The Journal of Neuroscience features for the first time a cover concept that is not about what neuroscientists have done, but ...

Research in psychology reveals that certain leisure activities correlate strongly with higher-than-average intelligence. Not ...

Across state legislatures and in Congress, debates are intensifying about the value of funding certain college degree ...

A 1956 book favored by UFO believers that is considered "an enduring classic in the fields of new religious studies, cult ...

A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.

Emotions play a central role in shaping human behavior, cognition, and social interaction. They bridge biology, behavior, and sociality—functioning as ...

At a recent Columbia SPS Author Spotlight, ERM Associate Director and Lecturer Rich Lauria and Capita Solutions CEO John Burkhardt explored how managing risk starts with understanding the mind.

Topological psychology, pioneered by Kurt Lewin, represents a unique mathematical approach to understanding psychological phenomena through spatial and field theoretical concepts. This distinctive ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

To study how playfulness shapes people’s responses to constraints and disruptions, scientists surveyed 503 Americans about their behavior and feelings during Covid-19. They found that people who were ...