Humans possess incredible analytical capabilities, but we also remain uniquely vulnerable to distraction. Is this why we seem ...

Everyone procrastinates. Everyone, at least once in a while, puts off something important. Everyone, some of the time, avoids doing the things they really want or need to do. And everyone who ...

Non-violent communication (NVC) teaches us that all human behavior has its origins in the need to satisfy needs. These needs ...

The Drug Education Council is putting their heads together to help students think smarter about brain health. Standing 12 ...

Whether you’re watching a horror movie or in a haunted house for Halloween, the adrenaline rush from fear is hard to match.

Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

While most people would maybe silence their phone, scour WebMD, and move on, I couldn’t. (And this was pre-internet and ...

The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong ...

The great thinker never let his emotions get the better of him. Instead, he used reason to get the better of his detractors.

Why can't trauma survivors "turn it off"? Because they've achieved mastery. Plato's ancient framework reveals how the brain ...

“Every swipe you do on Instagram or TikTok can give you a tiny dopamine hit, which is the brain's reward chemical. And over ...

In 'Bad Bad Girl,' Gish Jen attempts to reconstruct her mother's life from wealthy childhood in China to scrappy immigrant ...