Federal funding for psychological research is in chaos. Here's one lab's story of the impacts of this funding confusion and ...

U.S. adolescents steadily desisted from risky behaviors such as substance use and violence, and from reporting a combination of both risky behaviors and mental health symptoms. Yet a comparatively ...

Studies of young children give us insight into the building blocks of an ability that most of us use every day ...

Research finds people who learn the basics of debate are more likely to advance to leadership roles in U.S. organizations. A key reason seems to be that debate training makes employees more ...

Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...

Saba Rasheed Ali, associate dean for research and professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, and Paul A.

“It is widely believed that consciousness requires a thalamocortical structure, and this system develops at around 26 weeks of pregnancy, so it is unlikely that consciousness is present before that ...

Grace Uhl of Kingston was named to the president’s honor list at the University of South Carolina in Columbia for the fall ...

Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood. But most people ...

Governor Abbott appointed six individuals to the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities, with diverse backgrounds in ...

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