Do you ever wonder why some characteristics seem to run in families? Or why emotional heartbreak can feel so physically painful? The biological perspective in psychology can offer some answers to such ...

James Gordon, M.D., Founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, author of The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma. Mike Morgan, used with permission ...

Woman looking at the time. Source: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Have you ever thought about how often you check the time during the day? It’s probably at least 50 times, since we’re constantly looking at our ...

Reasoning about minds and reasoning about physical objects are governed by two distinct systems. In this Perspective, Liu et al. review research from developmental psychology and cognitive ...

Daniel D. Pratt presents five perspectives on teaching gathered from several years of research across five different countries. These perspectives are presented in both theoretical and practical forms ...

Most of us, at some point in life, will encounter a disagreement we find to be utterly unacceptable. Certain behaviors, ideologies or policies grind too much against what we know to be correct or fair ...

The psychology of individuals often described as “born leaders” suggests their influence is not by chance, but shaped by a ...