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The Choices We Make May Be Random
Humans sometimes justify their choices after the fact. The line of reasoning goes something like this: “I chose this, so I must like it. I didn’t choose this other thing, so it must not be Visit Page
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The Promise and Perils of Behavioral Measurement Technologies
In Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13 teams of researchers explore the potential consequences of behavioral measurement technologies. Visit Page
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The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
New research on language acquisition, bilingualism, and speech perception. Visit Page
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In Focus: The Grand Challenges of Psychological Science
From the field’s most intractable challenges to its most promising frontiers, this issue explores the horizon. Visit Page
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A Youth Mental Health Crisis Was Already Brewing. The Pandemic Made It Worse, Surgeon General Says.
The situation painted across the U.S. surgeon general’s 53-page advisory is dire. Compared with 2019, emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51 percent for adolescent girls in early 2021. Among boys, there was a Visit Page
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Storybooks Could Be an Early Source of Gender Stereotypes for Children
Reading to children offers many benefits. A new study reveals, however, that popular storybooks are an underrecognized source of gender stereotypes, and children’s books often contain stronger gender biases than texts for adults. Visit Page
