2025 APS Annual Convention - Association for Psychological Science
The 2025 meeting will take place May 22-25, 2025, in Washington, D.C., featuring plenary sessions, symposia, flash talks, submitted talks, posters, educational ...
Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
2013年3月29日 · People say that procrastination reduces the productivity. But scientifically it actually increases the productivity. People tend to work more and try to be more productive in the last few hours before the deadline.
How the Classics Changed Research Ethics – Association for ...
2022年8月31日 · Social scientists have long contended that the Common Rule was largely designed to protect participants in biomedical experiments—where scientists face the risk of inducing physical harm on subjects—but fits poorly with …
Myth: We Only Use 10% of Our Brains
2018年8月29日 · SUGGESTED LESSON PLAN. This notion seems firmly rooted in popular culture despite many efforts to debunk it (Hughes, Lyddy, & Lamb, 2013). It was the basis of the movie Lucy (2014), which depicted what supposedly would happen if a person actually used all 100% of her brainpower. It has been used to justify belief in pseudoscientific psychic powers …
Harlow’s Classic Studies Revealed the Importance of Maternal …
2018年6月20日 · Harry Harlow’s empirical work with primates is now considered a “classic” in behavioral science, revolutionizing our understanding of the role that social relationships play in early development.
The Science of Swearing – Association for Psychological Science – …
2012年4月25日 · Why would a psychological scientist study swearing? Expertise in such an area has different practical significance inside and outside the community of psychological science. Outside the scientific community, expertise on taboo language is justification for …
The Complicated Psychology of Revenge – Association for …
2011年10月4日 · A few years ago a group of Swiss researchers scanned the brains of people who had been wronged during an economic exchange game. These people had trusted their partners to split a pot of money with them, only to find that the partners had chosen to …
The Psychological Study of Smiling
2011年2月11日 · A smile begins in our sensory corridors. The earcollects a whispered word. The eyes spot an old friend on the station platform. The hand feels the pressure of another hand. This emotional data funnels to …
Association for Psychological Science – APS
Science for Society Webinars. Science for Society is an APS webinar series focused on educating the public and bringing psychological science to decision-makers working to solve real world problems.. APS Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Learn about APS’s commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of our leadership, membership, activities, …
The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
How do children learn language, and how is language related to other cognitive and social skills? For decades, the specialized field of developmental psycholinguistics has studied how children acquire language—or multiple languages—taking into account biological, neurological, and social factors that influence linguistic developments and, in turn, can play a role in how children learn …