Resilience

The Shocking Numbers Behind the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

By Deborah L. Davis Ph.D. on March 31, 2020 in Laugh, Cry, Live

Are you resisting the restrictions of social distancing and stay-at-home laws? Let's look at the exponential spread of this coronavirus, and you may find it much easier to comply.

Are you resisting the restrictions of social distancing and stay-at-home laws? Let's look at the exponential spread of this coronavirus, and you may find it much easier to comply.

Social Life

Facebook Friends: The Real Deal or Social Mirage?

By Kevin Bennett Ph.D. on March 31, 2020 in Modern Minds

3 ways to evaluate the quality of your Facebook groups. Neuroimaging research shows that we use different brain systems when learning about social vs. nonsocial networks.

3 ways to evaluate the quality of your Facebook groups. Neuroimaging research shows that we use different brain systems when learning about social vs. nonsocial networks.

Therapists, what does your self-care routine consist of?

Self-Help

Why We Often Fail to Reach Our Goals

By David DiSalvo on March 30, 2020 in Neuronarrative

If you're sitting at home, as many of us are, thinking through goals you've been wanting to achieve, take note of new research that explains why we often fail to get there.

If you're sitting at home, as many of us are, thinking through goals you've been wanting to achieve, take note of new research that explains why we often fail to get there.

Behavioral Economics

Why Warnings, Guidelines And Restrictions Don’t Work

By Douglas Van Praet on March 30, 2020 in Unconscious Branding

The key to influence behavior change in others is deceptively easy, if you first become the change you seek in them.

The key to influence behavior change in others is deceptively easy, if you first become the change you seek in them.

Parenting

Why Are Some Teens So Much Better At Coping With Stress?

By Robyn Koslowitz Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Targeted Parenting

Do you want to ensure healthy emotional coping during the teenage years? Decades of research support using emotion socialization techniques. Here's how:

Do you want to ensure healthy emotional coping during the teenage years? Decades of research support using emotion socialization techniques. Here's how:

Social Life

We’re all in this Together

By Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Social Empathy

Even during the darkest times, we can connect with others and we can build empathy.

Even during the darkest times, we can connect with others and we can build empathy.

Extroversion

The Introvert Advantage During Lockdown

By Berit Brogaard D.M.Sci., Ph.D on March 30, 2020 in The Mysteries of Love

In normal circumstances, extraverts have an edge when it comes to succeeding in school or on the job. But in a time of social isolation, introverts may have the upper hand.

In normal circumstances, extraverts have an edge when it comes to succeeding in school or on the job. But in a time of social isolation, introverts may have the upper hand.

Work

Working from Home Kids & All

By Loriann Oberlin MS, LCPC on March 30, 2020 in The Full Picture

You truly can work at home while the kids are there too. This blog and books provide a path.

You truly can work at home while the kids are there too. This blog and books provide a path.

When people are given a way to see what’s happening inside their head in real-time, they can rapidly learn how to dampen pain, enhance self-control and boost mental ability.

Work

Working From Home? Just Breathe

By Mariana Bockarova Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Romantically Attached

Can getting to work be as easy as letting in some fresh air?

Can getting to work be as easy as letting in some fresh air?

Resilience

As If Mending Socks, I Repair My Mind

By Iskra Fileva Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in The Philosopher's Diaries

Sanity is not a trait we passively possess but an achievement. It takes work to stay sane. That's especially true when times are bad; and there is a hopeful message in this.

Sanity is not a trait we passively possess but an achievement. It takes work to stay sane. That's especially true when times are bad; and there is a hopeful message in this.

Anxiety

What Uncertainty Teaches

By Polly Young-Eisendrath Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Living with Love

If the virus allows us to see deeply into the meaning of uncertainty – and our “illusion of control” – it will have opened a door of wisdom in the midst of our suffering.

If the virus allows us to see deeply into the meaning of uncertainty – and our “illusion of control” – it will have opened a door of wisdom in the midst of our suffering.

Alcoholism

How to Lower the Suicide Rate

By Glenn Sullivan Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Acquainted with the Night

Would alcohol reform be easier to accomplish than gun reform?

Would alcohol reform be easier to accomplish than gun reform?

Relationships

6 Potential Advantages of Dating During a Pandemic

By Roxy Zarrabi Psy.D. on March 30, 2020 in Mindful Dating

If you’re single and not sure whether to put dating on hold, consider these potential advantages of dating during this pandemic.

If you’re single and not sure whether to put dating on hold, consider these potential advantages of dating during this pandemic.

Fear

Radical Compassion in Challenging Times

By Tara Brach Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Finding True Refuge

This unfolding global crisis is toppling every routine and plan in the books, small and large, so it's been interesting in the last few days to really ask: What really matters?

This unfolding global crisis is toppling every routine and plan in the books, small and large, so it's been interesting in the last few days to really ask: What really matters?

Relationships

How to Protect and Repair Family Relationships

By Elizabeth Dorrance Hall Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Conscious Communication

Family members inevitably hurt one another. Here are research-based tips for repairing relationships and protecting them from eventual harm.

Family members inevitably hurt one another. Here are research-based tips for repairing relationships and protecting them from eventual harm.

Relationships

Direct Is Best: What Makes Women's Pick-up Lines Work

By T. Joel Wade Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in The Mate Market

Looking to perfect the art of flirtation? Research sheds light on pick-up lines that tend to work for women who are interested in men.

Looking to perfect the art of flirtation? Research sheds light on pick-up lines that tend to work for women who are interested in men.

Stress

The Psychology of Coping With Quarantine

By Raj Persaud, M.D. and Peter Bruggen, M.D. on March 30, 2020 in Slightly Blighty

As you detect physical symptoms attributable to rising panic but mistake them for the flu, you get more panicky and descend into a spiral of ever-increasing mental distress.

As you detect physical symptoms attributable to rising panic but mistake them for the flu, you get more panicky and descend into a spiral of ever-increasing mental distress.

Relationships

Steps for Healthy Relationships During Crisis and Quarantine

By Jeremy Nicholson M.S.W., Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in The Attraction Doctor

Building a deeper level of companionship and care helps intimate relationships to thrive during difficult times. Read on for six steps to keep your relationship strong right now...

Building a deeper level of companionship and care helps intimate relationships to thrive during difficult times. Read on for six steps to keep your relationship strong right now...

Cognition

Can You Predict Next Week?

By Susan Blackmore Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Ten Zen Questions

The pandemic is changing our lives so fast that we can no longer rely on familiar assumptions. Writing down my predictions is fascinating – and teaching me a lot.

The pandemic is changing our lives so fast that we can no longer rely on familiar assumptions. Writing down my predictions is fascinating – and teaching me a lot.

Anxiety

Unloved Daughters: How to Manage Your Emotions in a Crisis

By Peg Streep on March 30, 2020 in Tech Support

With life turned upside down for everyone, staying emotionally centered is pretty much a universal task. But some will find it more difficult than others.

With life turned upside down for everyone, staying emotionally centered is pretty much a universal task. But some will find it more difficult than others.

Relationships

Do Men Desire, or Dismiss, High-Status Women?

By Mark Travers Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Social Instincts

A new study finds an interesting duality in the way high-status women are viewed.

A new study finds an interesting duality in the way high-status women are viewed.

Cognition

The Refuge of Nature

By Maureen Seaberg on March 30, 2020 in Sensorium

Synesthete and naturalist Carrie Barcomb inspires us to take a walk and reconsider the Earth in the post-coronavirus age.

Synesthete and naturalist Carrie Barcomb inspires us to take a walk and reconsider the Earth in the post-coronavirus age.

Health

We Love You, Millennials and Gen Z

By Glenn Geher Ph.D. on March 30, 2020 in Darwin's Subterranean World

For Boomers and for Generation X, coronavirus is a huge hassle, killing thousands and gutting our pensions. For millennials and Gen Z, it is suspending everything that they know.

For Boomers and for Generation X, coronavirus is a huge hassle, killing thousands and gutting our pensions. For millennials and Gen Z, it is suspending everything that they know.

Self-Help

What Is People-Pleasing?

By Teyhou Smyth Ph.D., LMFT on March 30, 2020 in Living with Finesse

Those who fall into the trap of people-pleasing tend to dive deeply into the spirit of being in-tune with the needs of others.

Those who fall into the trap of people-pleasing tend to dive deeply into the spirit of being in-tune with the needs of others.

Neuroscience

Foster Conversational Closeness at a Distance

By Judith E. Glaser on March 30, 2020 in Conversational Intelligence

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Find out how the brain adapts to distance.

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Find out how the brain adapts to distance.

A basic understanding of science is a vitally important part of a person's fund of knowledge, just like reading and writing. Yet 70 percent of Americans are scientifically illiterate.