Discover how the massive Ashley Madison data leak allowed psychologists to study the real reasons people seek affairs and how society judges them.

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His work with his colleague Richard Ryan changed how psychologists understand human motivation and what people require to ...

What if no topic or question was off limits because psychology understood itself to be a convening discipline in which every aspect of human experience meets?

​​There's a good chance you've done it without even thinking about it: set aside the crispiest French fry, saved the frosted corner piece of cake, or deliberately left your favorite part of a meal for ...

Psychologists weigh in on the viral Shopping Cart Theory—and whether this small, everyday choice really reveals your true ...

The former APS president asked ChatGPT to describe its implicit biases. Its answer steered her research in a whole new ...

Psychological science has never been more societally relevant, says APS President James Pennebaker in his third presidential ...

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or become victims themselves. These are some of the findings in a new ...

While extroverts flood feeds with daily updates, psychology reveals that silent scrollers—those who watch everyone's lives but share nothing of their own—possess a fascinating mix of traits from ...

We’ve blown past the Turing test, but "indistinguishable" isn’t "equivalent." Psychology must continue to learn from people, and there is still a great deal to learn.

The alarming claim that we make 200 daily food decisions isn’t exposing hidden habits, it’s exposing a misleading number.