-
Showing Yourself Compassion Can Have Mental and Physical Benefits
Showing love for your nearest and dearest is a hallmark of Valentine’s Day, but research suggests that you may want to save some of that love and compassion for yourself.
-
Effective Self-Control Strategies Involve Much More Than Willpower, Research Shows
Leading behavioral scientists propose a new framework that outlines four types of self-control strategies.
-
What Keeps Some Presidents Carved into Our Memories While Others Are Forgotten
Memory research explains why a few US presidents remain so profound in the national consciousness while most others are destined to fade from our collective memory.
-
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring income inequality and racial bias, support for resettling refugees, and self-referential stimuli in working memory.
-
Putting Yourself in Their Shoes May Make You Less Open to Their Beliefs
Trying to take someone else’s perspective may make you less open to their opposing views, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “As political polarization in America
-
Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“The Case for Implicit Associations: Teaching Students What Lurks Beneath Their Awareness” by Nathan DeWall and “Can Cognitive Flexibility be Learned?” by Cindi May and Gil Einstein.
