With a citation ranking/impact factor placing it in the top ten psychology journals worldwide, Psychological Science is a leader in the field. The flagship journal of The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society), the journal publishes authoritative articles of interest across all of psychological science, including brain and behavior, clinical science, cognition, learning and memory, social psychology, and developmental psychology. In addition to these full-length articles, Psychological Science also features summaries of new research developments and discussions of psychological issues in government and public affairs. Psychological Science is published twelve times a year.

Subscriptions to Psychological Science also include 6 issues of Current Directions in Psychological Science, 3 issues of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, and 4 issues of Perspectives on Psychological Science.

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Naps Promote Abstraction in Language-Learning Infants
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Social Complexity Can Drive Vocal Complexity: Group Size Influences Vocal Information in Carolina Chickadees
Todd M. Freeberg

Priming Race in Biracial Observers Affects Visual Search for Black and White Faces
Joan Y. Chiao, Hannah E. Heck, Ken Nakayama, and Nalini Ambady

Culture and the Physical Environment
Yuri Miyamoto, Richard E. Nisbett, and Takahiko Masuda