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National Academy of Sciences Elects Four APS Fellows
New NAS members in 2022 include APS Fellows Robert A. Bjork, Alice H. Eagly, Megan R. Gunnar, and Roberta L. Klatzky.
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Early-Career Investigators: Apply to Join the Interstellar Initiative
The program connects early-career investigators from around the world with peers in related disciplines to address challenges in the area of basic research to elucidate the complex mechanisms of living organisms.
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How to Make Self-Affirmation Work, Based on Science
For fans of “Saturday Night Live,” the word affirmation probably triggers memories of a character popular in the 1990s: Stuart Smalley.
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Why Mind Wandering Can Be Actually Good For You
Whether it's thinking about your goals, running future scenarios, replaying old memories or simply wondering what you'd have for dinner tonight—science shows that mind wandering accounts for more than 45% of your waking hours every day. Mind wandering can serve many purposes for people, including relief from boredom, exploration of the imagination and distraction from unpleasant or harmful thoughts and images, says Dr. Chanda Reynolds, a licensed clinical psychologist based in Washington. Although it may seem counterproductive to spend nearly half of the time you're awake with your head in the clouds, experts say otherwise.
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Delusion and the Uses of Not Being Rational
APS Fellow and Charter Member Stuart Vyse, talks about his new book “The Uses of Delusion: Why It’s Not Always Rational to Be Rational.”
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on computational models and psychological measurement, clinical applications of digital technologies, infants’ everyday experiences, trajectories of anxiety and depression, language acquisition, a new way of studying psychopathology, group-based control, binocular rivalry, and aging and digital technology use.
