Lifespan development: the more we know about it, the more complex it seems Elliot Tucker-Drob and Andreas Brandmaier talk about the various factors that shape our development into distinct individuals Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 17, 2020
Citizen Science to advance research on emotion regulation This app brings science to your fingertips – across the globe by Susanne Schweizer / November 27, 2019
Does personality make a good teacher? The answer is not that straightforward, but teachers’ well-being may be the path to investigate further by Janina Roloff-Bruchmann / October 14, 2019
Do trees make children smarter? It’s complicated. A new paper suggests the relationship between greenery and cognitive development may not be as straightforward as previously thought by Dwyer Gunn / September 30, 2019
The bright and dark sides of knowledge The acquisition of knowledge is only one of many goals in education by Yee Lee Shing / May 8, 2019
The mental health benefits of living closer to nature Exposure to neighborhood green space during childhood may have a protective effect on mental health as an adult by Meeri Kim / March 8, 2019
More sensitive people are also more responsive to positive experiences Michael Pluess studies individual differences in sensitivity to experiences Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 23, 2019
Acquiring decision-making strategies takes time Sebastian Horn explains how school-age children systematically use recognition memory as a cue in their judgments Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 24, 2018
How can we promote our cognitive health? Sabrina Guye discusses her research into the kinds of activities that are beneficial for the brain and cognition Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 6, 2018
Can cognitive training really make us smarter? We need to learn more about the individual characteristics predictive of training effectiveness to promote individualized interventions by Sabrina Guye / July 3, 2017
The emergence of individuality How do people develop into distinct individuals? Nature, nurture, or a third source? by Andreas M. Brandmaier / December 7, 2016