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Understanding cultures as loose or tight clarifies why some countries better responded to COVID-19 than others.

Giving helps us bond with loved ones. Here are tips from decision-making experts on how to get better at it.

APS Past President Sandra Wood Scarr, a pioneer in the study of intellectual development and a 1993 recipient of the APS James McKeen Cattell Award, died on October 6, 2021. 

Olivier Bargain, Ulugbek Aminjonov Four decades ago, Robert Lucas rocked economics with a simple observation: taxes and other government interventions in the private economy affect not only the costs and benefits of actions citizens may take (as intended), but also their beliefs about the future actions of others (including the government), possibly in counterproductive ways. For example, announcing stiffer penalties for non-payment of taxes provides an incentive to pay up; but it also may conv...

A new preliminary report from Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab suggests little support for no-tipping policies

A new preliminary report from Dalhousie Universitys Agri-Food Analytics Lab suggests little support for no-tipping policies

HiTOP Dimensional Approach to Mental Disorders Superior to DSM Categories The new HiTOP model takes a dimensional approach to mental disorders and may improve research, training, and treatments. 1478 Efforts to replace traditional approaches to the classification of mental disorders and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) have gained traction over the past several years. Researchers developing the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) approach have moved...