Explore how scientific research by psychologists can inform our professional lives, family and community relationships, emotional wellness, and more.
Work in America™ 2026
Workers weather stress, uncertainty, and AI with psychological capital
Children’s and adolescents’ learning with educational technology
Research-based recommendations to protect and support students’ learning, development, and well-being
APA Publishing products and resources that support research, education, practice and general wellbeing.
Tools for psychologists to do their jobs every day.
Perspectives on aging: Psychology across the lifespanlogin required
Sue Grigson’s research could help change the way we treat addiction
Resources for students, teachers and psychologists at all levels to explore career growth in psychology.
Professional Resilience in Changing Times
Paid Promotional Presentations Designed to Deepen Your Clinical Knowledge
Browse the latest updates from APA, informed by psychological science.
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, to retire in January 2028
You can make a difference
Learn about key issues impacting psychologists today
Jiaying Zhao helps people enjoy protecting the planet
Researcher uses cognitive science to reframe environmental responsibility as positive and joyful.
How Shanna B. Tiayon helps workplaces foster psychological safety
Social psychologist helps employers create a culture of well-being to boost productivity, innovation, and the bottom line.
This social psychologist at the CDC is working to improve youth mental health
Dr. Kathleen Ethier understands the complex interplay between individual choices and social systems.
This psychologist is training supervisors in the dynamics of power and privilege, and how those can play out in their work with students
Clinician and professor Amber Childs is the cofounder of Yale’s innovative GROW (Getting Racism Out of Work) Initiative.
In brief--Diet self-selection can ease diabetes symptoms
Rats allowed to choose their own diet both before and after they were artificially induced to develop diabetes had less severe symptoms than similarly treated rats that were given standard chow or a custom chow with nutrients in the same ratios as ready-made chow.
Special Student Section: The ins and outs of federal grants
It's never too soon for students to learn how grants work, especially those from the largest source of research funds — the federal government.
The ins and outs of federal grants
Strong grant-writing skills can make you more competitive when seeking a job in academia.
When does everything happen?
A complex grant proposal might involve more than one PI, many departments, and longitudinal interdisciplinary research.
Checking the coordinates
Psychologists and geographers together study spatial thinking and skills.
Cultural factors in alcohol abuse
Data from the newly unveiled National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcoholism and Related Conditions (NESARC) are outlining the clear role of culture in alcoholism and related disorders.
Nationwide survey spotlights U.S. alcohol abuse
A large federal epidemiological survey offers new insights into alcohol abuse–and an opportunity for psychologists to further investigate alcoholism and related disorders.
How does diabetes affect learning and memory?
Neuroscientists have confirmed the viability of an animal model for researching how insulin resistance, a precursor to Type II diabetes, compromises learning and memory.
Feed the birds
Songbird study offers new insights into how malnutrition impairs development and cognition
Web experimentation
A new APA Science Directorate institute taught psychologists and students to conduct online research.
Science Watch--Limit violations just spur more drinking
Downing more liquor than planned nets a hangover of regret and reduced restraint, an ecological assessment reveals.
Lessons from H.M.
H.M. is the only patient alive today who has had a near-complete removal of the hippocampus, amygdala and surrounding cortex on both sides of his brain.
Mending memory
Psychologists are exploring memory enhancers that exploit the latest research in brain function.
Poor memory's multiple causes
Memory problems are also seen with multiple sclerosis, AIDS, encephalitis, temporal-lobe epilepsy and Korsakoff's syndrome (associated with alcoholism) and can show up after stroke, brain tumor, myocardial infarction, meningitis and oxygen deprivation.
Science Watch--Marine mammals master math
Study makes waves by showing for the first time that dolphins understand the concept of numerosity.
Science Watch--The power of potent steroids
Hamster research raises new questions about whether the commonly abused drugs may be addictive.
Science Watch--Sleepy heads
A pilot Air Force study finds individual differences in how brains respond when tired.
Only the lonely
New students who feel more alone respond less to the flu shot.
Science Watch--Probing the puzzling workings of 'depressive realism'
New studies hint depressed people may not factor context into judgments as much as the nondepressed--putting a new twist on the 'real' part of depressive realism.
Dopamine and desire
Knockout mice showcase the neurotransmitter's role in motivation.
Word order matters more in English than Chinese writing
Words presented early in an ad may be more likely to be top of mind in English than in Chinese.
