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People may overlook unlikely events in financial forecasts, and more scientific findings

Highlights of recent research from psychology and related fields.
October 2026
Monitor on Psychology

Shared positive emotions, stress relief, experiencing awe, and more scientific findings

Among other things, research finds that spending time with a partner may boost a person’s emotional and physiological states, young children connect praise being given with the work being praised, and watching videos with inspirational stories may have stress-relieving effects on par with listening to guided meditations.
March 2026
Research in Brief

Worsening weather is driving smarter behavioral interventions

Psychologists develop tools and strategies to help people understand the risk of extreme weather and take action.
January 2026
Monitor on Psychology

Trust in health advice, aging and knowledge depth, mood and behavior change

Research with individuals in 5 countries shows greater trust with scientists than governments for practical health advice. Plus many more research highlights.
March 2025
Research in Brief

Extreme sports can provide mental health benefits—and reducing errors in risk assessment can improve safety

Researchers are helping athletes combine their extensive training with knowledge in judgment assessment to teach adventurers skills they can implement in the outdoors
September 2023
Monitor on Psychology

Melody Wiseheart, PhD, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Wiseheart, editor-in-chief of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, aims to improve the transparency and openness of the journal.
April 2023
Editor Spotlight

In brief: Cannabis can’t conjure creativity, hormone therapy and depression risk, and more research

The latest peer-reviewed studies within psychology and related fields.
April 2023
Research in Brief

Male gender bias deters men from some career paths

Men are less likely to seek careers in early education and some other fields traditionally associated with women because of male gender bias in those fields.
December 2022
Press Release

Explaining climate science to lay audiences

This featured article in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied explores how simple scientific explanations can help members of the public increase their understanding of complex issues.
October 2022
APA Journals Article Spotlight

How long does gamified psychological inoculation protect people against misinformation?

This featured article in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied investigates the long-term effectiveness of a game called Bad News as a psychological inoculation intervention.
August 2022
APA Journals Article Spotlight

People wrongly believe their friends will protect them from COVID-19

People may feel less vulnerable and take fewer safety precautions about COVID-19 when they are with, or even just think about, their friends instead of acquaintances or strangers.
April 2022
Press Release

Fighting fake news in the classroom

Psychologists are increasingly incorporating debunking and digital literacy into their courses to combat misinformation and disinformation.
January 2022
Monitor on Psychology

In brief

The latest peer-reviewed studies within psychology and related fields.
November 2021
Research in Brief

Controlling the spread of misinformation

Psychologists' research on misinformation and 'fake news' may help in the fight to debunk myths surrounding COVID-19.
March 2021
Monitor on Psychology

In brief

Peer-reviewed studies on protest tactics, moral behavior, student loan debt, playing video games, mom stress, contagious cooperation, individualism and loneliness, and a viral link to Alzheimer's.
September 2020
Monitor on Psychology

Six research-tested ways to study better

Psychology’s latest insights for preparing students for their next exams.
February 2020
Psychology Teacher Network

Helping Consumers Understand the Real Costs of Credit Cards

The featured study investigates how consumers interpret a potentially confusing financial disclosure, such as the annual percentage rate (APR) of a credit card offer.
February 2020
APA Journals Article Spotlight

How Do People Perceive Health-Related Risk Ratios? A Risk of 1 in 10 Looms Larger Than 10 in 100

In the featured study, researchers investigated the “1 in X” bias by presenting participants different ratios expressing the same risk and asking them to assess the probability of contracting a disease using different scales.
October 2019
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Understanding the Hurricane Forecast Cone of Uncertainty: Putting Knowledge to the Test

The featured study examines the effects of explaining how to interpret the cone of uncertainty (a hurricane forecast visualization tool) on the prevalence of misconceptions about hurricane size or strength.
September 2019
APA Journals Article Spotlight

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