Streaks work for two reasons: what behavioral economists call loss aversion and potential gain, said Dr. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.Let’s start with gains: ...

Lukas Lengersdorff and Claus Lamm discuss three misconceptions that stand in the way of an informed discussion.

Podcast: Under the Cortex features Michael Kramer from the University of Zurich to discuss how, as individuals step up to ...

Teaching: Lesson plans about the changeability or controllability of traits that other people possess and how they can play a ...

A new study shows that supports at the individual, relational, and community levels work together to foster resilience, ...

In her first column, APS President Randi Martin makes the case for collaborative research that cuts across research areas. In ...

Professor Bruce Hood, of the University of Bristol, speaks of the human tendency "to blow things out of proportion…[focusing] on our own failings or inadequacies". He runs ten-week courses at Bristol ...

OCD can be treated, but people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. A recent ...

The study of framing effects is a multidisciplinary line of research that investigates when, how, and why language influences those who receive a message and how it impacts their response. This ...

Our memories form the bedrock of who we are. Those recollections, in turn, are built on one very simple assumption: This happened. But things are not quite so simple. “We update our memories through ...

“Marshmallow Test” Redux: New Research Reveals Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other Children are more likely to control their immediate impulses when they and a peer rely ...