How Learning A New Language Affects Your Brain
There are nearly 6,500 languages spoken by cultures across the world. Whether its English, Spanish, Tagalog, or French, language has an extensive impact on our […]
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Psychologist of the Month: Why Elizabeth Loftus is Out to Change Your Mind About What You Remember
When we think about famous psychologists, we often think of older men from long ago who did experiments with pigeons or who talked about peoples’ […]
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Cognitive Effects of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Living with excruciating pain day in and day out is physically and emotionally taxing. However, that is the reality of complex regional pain syndrome. Complex […]
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7 Powerful Relaxation and Stress Relief Techniques to Help Your Mind and Body
It’s no secret that we aren’t at our best when we are over-stressed and overworked. Our bodies go into fight or flight mode and never […]
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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Most children lose their temper. Fits of crying, anger, or irritability are a normal part of coping with frustration. As they age, they eventually master […]
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How Does Your Brain Tell Time (And Why Does It Seem to Go So Slow Sometimes)
Time flies when you’re having fun…and seems to stand completely still while you’re waiting for your food to cook in the microwave. We know that […]
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Preventing Depression In Children
Childhood and adolescence are life stages that produce a whirlwind of emotions. Happiness, sadness, anxiety, anticipation, confusion—all are expected emotional fluctuations. However, some children remain […]
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Music Therapy: 5 Examples of How This Unique Therapy Works
Have you ever had a rough day, and when you got home, you put on relaxing music to make yourself feel better? Have you ever […]
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45+ Exciting Games For Seniors To Help Stimulate The Brain
Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble, Go fish—and once upon a time, I bet most of you were addicted to Candy Crush. Games are not solely a form […]
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4 Facts About Exploding Head Syndrome That Will Blow Your Mind
Imagine for a moment you’ve had an exceptionally long day; you’re exhausted, and all you can think of is crawling into bed and getting some […]
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Head In The Game: 3 Ways Sports Psychology Helps Athletes Hit Peak Performance
We often see in films and television a stereotype of athletes as bumbling, hulking idiots, too unintelligent to do anything other than lift weights, drink […]
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Emotional Connection to Human Lookalikes: What Is the Uncanny Valley and What Can It Tell Us About How We Connect To Each Other?
Pixar, the company behind some of the most successful animated films of all time, released its first film, Toy Story, all the way back in […]
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 5 Examples of How This Powerful Therapy Works
Sometimes it seems like when the issue of mental health comes up it’s always in reference to a new medication or some other pharmacological treatment […]
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The Importance of Technology In Education
From transportation to communication, technology is involved in nearly every aspect of daily life. It is how we talk with others via telephone or email, […]
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Helping With Depression: 8+ Useful Online Resources To Help You Support Your Friends & Loved Ones
I see in movies and television that depression is depicted as if nothing matters, and all someone struggling with depression wants to do is be […]
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7 Stages of Grief & How Bereavement Impacts the Brain
Grief is a natural, yet unfortunate part of life. Loved ones die, health declines, and plans sometimes do not work out. All of these situations […]
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B. F. Skinner: 4 Interesting Experiments from the Father of Operant Conditioning
There are few names in psychology more well-known than B. F. Skinner. First-year psychology students scribble notes as their professors introduce him and his work […]
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Treating Alzheimer’s: 6 Exciting Areas on the Cutting-Edge of Alzheimer’s Research
There are few things more devastating than Alzheimer’s disease. This brain disorder—which slowly destroys a person’s ability to remember even the most important details or […]
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Genetic Neuromuscular Condition You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
What is Spinal Muscular Atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neuromuscular disorder affecting both the peripheral and central nervous systems, as well as skeletal […]
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Parkinson’s Breakthrough: What Michael J. Fox & IBM’s Partnership Means for Parkinson’s Research
Michael J. Fox, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 at the age of 29, has become one of the foremost advocates in the effort to […]
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What Is Depression? 11 Variants of This Painful Mood Disorder
What is depression? The disorder is more than feeling a little down or “under the weather” on occasion. The dark cloud of depression lingers. Its […]
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Mathematics & Mental Health: How Are Our Children Coping with Returning to School in the Age of Coronavirus?
Sanitizer, medical masks, and…colored pencils? As the summer heat starts to wind down and schools begin to open up and air out the classrooms after […]
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What is Dissociative Disorder?: 9 symptoms of this unsettling disorder
Thoughts, memories, behavior, mood—all of these things and more form our identity. During periods of trauma or stress, these aspects of ourselves can become disconnected. […]
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6 Useful Tips to Keep Depression In Check When You’re Stuck Working from Home
Depression can be one of the most challenging mental health issues to deal with even in the best of times. Add to this the uncertainty […]
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