Presidential-track sessions at APA's Annual Convention in Hawaii will tackle day care research, counseling and substance abuse services for prostitutes, and post-apartheid South Africa.

Modern anorexia may stem from an adaptation that helped ancient nomadic people find food, according to a recently proposed theory.

With Steven J. Breckler at the helm, the directorate will build bridges linking the science of psychology with other sciences and disciplines.

Duke University's new training program for minority researchers uses extra funds and a one-on-one focus to fuel innovative research.

NYU psychoanalytic and Africana studies programs form a pioneering partnership.

A psychologist's course combats failure in college, and now in high school.

APA highlights psychology's contributions to education at a teacher education conference.

APA and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory's lab on student success, one of 10 federally funded Regional Education Laboratories, are teaming up to recommend ways that science can help K-12 schools address such challenges as accountability and student achievement.

Psychobiologists show how the vagal pathway links hormones outside the brain to neurotransmitters inside the brain to lock in memory of emotional or stressful events.