Scientific credibility depends on valid research. But with growing concerns about replication failures and questionable ...

Del Toro's research focuses on how socialization, discrimination, and identity shape development across the lifespan.

Using imagery can help people keep their memories vivid for longer, but for those with PTSD, a strong sense of imagery could ...

Screens are steadily taking over more and more of our life, leading some researchers to worry about the effect of long-term use on older adults’ brain. It has been suggested that this might lead to so ...

What kind of headspace do you want to be in today? Focused and productive as you tick through routine to-do list items? Dreamy and creative? Happy and social? Contemplative? Analytical? Whatever mood ...

How much can we trust our memories? We know that our mind keeps an imperfect record of the past. We can forget or misremember details with frustrating consequences. Our attention can be diverted in ...

With the first generation of people exposed widely to technology now approaching old age, how has its use affected their risk of cognitive decline?...None of the 136 studies the authors reviewed ...

In the years since the consensus statement was published, however, the evidence for each of these A.D.H.D. biomarkers has faltered. Attempts to replicate the studies that showed differences in brain ...

With creativity, if you don’t use it, it starts to go away,” Robert Sternberg, a Cornell University professor of psychology, told me. Sternberg, who studies human creativity and intelligence, argues ...

"The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement," claimed the philosopher Karl Popper. He was writing about the dangers of dogma in science – but his words could equally apply to anyone's ...