A discussion about the potential use of noninvasive brain stimulation to treat children with Developmental Dyscalculia.
Why you should participate in a psychological study & Why you should take it seriously
Psychologists work with very interesting and complicated data. It is important that we are motivated to understand how to make sense of such information.
Educators often advise students to find a quiet place to study and then only study in that place, but does following that advice actually benefit learning?
Learn what eye trackers are, what metrics they record, and how they are used in industry and academia
Graduate school is a big commitment that is heavily contingent upon our own drive and self-direction. As a student who recently applied to graduate programs, I distinctly remember how arcane the whole process felt at the beginning. Where do you start? …
In 2013, a roaring career came all to a stop after a tragic accident during a Christmas ski trip in the Alps. A famous formula 1 driver in a coma, so why are we hearing now that he is conscious?
Why not support a commission to examine the structural effects of slavery on the lives of Americans today? Recent research in social psychology offers some insights into the deeply rooted sources of racial division over this question.
I am sure many of us have stories of young children saying words that they should not be repeating at their age. And I am sure many of these stories make us smile. When my brother was about two-years-old he was playing with his Hot Wheels cars on the f …
Emotion regulation is generally thought to be a good thing. However, there can be costs for excessive emotion regulation. This article addresses the negative consequences of emotion regulation and how vulnerable individuals and marginalized communities may be especially susceptible to these effects.
Racial discrimination can negatively impact one’s health, and research is still uncovering the ways by which it does so. This article focuses on the process by which discrimination can produce more stress for individuals and impact their social relationships.
The term neurodiversity refers to a growing movement that views differences in people’s neurology as providing them with valuable diversity and skills opposed to viewing their neurological differences as a disease or disorder that requires treatment. In this article, we list 5 things you should know about neurodiversity.
What do psychological studies on masculinity tell us about the social pressures that lead to “toxic masculinity”? This article summarizes information from the recently released APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.
Graduate education is still considered a class privilege. By making low-income students work unpaid hours in the lab, are we contributing to inequalities in educational attainment?
Thinking about getting an education, but not sure how to make it work with current life obligations or different hurdles you have had to encounter? Higher education is for everyone, and here’s some resources to help you get what you need.
In today’s political climate, teachers nationwide have reported increases in conflict between students from different racial/ethnic groups. Helping kids form friendships across group lines may be the key to creating a more positive and affirming school environment.
Are you wondering how to get off to a good start in the beginning of your psychology Ph.D. program? Here are seven pieces of advice for your first year!
In this article, I will be writing about harm reduction, an approach to minimize the harmful risks involved in drug use, and the efficacy of different practices used with this approach, such as Needle Exchange Programs (NEP’s), Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT), and Safer Injection Sites.
Incorrect eyewitness identifications are a serious problem for the justice system. In this post, I describe simultaneous and sequential lineup formats and the ongoing debate over whether one of these formats results in more accurate witness identifications.
A crisis has emerged in dementia care due to caregiver burden, high costs of care, and a growing aging population. Intelligent Assistive Technologies could be the answer to some of these problems, but they carry a unique set of ethical issues. How can we address these issues and use technology to improve dementia care?
How does being a pre-teen make us more at risk for mental illness? And why do some people come out of puberty with mental health concerns, while others don’t?