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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring: cognitive bias modification to target two behaviors; positive affect as a buffer between chronic stress and emotional disorder symptoms; reward sensitivity and trait disinhibition as predictors of substance use problems; and culture as a mediator between appraisals and PTSD symptoms.
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Inside the lab using mind-changing psychology experiments to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict
To read a man’s mind, first you have to outline his skull. Last November, I watched a psychologist use a digital pen to draw the circumference of a man’s head. The coordinates of his brain
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The Importance of Cultural Context: Expanding Interpretive Power in Psychological Science
Psychological research relies heavily on homogenous samples and settings, but there are many ways that the field can include more cultural considerations in the exploration of human emotions, cognition, and behavior, says APS Fellow Yuichi Shoda and colleagues Laura Brady and Stephanie Fryberg.
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March Methodology Madness
Borrowing from the “March Madness” college basketball tournament in the United States, the Observer presents our annual look at methodology innovations and research practices.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring creativity during mind wandering, object representation in infants’ working memory, and factors that influence cultural adaptation.
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How culture shapes your mind — and your mental illness
THE PATIENT, A man in his early 20s, was clearly distressed, anxious. There were insects, he said, insects crawling around under his skin. The graduate student doing the initial assessment was immediately concerned and went
