Psychological Science

Although scientists understand a great deal about how a child’s mental capacities develop from decades of experimental evidence, much less is known about how everyday people perceive this process.

“These beliefs matter because they may shape what parents and teachers expect from the children,” said Xianwei Meng, a developmental psychologist at Nagoya University. For...

Since the founding of the APS Student Caucus (APSSC) in 1989, one year after APS itself was established, the APSSC has been committed to the organization’s mission and to enhancing the professional development of its student members. This year, that shared history reac...

Until very recently, airplanes were one of the last places where you couldn’t count on having good Wi-Fi. Even the Amazon’s most remote villages have high-speed internet, but for years, the typical in-flight connectivity experience could have been best summed up by the aviation Reddit thread titled “WiFi horrible?”

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No one will argue that breathing stale ...

Here’s the scene: You’re catching up with a friend over coffee when your elbow clips your cup, sending espresso all over her brand-new phone. You feel awful. You mop up the spill, apologize five times, and bolt—then avoid her for days, turning a ruined phone into a damaged friendship. 

The problem isn’t that you feel awful. It’s that awful doesn’t give you ...

You’ve spent Monday through Friday running on five hours of sleep, working late nights and waking up early just to do it all over again. On Saturday, you get 12 glorious hours of shut-eye and feel instantly refreshed when you wake up. You’re all caught up on your sleep, right?

Actually, not quite. The idea that a single morning or weekend spent logging extra hours i...