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How to Fix the Person You Love
The New York Times: At the heart of the American ideal of marriage lurks a potential conflict. We expect our spouse to make us feel loved and valued, while also expecting him or her to
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When It Comes To Romantic Attraction, Real Life Beats Questionnaires
NPR: Dating sites claim to winnow a few ideal suitors out of a nigh-infinite pool of chaff. But the matches these algorithms offer may be no better than picking partners at random, a study finds.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring automatic causal reasoning in diagnostic decision making, the role of kinship in complicated grief, links between gray matter volume and psychopathology, and emotional memory and trauma in refugees.
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How Friends Become Closer
The Atlantic: “Friendships don’t just happen,” says William Rawlins, a professor of interpersonal communication at Ohio University. “They don’t drop from the sky.” Like any relationship, friendships take effort and work. But they’re often the
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The Many Flavors of Relationships
Psychological science has amassed mounds of research on romantic relationships, but a cross-cutting symposium explores research on other important relationships, including those between siblings, friends, and church members.
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Puppy Love! How Baby Animal Photos Could Help Your Marriage
Live Science: That “squeee!” you feel when you look at pictures of cute puppies or bunnies might be good for your love life. A new study finds that looking at baby-animal photos may increase couples’
