Mental Health

Time's Passage Reveals Layer After Layer of Loss

Personal Perspective: When a spouse dies, you first miss the person. Then, wi...

People Get Under Our Skin Because We Open Our Pores ...

No one can make you angry without your permission.

When a Child’s 'Yes' Is About Survival

As traumatized families leave occupied Oleshky, experts warn that a child’s "...

Chronic Back Pain Is Linked to a Sense of Personal I...

When chronic pain treatments separate the experience of pain from personal id...

Let the Sunshine In, Feeling Good Takes Deliberate P...

To regularly experience positive emotions, we need to train. This includes pl...

Why Are We So Obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes?

Our fascination with 'You Can See Everything' is driven by a craving for cosm...

Does Consciousness Need Earth-Made Life?

Brain-computer technologies raise an old question: Does consciousness require...

Why a Healthy Lifestyle Can’t Fix Loneliness

Busy but still feel like something is missing? New research looks at why that...

Hundreds of Suicide Victims Could Be Alive Today

The Barriers to Suicide Act will save lives.

Becoming Dada: What Draws a Father In

When his toddler asks for a story, a neuroscientist wonders what fatherhood h...

The Hidden Benefits of Stress

We've been taught to view stress as a toxic external force instead of what it...

The Trolley Problem, but With Real Money

Would you take a dollar from one stranger so five others could each have one?...

Magic Mushrooms, Mental Health, and the $1,900 "Trip"

Oregon psilocybin studies report benefits and encourage screening, but also p...

What Really Happens in the Mind When We Experience D...

Déjà Vu is more than a "felt before" feeling. It eludes a single explanation.

The Misery of Perfectionism

Overestimating actual or potential abilities, as well as what’s in your contr...

Not Everything Is About You

Noticing a shift in someone’s mood doesn’t mean you’re responsible for it. He...