Development of digital technologies and the futureof psychology

Abstract

The emerging and growing trends in psychological science and practice are analyzed: uniting different streams of psychological research based on the field of brain sciences and genetics, the large sample studies, open science and overcoming the crisis of replicability, merging the lab studies and real life context. Special attention is paid to the consequences that the digital technologies (Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, smart materials, telepresence, brain-to-computer interfaces) imply for the psychological research and practice. The ways for developing the psychological community’s reflexivity and future orientation are proposed.