Factors That Influence Your Attention

We are increasingly bombarded with various stimuli, only some of which are relevant to our current goals.

We are increasingly bombarded with various stimuli, only some of which are relevant to our current goals.

Using Gestalt Psychotherapy Techniques With Music Students

Authentic contact with the self is central to Gestalt psychotherapy. Here's how to use basic Gestalt exercises in a music lesson to foster contact with the self and others.

Authentic contact with the self is central to Gestalt psychotherapy. Here's how to use basic Gestalt exercises in a music lesson to foster contact with the self and others.

"Accidental Sagacity" in New Discoveries

Will technological advances affect the generation of new ideas by altering the likelihood of in-person casual meetings and opportunities for serendipitous observations?

Will technological advances affect the generation of new ideas by altering the likelihood of in-person casual meetings and opportunities for serendipitous observations?

How Earworms Reveal Our Hidden Musical Memory Skills

The musical earworms you experience throughout your day reveal a hidden memory skill. New research on earworms shows accurate recall of song pitches without conscious effort.

The musical earworms you experience throughout your day reveal a hidden memory skill. New research on earworms shows accurate recall of song pitches without conscious effort.

The Benefits of Mental “Compartments”

Do you often feel like intrusive thoughts interrupt your day? Creating mental "compartments" can help you stay focused in the present.

Do you often feel like intrusive thoughts interrupt your day? Creating mental "compartments" can help you stay focused in the present.

Our (Mis)Perceptions of Time

Time seems to pass more slowly when we're children than it does when we're adults. But why?

Time seems to pass more slowly when we're children than it does when we're adults. But why?

Finding Joy in the Present

Discover how Schopenhauer's 19th-century insights and modern mindfulness practices can transform your perspective.

Discover how Schopenhauer's 19th-century insights and modern mindfulness practices can transform your perspective.

Does Having Plants in the Office Improve Focus?

Doing mentally fatiguing office work may be easier if plants are in the office.

Doing mentally fatiguing office work may be easier if plants are in the office.

How We Can Create More Meaningful Ways of Relating

Do you feel like your partner is quiet quitting your relationship? How to identify and address the ways we avoid our partners.

Do you feel like your partner is quiet quitting your relationship? How to identify and address the ways we avoid our partners.

Unlocking the ADHD Brain

Ever wonder what’s happening inside the brain of someone with ADHD? From dopamine imbalances to lagging executive functions, learn how these factors influence ADHD behaviors.

Ever wonder what’s happening inside the brain of someone with ADHD? From dopamine imbalances to lagging executive functions, learn how these factors influence ADHD behaviors.

What Narcissists Get From Their Pets

A narcissist's pet can be at higher risk of neglect.

A narcissist's pet can be at higher risk of neglect.

How to Break Free From Brain Fog and Digital Overload

Digital overload hampers cognitive function and intuition. Digital detox and mindfulness can enhance focus, decision-making, and overall well-being.

Digital overload hampers cognitive function and intuition. Digital detox and mindfulness can enhance focus, decision-making, and overall well-being.

Is Color the Key to Success?

So is the optimal turnout a red and black combination? Both colors increase your perceived attractiveness, and what else do you need to know?

So is the optimal turnout a red and black combination? Both colors increase your perceived attractiveness, and what else do you need to know?

Utilizing Neuroplasticity to Manage ADHD

Neuroplasticity-based cognitive interventions could reduce medication dependency by improving attention and impulse control through brain changes.

Neuroplasticity-based cognitive interventions could reduce medication dependency by improving attention and impulse control through brain changes.

What Happens When Someone Flirts With Your Partner

Making sense of the attractive partner paradox.

Making sense of the attractive partner paradox.

Presence in Therapy: Feeling Safe and Challenged to Grow

A new study shows that when someone is truly present with us, we feel secure and can move closer to our goals. What does this imply about relationships in distracted times?

A new study shows that when someone is truly present with us, we feel secure and can move closer to our goals. What does this imply about relationships in distracted times?

Academic Delays and the Problem of Multitasking

Who would have thought we would miss seeing a gorilla in plain view? But it happens! What can this teach us about how cell phones interfere with learning. Read on to find out!

Who would have thought we would miss seeing a gorilla in plain view? But it happens! What can this teach us about how cell phones interfere with learning. Read on to find out!

Hoarding Disorder: Complications and Insights

Complications of hoarding disorder are explored, including cognitive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, social isolation, physical health risks, and poor insight.

Complications of hoarding disorder are explored, including cognitive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, social isolation, physical health risks, and poor insight.

Adapting to Motion With and Without Attention

Motion aftereffects have been known since the time of Aristotle. New research sheds light on the role of attention in modulating the motion aftereffect.

Motion aftereffects have been known since the time of Aristotle. New research sheds light on the role of attention in modulating the motion aftereffect.

How to Manufacture Luck

Tired of your digital routine? Learn how to spark spontaneous, joyful moments and unlock unexpected wonder in daily life.

Tired of your digital routine? Learn how to spark spontaneous, joyful moments and unlock unexpected wonder in daily life.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

Research suggests that the mere presence of one's smartphone can have a detrimental impact on your ability to focus.

Research suggests that the mere presence of one's smartphone can have a detrimental impact on your ability to focus.

How to Stop Overthinking

Rumination, or "overthinking," is a hallmark of poor mental health and unhappiness. It is a psychological tendency that, if left unchecked, can reduce our enjoyment of life.

Rumination, or "overthinking," is a hallmark of poor mental health and unhappiness. It is a psychological tendency that, if left unchecked, can reduce our enjoyment of life.

The Power of Curiosity and the Benefits of Boredom

Find ways to unlock the hidden power of curiosity for memory and creativity by appreciating the benefits of boredom.

Find ways to unlock the hidden power of curiosity for memory and creativity by appreciating the benefits of boredom.

6 Practices for Our Rootless Lives

Many of us feel rootless and disconnected. Imaginative and playful spiritual-ish practices can help change that.

Many of us feel rootless and disconnected. Imaginative and playful spiritual-ish practices can help change that.

"Closing the Loop" With Our Kids and Teens With ADHD

How can you help your child with ADHD "close the loop"?

How can you help your child with ADHD "close the loop"?

3 Ways to Navigate an Ultra-Processed World

Navigating an ultra-processed world requires mindful strategies for eating and media consumption. Here are three ways to make conscious choices to reclaim control over your health.

Navigating an ultra-processed world requires mindful strategies for eating and media consumption. Here are three ways to make conscious choices to reclaim control over your health.

How "Impossible" Goals Can Change Your Life

Based on a more holistic understanding of time, pursuing seemingly impossible goals may be the simplest and most effective way to create change in our lives.

Based on a more holistic understanding of time, pursuing seemingly impossible goals may be the simplest and most effective way to create change in our lives.

Obsessing Over a Body Part Like Your Belly or Nose?

If you get stuck staring at and worrying about a particular feature of your body, might you suffer from body dysmorphia?

If you get stuck staring at and worrying about a particular feature of your body, might you suffer from body dysmorphia?

Do You Have a Frozen Image of Your Partner?

Locking your partner into a frozen, negative image is destructive to your relationship. There are simple steps you can take to melt frozen images and allow for intimacy.

Locking your partner into a frozen, negative image is destructive to your relationship. There are simple steps you can take to melt frozen images and allow for intimacy.

Our Top ADHD Hack: The Benefits of Using a Walking Pad

Struggling with ADHD? Discover the surprising benefits of using a walking pad. This simple tool can boost focus, reduce stress, and enhance productivity.

Struggling with ADHD? Discover the surprising benefits of using a walking pad. This simple tool can boost focus, reduce stress, and enhance productivity.