One of my greatest pet-peeves as an experimental psychologist is the perception that psychology is not a "hard" science. Therefore, I was ecstatic when I read an article in this month's Observer by APS President John Cacioppo discussing recent research demonstrating the importance of psychological science. Most interestingly, Cacioppo reviews a study by Boyack, Klavans & Borner (2005) demonstrating that psychology is one of the seven hub disciplines of science (along with mathematics, physics, chemistry, earth sciences, medicine, and the social sciences). As Cacioppo notes, the results of the study "indicate that scientific contributions in psychology advance not only the discipline but many other scientific fields as well." I'm proud that my discipline is doing it's part to support the scientific process!