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The Road to Reproducibility
In a symposium chaired by APS Treasurer Roberta Klatzky, leaders in the area of reproducibility convened to review some of the steps currently being taken to shore up confidence in conclusions about psychological phenomena.The panelists
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Mind Over Matter
Humans are an easily distracted species, but we’ve always longed for ways to regulate our own attention. Psychological science has shed a lot of light on this issue, says APS William James Fellow Michael I. Posner.
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A New Twist on a Classic Puzzle
“A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?” Take a minute to think about it … Do you have the
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Memory Athletes and Researchers Collaborate to Dissect Feats of Memory
Some of us have a gift for memorization and recall — think Sherlock Holmes. The fictional Holmes was portrayed as having a natural gift, but others train their memories using mnemonic techniques. Although the general
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Thoughts on the Future of Data Sharing
A number of policy changes are occurring that could profoundly affect our science, perhaps in unanticipated ways. Unfortunately, many of these changes are being formulated without sufficient input from psychological scientists, even though components of
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Intertwined Sciences
Watch the ICPS Keynote Addresses: Decoding the Neural Signature of Consciousness Stanislas Dehaene The Lasting Power of Patience Terrie E. Moffitt How Brains Think George Lakoff Years ago, it was common for psychological scientists to
