he strain of getting young people to turn from their screens and look into other people’s eyes...
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Health & Wellbeing
How Mental Illness Is Misrepresented in the Media
Insidious portrayals on TV shape perceptions about real-life people with psychological disorders...
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Faith vs. Facts
People reason differently when they think about God...
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Antidepressants? You might be better off TALKING:
Psychotherapy can 're-wire' the brain - without the side-effects of drugs. Eight weeks of psychotherapy could re-wire the brain, improving the symptoms of people with depression, say University of Kassel researchers...
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Let’s Stamp Out Stigma
To scapegoat and stigmatize people with psychological problems may discourage them from seeking treatment and result in a backlash including the occurrence of an increased incidence of violent episodes...
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Self-affirmations may calm jitters and boost performance, research finds
When the stakes are high, people in positions of low power may perform better by using self-affirmations to boost their confidence, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology...
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A Sniff of Happiness: Chemicals in Sweat May Convey Positive Emotion
Humans may be able to communicate positive emotions like happiness through the smell of our sweat, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science...
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Children who understand others’ perspectives found to be more popular among peers
Preschoolers and school-age children who are good at identifying what others want, think, and feel are more popular in school than their peers who aren't as socially adept...
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Mentally stepping back from problems, helps youth deal with negative emotions
Adolescence is a time of frequent and intense emotional experiences, but some youth handle their emotions better than others. Why do some young people react adaptively while others ruminate?
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How to Protect Your Aging Brain
Humans are now living longer than ever, and for this reason most of us want to know how to stay mentally sharp as we age...
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