When the popular media reports psychological research, how can we know if the findings are accurate and apply to our lives?

During Autism Awareness month now, in April, let’s consider the autistic spectrum — some research, characteristics, and implications of this diagnosis.

Since 1980, there has been a dramatic and surprising increase of multiple births in the United States. Interesting research is emerging on many levels, from maternal and neonatal health, to a variety of public health issues.

The Trayvon Martin case has raised a lot of questions about the state of race relations in the United States. In an effort to help, we should look to social psychology research for solutions.

‘Feel good’ endorphins may be activated differently in the brains of social drinkers as compared to problem drinkers, according to recent neuroscience research. These insights may lead one day to finding more effective drugs to treat problem drinking.

Alzheimer’s disease is estimated to affect 35 million people world-wide and the financial and emotional costs are enormous. Interesting new research in the fields of genetics and neuroscience brings some hope that treatments may be found for cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory-related dysfunction.

Some of the longstanding and commonly accepted explanations we’ve been given about human nature are simply wrong. Worse, believing them leaves us vulnerable — both individually and as a society — to the manipulations of predators among us. And there are predators among us. They are not “sick.” They are just disturbingly different and unfathomably dangerous.