, this research is focusing on the role that emotion plays in distorting our sense of time.
The shocking behavior of high-profile men now embroiled in sexual harassment scandals may be explained in part from psychological studies showing a link between power and a dampened capacity for empathy.
Framing choices in terms of a sequence of events can help us exercise patience by prompting us to imagine the future.
