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
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Learn about key issues impacting psychologists today
Why numeracy counts in everyday life
Ellen Peters, PhD, discusses what it means to be numerate and how numeracy affects people’s health,
Leading With Evidence
Leaders need to identify the goals of their communication and then strategically choose evidence-based communication techniques that will help them best meet those goals. Understanding psychological theory that underlies linkages between communication and decision making is critical.
Bringing Meaning to Numbers: The Impact of Evaluative Categories on Decisions [PDF]
Decision makers are often quite poor at using numeric information in decisions. The results of 4 experiments demonstrate that a manipulation of evaluative meaning has a robust influence in health judgments and choices and across diverse adult populations.
Basic and Applied Decision Making in Cancer Control
Special issue of the APA journal Health Psychology, Vol. 24, No. 4, July 2005. Includes articles about decision making strategies; linking decision making research and cancer prevention and treatment; communication models in shared decision making; regret; coping; and advanced directives and end-of-life decisions.
