Teaching High School Psychology

For those of you not familiar, for several years, the American Psychological Association has had a series of principles that are most import...

Yesterday, I was sitting in my in-service meetings.  My Principal showed us this video by Dalton Sherman, a young man who is well on his way...

Phil Zimbardo does a TED talk about time. As ScienceBlog notes: "In this video, [he] says happiness and success are rooted in a trait...

Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety. "But as analyses of genomes from dozens of distinct populations have rolled in -- French, ...

"Patients often have difficulty getting the help they need — partly because therapists tend to regard borderline patients as manipulati...

[I'm guessing everyone is in AP mode, but in case you've got students who aren't taking the exam and are twiddling their thumbs,...

Slate looks at the latest research suggesting that ADD/ADHD may interfere with a child's growth . Honda builds a brain-to-robot interfac...

Soldiers undergoing mock interrogations can be tricked by simple psychological techniques into misidentifying their interrogator. Combined w...

Should scientists study race and IQ? No, society and science do not befit . Yes, the scientific truth must be pursued . (Nature) The truth i...

February 11 A new study has found that people grossly underestimate the length of these lines -- a finding which implies that we’re all misj...

Eating a Mediterranean diet appears to lower risk for mental decline, and may help prevent Alzheimer’s in people with existing memory proble...