New research examines overconfidence among tournament chess players to investigate if it is prevalent in an environment that ...

“Autism is not one condition,” said Geraldine Dawson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University and founding director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. “It ...

These are things people might say when they claim to be setting boundaries:“You really have to stop coming over unannounced.”“Don’t talk to me that way.”“If you can’t honor my needs, I’m cutting off ...

Elika Bergelson, a Harvard University language scientist who was not part of the new study, says human infants “mostly rely on how things look. But by 14 months they can also use role or function—for ...

Three researchers will receive support this year from the Sabbatical Fund Fellowship from the James McKeen Cattell Fund.

When I play, I feel the vibration in my heart,” the cellist Yumi Kendall told Dacher Keltner, a psychologist who studies awe. “It is beyond language. Beyond thought. Beyond religion. It is like a ...

At the close of the fall semester, professors across the country will grade their students. Based on recent trends, those grades will be higher than ever. Around the same time, students will hand ...

Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in ...

You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that you’re actually experiencing a sophisticated hallucination?Perception isn’t the passive process that most of us ...