Most people believe they want the truth. I’m not so sure. I think what many of us really want is to be right. The distinction may seem subtle, but it has enormous... Read more »
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) impacts an estimated 5 percent of individuals in the U.S. population. Most people associate SAD with wintertime, when short, dark days and frigid temperatures take their toll on... Read more »
This post concludes the three-part survey of musical embodiment—the idea that music isn’t just a mental experience but one that involves our entire body, and how this physical connection shapes our musical... Read more »
First approved in 2021, the new weight loss drugs, “GLP-1 receptor agonists,” include several medications, notably semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic). The GLP-1s suppress appetite so well that they are the most effective weight-loss... Read more »
Many people imagine eating disorder recovery as something they will begin once they feel fully ready, after the semester ends, work calms down, or life becomes less complicated. They often believe there... Read more »
When you don’t have children of your own, the only kids in your life belong to someone else. If you want time with young people, you have to borrow them. Sometimes that... Read more »
Most of us know someone who seems unbelievably lucky. They hear about a new apartment being for rent before anyone else. They wander into situations that suddenly catapult them into a great... Read more »
Source: Bloomsbury Press In Taken No More, law professor and cult expert Robin Boyle-Laisure, J.D., discusses commonalities between cults and human trafficking. In the mix, she also considers intimate partner violence and... Read more »
Vulnerability plus perceived threat activates anger. The more vulnerable we feel, the more threat we perceive, which is why starving or wounded animals tend to be more ferocious. In humans, anger evolved... Read more »
Some principles of psychology are not at all new ideas. Eastern philosophies sometimes conveyed similar notions centuries earlier. But without science at the time to collect data on an idea or its... Read more »