A new paper in Clinical Psychological Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as an effective option and ...

Podcast: In this episode, host Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum teams up with Simon Goldberg from the University of Wisconsin to explore a critical question: “How does the “dosage” of meditation app use ...

Get some sleep and you’ll feel better in the morning, according to new research....And mental health and well-being may need to be looked at separately, said Dr. Pamela Rutledge, director ...

A few captive bonobos recently faced a seemingly simple task: locate a tasty snack hidden under one of three cups. Because bonobos are brainiacs, pinpointing the cup with the treat should have been no ...

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

No one wants to be a sucker. But do most of us go too far in our efforts to avoid naivety? In other words, are we all a little overly cynical?My guest today is Jamil ...

Goal setting is part of how we demarcate time, said Dr. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “How to Change.”...It’s normal to feel a bit lost after ...

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

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.

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

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 ...