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Motorcycles Are Missed Because Drivers Aren’t Looking for Them
Drivers were tested on their ability to spot an unanticipated motorcycle. If this were a test in school, they would have failed.
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Lila Gleitman
APS Mentor Award Recipient Lila R. Gleitman reflects on her rich career exploring the fundamentals of language and cognition.
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APS Sponsors NAS Behavioral Sciences Board’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
One of the foremost US advisory groups on behavioral sciences celebrated its 20th anniversary and APS helped to mark the celebration.
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Do Broader Faces Signal Antisocial Traits? Maybe Not
Data from over 135,000 people show no link between broad faces and antisocial traits, in contrast with previous studies.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Investigating an Incentive-Sensitization Model of Eating Behavior: Impact of a Simulated Fast-Food Laboratory Michelle A. Joyner, Sally Kim, and Ashley N. Gearhardt The incentive-sensitization theory suggests that compulsive eating behaviors are driven more by "wanting" (the motivation to consume a substance) than by "liking" (hedonic pleasure). "Wanting" and "liking" are hypothesized to be distinct only in the presence of substance-related cues -- cues that may affect other motivations to consume food, such as hunger.
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New Tools for Designing Powerful Studies
Psychological scientists offer open-source tools to help researchers ensure their studies are adequately powered.
