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What Does It Take To Be an Effective Mental Health App?
Accessing mental health care has long been difficult, and the pandemic has further increased the strain. And there are thousands of mental health apps — about 20,000 and counting — designed to tackle the problem. They range
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on beliefs and information search, power holders and bribes, attitudes, children and choice, food judgments, gratitude, attitudes toward sexual assault, metacognition, and masculinity-contest cultures in organizations.
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Moral Gridlock? Moralizing Issues Can Persuade—and Stifle Compromise
Framing policies through the lenses of morality and economics appear equally effective in persuading people to change their minds. But moral framing can also make people more resistant to compromise.
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Do We Need Hugs to Be Happy? I Don’t.
Recently published reports in Discover and Psychology Today assert that hugs are essential for human happiness. According to Suzanne Deggs-White, a professor at Northern Illinois University who studies social relationships, our need to be hugged
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Collected Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Research on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) published in various APS journals between 2017 and 2021 in recognition of Autism Acceptance Month.
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Traffic Stops and Race: Police Conduct May Bend to Local Biases
Pierce Ekstrom discusses new research on the relationship between countywide attitudes toward race and local policing.
