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10/21/2026

New research suggests that physical activity may modify depressive symptom severity in people with a higher genetic risk for depression.

10/21/2026

New research from Psychological Science covering learning, language, culture and more.

10/21/2026

Modern-day replications of one of history's most disturbing social psychology experiments reveal what makes ordinary people obey an immoral order – and how to resist.

10/21/2026

Could physical health help predict and explain cognition in older adults? A study published in Neuropsychology found that walking speed and respiratory function were the best predictors of executive function (ability to plan and think flexibly) and processing speed (ability to efficiently intake information) performance. Check out the Editor's Choice article: https://bit.ly/4ALQSVk

10/21/2026

Recent graduate Lauren DeCoste and Dr. Terry Pettijohn published " College Students’ and Teachers’ Biases Regarding School Children Based on Appearance, S*x, and Clothing" in the Journal of Educational Research & Practice. This was Lauren’s CCU HTC Honors College Research Fellows project. The research found that both college students’ and teachers’ appearance-based ratings, particularly perceived cuteness and overall engaging appearance, were consistently associated with more favorable judgments of academic ability, behavior, and likeability of primary school student models.

This research explored how appearance, s*x, and clothing differences influence adults’ perceptions of primary school students across two studies. Male students were predicted to be rated higher in academic ability, behavior, and likeability compared to female students, while formally dressed stude...

10/19/2026

Not all creativity may draw on the same bodily state. In a study that tracked students’ hearts for five days, calmer physiological states went with more original drawings but less original verbal ideas.

10/19/2026

A faculty panel shared information about careers in psychology today.

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10/14/2026

A new study has shown how a traumatic brain injury alters the brain's response to future stress situations.

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