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Touch communicates connection and caring “with crystal clarity to your brain in ways that words don’t,” said James A. Coan, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the forthcoming book “Why We Hold Hands.”
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Ann S. Masten, a developmental psychologist, describes resilience as “ordinary magic,” the result of normal developmental processes rather than extraordinary personal qualities. But those processes require what she calls “adaptive systems,” one of the most important of which i...
An APS advocacy goal has been securing a change to the National Institutes of Health policy related to Basic Experimental Studies involving Humans (BESH).
Several years ago, the NIH began classifying basic experimental studies involving humans, including many basic psychological and behavioral studies, as clinical trials under NIH’s clinical tri...
A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change.
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“I’m not sure [this new model for diagnosis] will have any strong utility at this point,” says psychologist Ashley Watts. “...
APS is excited to announce a new travel award made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Robert A. Baron in memory of APS Charter Member and Fellow Dr. Donn Byrne.
The APS Early Career Scholar Travel Award pr...