Stress

The Emotional Toll of the Climate Emergency

By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Animal Emotions

An interview with psychologist turned climate warrior, Margaret Klein Salamon, who helps us face the painful truths of the climate emergency and turn despair into effective action.

An interview with psychologist turned climate warrior, Margaret Klein Salamon, who helps us face the painful truths of the climate emergency and turn despair into effective action.

Spirituality

Waking Up at the Googleplex

By Mark Matousek on August 06, 2020 in The Seekers Forum

Mirabai Bush is one of the masterminds behind Google's self-awareness program, Search Inside Yourself. Here she talks about using spiritual principles to weather hard times.

Mirabai Bush is one of the masterminds behind Google's self-awareness program, Search Inside Yourself. Here she talks about using spiritual principles to weather hard times.

Autism

Autism and Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)

By Christopher Lynch Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Autism and Anxiety

Can autistic persons experience chronic pain? Absolutely yes! Here are some reasons why.

Can autistic persons experience chronic pain? Absolutely yes! Here are some reasons why.

Relationships

5 Keys to Relationship Sanity for Couples Under Lockdown

By Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on August 06, 2020 in Relationship Sanity

Maintaining protective emotional isolation is hard when we are cooped-up together. Quarantine is forcing some couples to make it work, or throw in the towel.

Maintaining protective emotional isolation is hard when we are cooped-up together. Quarantine is forcing some couples to make it work, or throw in the towel.

Politics

Should We Retire Our Political Parties?

By David Evans on August 06, 2020 in Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Does your political party give people a distorted opinion about your beliefs?

Does your political party give people a distorted opinion about your beliefs?

Resilience

Facing Life's Smackdowns

By Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in The Right Mindset

Life is full of setbacks, but taking these 10 actions after a smackdown can help you spring back.

Life is full of setbacks, but taking these 10 actions after a smackdown can help you spring back.

Memory

Processing Hiroshima: How Memorials Can Heal

By Jean Kim M.D. on August 06, 2020 in Culture Shrink

The 75th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing is a time of measured reflection on the capacity for human trauma and human grace.

The 75th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing is a time of measured reflection on the capacity for human trauma and human grace.

Self-Help

Your Most Powerful Underutilized Tool: Your Mind

By Beverly D. Flaxington on August 06, 2020 in Understand Other People

Your mind is often underutilized because you aren’t focusing it on the right things, aren’t feeding it correctly and aren’t using it the way nature intended it to be used.

Your mind is often underutilized because you aren’t focusing it on the right things, aren’t feeding it correctly and aren’t using it the way nature intended it to be used.

Evolutionary Psychology

Gender Differences in the Senses

By Nigel Barber Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in The Human Beast

As gender becomes less important in the economy scientists grapple with the implications of real gender differences in how the brain receives, information.

As gender becomes less important in the economy scientists grapple with the implications of real gender differences in how the brain receives, information.

Education

Learning and Memory: Strategic Approaches

By William R. Klemm Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Memory Medic

Lesson 7: Different learning tasks benefit from analysis of how to approach the task. Check out this four-step process.

Lesson 7: Different learning tasks benefit from analysis of how to approach the task. Check out this four-step process.

Cognition

Putting Forgetting to Creative Work

By Wilma Koutstaal Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Our Innovating Minds

Forgetting or unlearning to promote positive change

Forgetting or unlearning to promote positive change

Empathy is a way to adapt.

Then came the coronavirus.

Anxiety

5 Science-Backed Nootropics for Nervousness Reduction

By Nootralize - Cognitive Enhancement on August 06, 2020 in Experience Engineering

A total of 2,420 participants had their nervousness tested, and 12 nootropics were assessed for reducing nervousness. Here are five evidence-supported nootropics for nervousness reduction.

A total of 2,420 participants had their nervousness tested, and 12 nootropics were assessed for reducing nervousness. Here are five evidence-supported nootropics for nervousness reduction.

Resilience

COVID-19 and Urban Refugees in Africa

By Jamie D. Aten Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Hope + Resilience

COVID-19 has greatly impacted the life and livelihood of urban refugees, making them more vulnerable. These are three main factors contributing to their need and how to help.

COVID-19 has greatly impacted the life and livelihood of urban refugees, making them more vulnerable. These are three main factors contributing to their need and how to help.

Relationships

A Key to Harry and Meghan's Estrangement

By Karl Pillemer Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Lessons for Loving

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's estrangement from the royal family is puzzling to many. However, research on the causes of estrangement suggests one powerful factor.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's estrangement from the royal family is puzzling to many. However, research on the causes of estrangement suggests one powerful factor.

Parenting

The Irresistible Lure of TikTok: Why Is the App So Popular?

By Laura Choate Ed.D., LPC on August 06, 2020 in Girls, Women, and Wellness

Why is TikTok so appealing to teens and tweens? And how can parents promote more balanced ways of using the app?

Why is TikTok so appealing to teens and tweens? And how can parents promote more balanced ways of using the app?

Behavioral Economics

Investing During Turbulent Times: A Cautionary Tale

By Michael F. Kay on August 06, 2020 in Financial Life Focus

We all want to control our wealth. But, let’s get real—you cannot control the markets, let alone the performance of a stock.

We all want to control our wealth. But, let’s get real—you cannot control the markets, let alone the performance of a stock.

Creativity

Images Tell the Stories of Atrocity and Humanity

By Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT on August 06, 2020 in Arts and Health

Japan marks the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing today. Images recall the horrors of survivors, 75 years later.

Japan marks the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing today. Images recall the horrors of survivors, 75 years later.

Animal Behavior

Why Does a Reward During Training Change a Dog's Behavior?

By Stanley Coren PhD., DSc, FRSC on August 06, 2020 in Canine Corner

Why do rewards allow us to successfully train dogs? New data shows that a simple genetically prewired cognitive strategy in dogs makes rewards effective training aids.

Why do rewards allow us to successfully train dogs? New data shows that a simple genetically prewired cognitive strategy in dogs makes rewards effective training aids.

Race and Ethnicity

Facing Fear to Be a Force for Freedom

By Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on August 06, 2020 in Becoming a Solutionary

Why it's so important for white people to learn about racism

Why it's so important for white people to learn about racism

Therapy

The Power of Reframing a Mental Health Diagnosis

By Patrick McElwaine Psy.D. on August 06, 2020 in Stigma, Addiction, and Mental Health

If I had a magic wand, how many of you would wish your diagnosis could disappear? Most patients would raise their hand.

If I had a magic wand, how many of you would wish your diagnosis could disappear? Most patients would raise their hand.

Health

One Molecule May Orchestrate the Yin-Yang of Inflammation

By Christopher Bergland on August 06, 2020 in The Athlete's Way

A new study identifies a single molecule that can either activate or repress inflammatory responses. The researchers describe this dichotomy as a "yin and yang type of existence."

A new study identifies a single molecule that can either activate or repress inflammatory responses. The researchers describe this dichotomy as a "yin and yang type of existence."

Work

How Whistleblowers Can Speak Up for Justice

By Dorothy Suskind Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Bully-Wise

Part 2: What do you do when you have a crisis of conscience at work? How to make the world a little better by speaking out for justice.

Part 2: What do you do when you have a crisis of conscience at work? How to make the world a little better by speaking out for justice.

Ethics and Morality

Selfishness in the COVID-19 Age

By Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in The Pathways of Experience

The challenge of the moment is to understand that the well-being of any single person intersects with the well-being of all.

The challenge of the moment is to understand that the well-being of any single person intersects with the well-being of all.

Politics

We Do Not Concede, Nor Do We Condemn

By Elesa Zehndorfer Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Political Animals and Animal Spirits

Part 1: In an unstable political era, the work of anti-hate group Life After Hate has never been more urgent.

Part 1: In an unstable political era, the work of anti-hate group Life After Hate has never been more urgent.

Animal Behavior

The Problem of Loving Pets With Behavior Issues

By Hal Herzog Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in Animals and Us

A new study examines the "caretaker burden" associated with loving and living with dogs and cats who have serious behavior problems.

A new study examines the "caretaker burden" associated with loving and living with dogs and cats who have serious behavior problems.

Relationships

Why Unloved Daughters Normalize and Rationalize Verbal Abuse

By Peg Streep on August 06, 2020 in Tech Support

Women who grew up with verbally abusive mothers (and fathers) often find themselves being verbally abused in adult relationships. Are they magnets or is it something else?

Women who grew up with verbally abusive mothers (and fathers) often find themselves being verbally abused in adult relationships. Are they magnets or is it something else?

Child Development

Can Childhood Trauma Make the Body and Brain Age Faster?

By Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D. on August 06, 2020 in The Right Mindset

A new study suggests that adverse childhood experiences such as trauma and abuse could have deleterious effects well into adulthood.

A new study suggests that adverse childhood experiences such as trauma and abuse could have deleterious effects well into adulthood.