When people think about sports, attention is often driven to athletes’ physical abilities, psychological endurance, and team-based achievements (Sarkar & Fletcher, 2014). A far less visible but equally significant aspect of the... Read more »
Human-caused climate change is now affecting everyone around the world. Its health impacts are being tracked, focusing on physical health. Tracking climate change’s mental health impacts is far trickier. No long-term, global... Read more »
How Your Heart Prepares for Tomorrow’s Stress Challenges and threats both raise daytime heart rates significantly. Threats increase blood pressure more than challenges do. Anticipating a challenge actually lowers your sleeping heart... Read more »
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about how trauma is “not just in your head”. Here, I follow it up with corroborating evidence. I’ve dedicated most of my life to... Read more »
Why Shared Scares Bring You Closer: A Psychology Expert’s Guide to Fear and Bonding Have you ever noticed how a heart-pounding movie or a trip through a haunted house seems to spark... Read more »
We occasionally talk about someone holding authority abusively, and almost never ask how authority can be held effectively and creatively. There is little consideration of how to optimize the exercise of authority.... Read more »
Have you ever worried that your “gut feelings” or hidden biases are making choices for you before you even have a chance to think? It is a common frustration, especially when you... Read more »
First, some facts: One in 10 Americans are in an interracial or interethnic marriage. Using classifications from the U.S. Census Bureau, interracial marriage was defined as between five racial groups—American Indian or... Read more »
Emotional dysregulation (ED), common in ADHD, describes a consistent difficulty in managing the intensity and duration of emotional states. Within relationships, this appears as a diminished ability to modulate responses to stress... Read more »
People often say that it’s healthy to want a partner, but not to need one. Does the same apply to AI chatbots? Three years ago, most people had never had a conversation... Read more »