A new study in The Journal of General Psychology finds that many introductory psychology textbooks continue to misrepresent landmark studies and perpetuate long-debunked myths, despite modest ...

Since the early years of this century, it has been commonplace for computerized analyses of athletic statistics to guide a baseball manager’s choice of pinch hitter, a football coach’s decision to ...

Normally a mini-essay by a journeyman reporter for the New York Times would not be worth rebutting with another mini-essay. We can all agree that the world has quite enough mini-essays as it is. But ...

A new study finds that stimulant medication may not work quite the way we thought in treating ADHD. MRI images reveal ...

Turning 60 doesn’t lock in your personality. New research shows older adults can still grow socially and emotionally.

Around this time of year, I like to take a tour of psychology studies from the last twelve months and pick out those that I think are really worth knowing about. There are, of course, several others ...

Last-year psychology majors' research sheds light on the effects of studying abroad on professional and personal development. Every year hundreds of students from SLU-St. Louis and other partnership ...

Focus of teaching and scholarship: I am a clinical psychologist whose research explores the intersection of personality and psychopathology. Most recently, I have been working to elucidate underlying ...

Active recall is a science-backed study technique that helps psychology students retain and apply knowledge more effectively. By practicing retrieval instead of passive review, learners strengthen ...

By Dr Vasilios SilivistrisPsychology, the scientific study of the mind and behaviour, helps us understand why people think, feel and act the way they do. Because human behaviour is so complex, the ...