HOT-POTATO RESEARCH: The author of an article about what happens when social scientists cave in to political pressure may be experiencing the phenomenon firsthand. A leading psychology journal has ...

An American Psychological Association journal’s outgoing editor in chief has requested and received retractions of eight papers he co-authored in the publication. All the retraction notices in the ...

Below are news briefs of three studies published in the January 2001 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 80, No. 1), a journal of the American Psychological Association ...

Covid lockdowns did no favors to Americans’ mental health, but many psychologists are occupied by other matters. Consider the transformation of the American Psychological Association, which, over the ...

If somebody complains that it hurts to think, they may be onto something, as mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, according to research published by ...

Watching short inspirational videos may be just as effective at reducing stress as meditation, according to research ...