Using active inference to understand how thoughts and behaviors develop

Using active inference to understand how thoughts and behaviors develop

Zhang, Y., Hedley, F. E., Zhang, R.-Y., & Jin, J. (2025). Toward quantitative cognitive–behavioral modeling of psychopathology: An active inference account of social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134(4), 363–388. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000972... Read more »
Sean Diddy and the Rhino in the Room

Sean Diddy and the Rhino in the Room

The witness known only as “Jane” shifted uncomfortably on the stand in Manhattan’s federal courthouse. Through tears, she described purchasing “Rhino pills” from gas stations for Sean “Diddy” Combs’s alleged “freak offs,”... Read more »
How imagining your best possible future self boosts optimism, mood, and reduces anxiety: RCT

How imagining your best possible future self boosts optimism, mood, and reduces anxiety: RCT

Booth, R. W., Erhan, K., Erkocaoğlan, O., Kuşpınar, H., & Yaldırak, K. (2025). The best possible self task has direct effects on expectancies and mood, and an indirect effect on anxiety symptom... Read more »
Movement Problems and Learned Habits

Movement Problems and Learned Habits

Moshé Feldenkrais was born in Ukraine in 1904, then part of the Russian Empire. Three major influences shaped the life of Feldenkrais: soccer, judo, and his studies in physics. His soccer career... Read more »
Are Autistic Emotional Outbursts Misunderstood as Bad Behavior?

Are Autistic Emotional Outbursts Misunderstood as Bad Behavior?

To an outsider, autistic emotional outbursts – often called meltdowns – can look like temper tantrums or defiant behavior. In reality, these intense reactions are not about “bad behavior” at all. They... Read more »
Navigating New Parenthood: 5 Tips for Creating Boundaries

Navigating New Parenthood: 5 Tips for Creating Boundaries

As a family therapist, I consider boundaries to be a natural and essential part of all relationships. Boundaries are the invisible guidelines that direct the flow of communication, emotions, and connections during... Read more »
What Is Action Potential?

What Is Action Potential?

An action potential is an electrical nerve impulse that travels along a neuron’s axon. It’s a transient, all-or-nothing electrical current that is conducted down the axon when the neuron’s membrane potential reaches... Read more »
Do You Really Have to Lose Yourself to Love Someone?

Do You Really Have to Lose Yourself to Love Someone?

There’s a quiet, internal narrative many of us carry, one that whispers: If you love them enough, you’ll give up more. More time, more energy, more dreams, and eventually, more of yourself.... Read more »
The Architect of Your Happiness

The Architect of Your Happiness

We are a goal-oriented society. We chase achievements with relentless dedication: the soulmate, the high-powered career, the enviable body, the life that looks perfect from the outside. We invest our time, our... Read more »
Chemical Vs Electrical Synapse

Chemical Vs Electrical Synapse

There are two main types of synapses: chemical and electrical. The main difference between chemical and electrical synapses is how they transmit signals—chemical synapses use neurotransmitters to send messages across a small... Read more »
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