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A leading genetic expert tackles the nature vs. nurture debate
Robert Plomin is no stranger to controversy. It comes with the territory, he tells me, for someone who has spent over four decades studying the role genetics play in making us who we are. That
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2019 William James Fellow Award Goes to Phelps, Gilbert, Nadel, Werker
APS Past President Elizabeth A. Phelps, along with Daniel T. Gilbert, Lynn Nadel, and Janet F. Werker, are recognized for lifetime achievement in the basic science of psychology.
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Psychological Science’s Human Clientele: Beneficiaries or Victims?
Barbara Tversky’s engaging article, “Seeing Psychological Science Everywhere” (Observer, September 2018), prompts a historical note and some (brief) reflections on the present and future. In 1978, a stellar group of scholars revisited George Miller’s 1969
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Your Lonely Child’s Path to a Happier Life
Many children come home from school around this time of year with a lament no parent wants to hear: “Nobody likes me.” While childhood inflicts emotional bumps and bruises on most people, feeling rejected by
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What Happens When A Country Bans Spanking?
In 1979, Sweden became the first country to ban the corporal punishment of children. Earlier this year, Nepal became the 54th country to do so. Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88
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Growing up with Alexa: A child’s relationship with Amazon’s voice assistant
The first four words my toddler understood were “mom,” “dad,” “cat” and “Alexa.” Cameron first recognized the name of Amazon’s voice assistant while sitting, covered in spaghetti sauce, in his high chair. I’d no sooner
