It’s easy to sympathize with both my patient and her son. With the son for having suffered more than he might have with earlier intervention. With the mother for believing she had failed him and ...

Tittle-tattle, scuttlebutt, dishing the dirt, spilling the tea: Whatever you call it. there's no doubt gossip can be seductive.Gossip has long had a bad reputation and gossipers have been seen as ...

Researchers find that people anticipate movement in visual stimuli, among other new findings of our visuospatial abilities.

Graduate student instructors have the right to choose if they want to disclose (or not disclose) their sexual orientation and ...

If a hard day in the office leaves you crabby and uncooperative, you may have an excuse: scientists say exercising self-restraint can exhaust parts of the brain related to decision-making and impulse ...

Next time you’re feeling stressed, try giving some money away.Generosity is a powerful drug even in small doses. Donations to a worthy cause or acts of kindness to friends give your mind and body a ...

Why some people cry more than othersMuch of that difference is likely to be the result of societal pressures and gender norms, experts say. Consider the fact that little boys and girls cry about the ...

Cynicism is on the rise. Should that come as any surprise given today’s divisive global conflicts and our fraught political landscape? Even the weather seems like it’s out to get us.Americans are ...

If you ever struggle to get to sleep, you might find that one of the things that keeps you awake is worrying about just how much you have to do the following day, especially if ...

I was listening to the podcast “The TryPod,” when cohost Zach Kornfeld mentioned he had swapped checking his phone first thing in the morning for a game of pickleball. The switch had made his morning ...

How does the brain’s memory function change as we grow older? What recent discoveries are helping us understand these changes ...