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What Makes Something Funny?
Humor can be dissected, as a frog can,” E. B. White wrote, “but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the purely scientific mind.” True to form, philosophers
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Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News
“Fake news” is Donald Trump’s favorite catchphrase. Since the election, it has appeared in some 180 tweets by the President, decrying everything from accusations of sexual assault against him to the Russian collusion investigation to
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The Surprising Secret to Breaking Through a Mental Block, According to Science
When you’re wrestling with a tough decision or you’re trying to solve a hard problem, you might assume you just need to think harder. But concentrating harder won’t force a ‘eureka moment’ when you’re experiencing a
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Do This One Simple Thing to Fall Asleep Faster
If you lie awake at night because your mind won’t stop racing, taking five minutes before bed to write out a to-do list for the next day might help you get more shuteye. In a
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A Brainy New Way of Looking at Friendship
How do we choose our friends? Beyond family ties, there has always been something of a mystery as to why we form close bonds with certain individuals. Sometimes, it seems, two people just click. According
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The Memories of Memory Researchers
APS President Suparna Rajaram asks four internationally renowned psychological scientists, including APS Past President Henry L. (Roddy) Roediger, III, APS Board Member Dorthe Berntsen, APS Fellow Qi Wang, and Charan Ranganath, about the paths that led them to shape how we study and understand human memory.
