Is sugar toxic to your brain? Science shows us that the answer is nuanced. Specifically, there's a big difference between blood sugar and dietary sugar. Find out more here.
Is sugar toxic to your brain? Science shows us that the answer is nuanced. Specifically, there's a big difference between blood sugar and dietary sugar. Find out more here.
Taking controlled substance prescriptions like opioids or benzodiazepines the wrong way can kill you. Stopping the medications can be fatal too. Here's how to mitigate the risks.
Taking controlled substance prescriptions like opioids or benzodiazepines the wrong way can kill you. Stopping the medications can be fatal too. Here's how to mitigate the risks.
Modern parents and childrearing institutions discourage boredom by structuring activities for children. Would it be better if we let kids learn to structure activities themselves?
Modern parents and childrearing institutions discourage boredom by structuring activities for children. Would it be better if we let kids learn to structure activities themselves?
If you are one of the millions looking to return to work, don’t forget to ask yourself the important questions of meaning, purpose, value, and mindset.
If you are one of the millions looking to return to work, don’t forget to ask yourself the important questions of meaning, purpose, value, and mindset.
Paramedics help us during some of the worst times of our lives. Research can help them cope with the psychological impacts of working with daily trauma.
Paramedics help us during some of the worst times of our lives. Research can help them cope with the psychological impacts of working with daily trauma.
Social media has changed the way fans interact with celebrities, so some stars are setting new boundaries in their parasocial relationships to preserve their mental health.
Social media has changed the way fans interact with celebrities, so some stars are setting new boundaries in their parasocial relationships to preserve their mental health.
Understanding emotions may be fundamental to understanding subjective experience. Unlike other forms of information processing, you can’t have a feeling without feeling it.
Understanding emotions may be fundamental to understanding subjective experience. Unlike other forms of information processing, you can’t have a feeling without feeling it.
When a partner’s drinking habits start affecting your relationship, navigating the situation with empathy, honesty, and boundaries can make all the difference
When a partner’s drinking habits start affecting your relationship, navigating the situation with empathy, honesty, and boundaries can make all the difference
Maximal motor performance is focused on the present. Rewards arising from performance are in the future and will never arrive if we don't get through what we are actually doing.
Maximal motor performance is focused on the present. Rewards arising from performance are in the future and will never arrive if we don't get through what we are actually doing.
In her new novel, author Jane Campbell explores repressed emotions, unprocessed trauma, and the unconscious memories that flow beneath the surface of our daily lives.
In her new novel, author Jane Campbell explores repressed emotions, unprocessed trauma, and the unconscious memories that flow beneath the surface of our daily lives.
If resisting pain is making your life worse—you feel stuck, exhausted, and removed from what is meaningful to you—try shifting from resistance to willingness.
If resisting pain is making your life worse—you feel stuck, exhausted, and removed from what is meaningful to you—try shifting from resistance to willingness.
Kids conduct most of their relationships online including their romantic relationships. Parents need to talk to kids about sexting in order to help kids know where to set limits.
Kids conduct most of their relationships online including their romantic relationships. Parents need to talk to kids about sexting in order to help kids know where to set limits.
The reasons some twins choose not to attend each other's weddings are as unique as each twin pair's relationship, but the decision does have some common causes.
The reasons some twins choose not to attend each other's weddings are as unique as each twin pair's relationship, but the decision does have some common causes.
Balanced dog training using positive reinforcement (rewards-based) methods and aversives (physical punishment) is no better than simply using force-free positive methods and love.
Balanced dog training using positive reinforcement (rewards-based) methods and aversives (physical punishment) is no better than simply using force-free positive methods and love.
Optimal care for an individual with ADHD involves employing environmental measures such as described in this blog as well as treatment for the condition.
Optimal care for an individual with ADHD involves employing environmental measures such as described in this blog as well as treatment for the condition.
Can we distinguish between romantic love, obsession, limerance and erotomania? Here I describe how intense and delusional "love" leads to stalking and dangerous states of mind.
Can we distinguish between romantic love, obsession, limerance and erotomania? Here I describe how intense and delusional "love" leads to stalking and dangerous states of mind.
Explore how micro-feminism—everyday acts of resistance—challenges gender biases. Learn practical strategies to assert yourself and promote equality in daily life.
Explore how micro-feminism—everyday acts of resistance—challenges gender biases. Learn practical strategies to assert yourself and promote equality in daily life.
Holding parents responsible for their child involved in mass murder is a form of gun control. Experts cannot specify characteristics of mass murderers. How can parents?
Holding parents responsible for their child involved in mass murder is a form of gun control. Experts cannot specify characteristics of mass murderers. How can parents?
It’s increasingly common for someone to be diagnosed with a condition such as ADHD or autism as an adult. A diagnosis often brings relief, but it can also come with as many questions as answers.