The brain isn't a computer—it's a dynamic, adaptable system shaped by evolution. It's emotional, contextual, and designed for ...

Is psychology a science or not? The answer is that it is complicated and the reason is that both science and psychology are complex, multifaceted constructs. As such, binary, ...

Psychology is commonly recognized as a social science, and is included on the National Science Foundation’s roster of recognized Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

In July this year, prominent Science 2.0 blogger Hank Campbell insisted in a posting that psychology is “not a science”. He cited the recent musings of Washington Post blogger Charles Lane, ...

A few years ago, I caused considerable weeping and gnashing of teeth among psychologists for a piece I wrote explaining why psychology isn't science.It was predicated upon a lengthier argument, which ...

Then again, lots of useful and worthwhile things are not science. So, that's not necessarily a problem. What is a problem is that poor statistical methods and irreproducibility damage not just the ...

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions ...

To be fair, not all psychology research is equally wishy-washy. Some research is far more scientifically rigorous. And the field often yields interesting and important insights.