Current reporting, research and professional developments across Psychology, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley During the course of our day when we are in public, we notice certain people more than others. From strangers to social acquaintances, some individuals seem to make a…
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley I hear this so often from the parents who reach out to me. The rent is due tomorrow, or the car won’t start, and you've got to love this one: The credit card is maxed…
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Some people appear to know everything that happens on social media while revealing almost nothing about themselves. They seem to watch every Instagram story, notice who has…
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley There is something I have known for a long time, something that clients are increasingly bringing into their sessions with me, and something that needs to be written…
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley On July 4, 18-year-old Nolan Wells died somewhere off the shoreline of Horn Island, Mississippi, while boating with his friends. This tragic story would not have…
Posted August 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley "No, you can't take your shirt off," they say, as the boys frolic naked through the sprinklers and my own shirt hangs heavy and wrong. “She’s put on a bit of weight…
Physical multimorbidity and loneliness are increasingly recognised as public health concerns, but the nature of their potential relationships remains unclear. Here we report bidirectional associations between physical…
This paper examines how long-term transformations in pottery styles from the Jutland Peninsula (Denmark) may relate to patterns of visual attention between 4600 and 1 BCE. Free-viewing eye-tracking experiments were…
Canada ranks among the worldâs most prominent immigrant-receiving countries, and immigration has become an integral part of its demographic, economic, and cultural landscape. This study investigates the factors…
Increasing multiculturalism and globalization have increased the discrepancies between socially-shared norms and personal values. This study examined whether the association between Cultural Estrangement (CE) and…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods By Zishan Jiwani (Ph.D. Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Nona Kiknadze (Ph.D. Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. The eclipse observed throughout Europe this week evoked different emotions among those who witnessed it, including awe. Awe is believed to be an emotion, a moral…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods Creatine has spent most of its life associated with weight rooms, athletes, and muscle gain. That is beginning to change. In recent years, researchers have become…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. When a client of mine brought up his meth use, what I started to notice was that he seemed to avoid saying the word “meth.” It was confusing at first, because…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A recent post made a thoughtful case on behalf of estranged parents. It argued that ordinary human responses, like explaining, asking questions, or reaching out…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods It was announced last week that starting in 2027, the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will do away with letter grades for…
Posted August 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Established relationship theory suggests that perceiving barriers to leaving a relationship is a sign of commitment. It is a psychological relationship…
Even people with a high genetic risk of dementia saw benefits from these activities.
Whether the brain encodes the subjective value of pleasant and unpleasant situations via a single integrated circuit or through distinct pathways remains unresolved. How such signals guide choice across contexts also…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is increasingly recognised as being associated with distributed structural and functional brain alterations, yet existing neuroimaging syntheses lack an integrated multimodal approach…
Creating captivating museum experiences is crucial, yet understanding how these experiences influence visitors remains limited. This study investigates the influence of holographic displays on visitor engagement and…
Cognitive screening tools are rarely validated for Indigenous populations of Latin America, a barrier to early dementia detection. We culturally adapted and evaluated the psychometric performance of the Peruvian version…
Depression and anxiety are common mental health disorders that often share overlapping symptoms. This can limit the specificity of standard screening tools and complicate differential diagnosis. Changes in judgment can…
Human interaction invariably occurs within a specific context. Although recent research highlights the role of context for emotion communication, the specific influence of the environmental ambience (the settingâs…
Changes in personality during adolescence may shape future alcohol use, especially in times of societal crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted social norms and stress regulation, making it a natural experiment to…
With the advancement of digital education, short videos have emerged as a powerful teaching and learning, demonstrating unprecedented potential for education for sustainable development (ESD). This study examines how…
Drink spiking has received increasing public and media interest in the United Kingdom (UK), particularly following reports of needle spiking in 2021. Despite growing concern, incidents remain under-reported due to…
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common and costly mental health condition that is often associated with deficits in executive function. Smartphone applications (“apps”) have emerged as promising methods for…
Reinforcement learning from human feedback and related preference-tuning methods are widely used to make large language models safer, yet repeated tuning may also alter the boundary between refusal and compliance…
Accurate assessment of reading comprehension difficulty represents a fundamental challenge in adaptive learning systems and educational content development. Traditional readability formulas rely on surface-level…
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