Philip G. Zimbardo, a towering figure in social psychology who explored how good people turn evil in the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, which devolved into chaos after college students acting as ...

Daniel Jones never dreamed he'd still be doing a New York Times column about love two decades and 200,000 submissions later. Or that the Modern Love column would have grown to include a podcast, books ...

If you’re terrified of spiders, a psychiatrist might suggest facing your fears through seeing pictures or getting close to the real thing—not just one time but over and over. For someone with ...

Podcast: APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum and Miri Forbes of Macquarie University address how traditional models like the DSM ...

Autistic people face unique sensory and social challenges throughout their daily lives, but embracing autism as both a ...

APS Fellow Deanna Barch, a professor of psychology and radiology and Vice Dean of Research at Washington University in St.

Two professors and social psychologists studying romantic relationships have set out on a new venture—creating a podcast for ...

A cutting comment can make you feel “diminished,” says June Tangney, a psychology professor at George Mason University whose research focuses on shame and guilt.“The times we feel hurt, it’s typically ...

I know of someone who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a child in the 1990s. When he turned 18, his insurance company notified him that his medication—a kind that ...

No one gets a free pass when it comes to stress. We all experience it, and though chronic stress can take its toll on our health, there are situations when stress can be beneficial....Your stress ...

Phone apps can tell whether your kid is playing hooky. But remotely surveilling your child might not be great for navigating the trials of the teen years....With so many things for parents to worry ...

Week in, week out, we work. But what can we do to not lose ourselves in the 9-to-5 grind? This hour, we question how long we work, why we valorize work, and what good leadership ...