It is undeniable that modern-day AI machines have achieved remarkable fluency with language. They seem to understand what we tell them, regardless of the words we choose to express ourselves. This enables... Read more »
Autistic adolescents in the United Kingdom experience significantly lower levels of school well-being compared to their non-autistic peers. While schools are central to a young person’s social and emotional development, new research... Read more »
Is there a right amount of sex to have? Or a right amount of desire for sex? That might sound like a weird question. But it came up the other day when... Read more »
I was definitely one of those people who said “Please” and “Thank you” to AI while interacting with it. On a recent podcast, I was asked if I use manners in case... Read more »
Many young children invent imaginary companions (IC) in the early years, also known as imaginary friends. An IC may be entirely invisible, or embodied in a toy or other object. As many... Read more »
Upskilling has become one of the defining business priorities of our time. With AI reshaping roles faster than hiring cycles can keep pace, and the World Economic Forum projecting that nearly half... Read more »
Psychodynamic theory asserts that symptoms do not happen by chance; symptoms are determined by contributing forces, including early childhood experiences, repressed sexual and aggressive drives, social, religious, and cultural dictates, and predisposing... Read more »
My two best friends in the literary world are Anna Karenina and Winnie the Pooh. One tells me continually that romantic love is a sucker’s game, the other that friendship is forever.... Read more »
I’m at a stage of life when friends fall ill as a matter of course. That didn’t used to happen. People I knew ended up in the hospital, yes, certainly during the... Read more »
Who’s in charge here? Something is changing in how we think, and it doesn’t announce itself as an issue or problem. In fact, it sometimes feels like relief. A fascinating study analyzing... Read more »