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During the 1930s, theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began incorporating into his sermons what is now known as the Serenity Prayer. In 1941, Alcoholics Anonymous adopted this familiar version: God give me the serenityTo accept…
Books have played an important part in my life. So I was taken aback when a young cop I know said he doesn’t read. Not that he can’t read; obviously he can since he made it through the police academy. Rather, he prefers…
Despite being more connected than any previous generation, many young people report struggling to build friendships that provide a genuine sense of closeness.
In April, my family lost our house, belongings and cat when a freak storm caused flooding. For the first few days, I felt numb. I was on autopilot just dealing with all the necessary jobs – rescuing salvageable items…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Ask an AI system who you are, and it will answer immediately, drawing on search history, purchase patterns, and other behavioral data to generate a description of your…
Most people assume a difficult mood should be understood before it can be resolved. The idea is that relief follows insight, and insight follows enough hard thinking about what went wrong. Surprisingly, the research…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills For the past 16 years, Galit has told me from time to time that she doesn’t really enjoy the way I kiss. Not every time we kissed, but often enough that I noticed it. And I…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills When an adult child says, “You ruined my life” (or some close version of that painful sentiment), most parents brace for a specific charge. Parents share with me how they…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader For over 100 years, people have sought the key to success. People built IQ tests to measure it. Schools built standardized tests to predict it. We have created an…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader The placebo effect has been part of medical conversation since the late 1700s, when an English physician named Dr. Alexander Sutherland coined the term to describe a…
I spent four months in a county jail before a court accepted my plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease. The finding placed me in the custody of the state instead of a prison, and for the next 10 months I was a…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills We have probably heard or read about impostor syndrome—those feelings of inadequacy that people experience and the fear that others will discover they do not belong in the…
Posted July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Several years ago, a friend described a two-week vision quest in the desert. As he spoke, I noticed something unusual unfolding inside me. Although I still knew very…
As a career prosecutor, I have previously written about whether “looks could kill” and the tendency within the criminal justice system to jump to conclusions about the guilt of a criminal defendant simply by looking.[i]…
In today’s health headlines, we're discussing what brain imaging is teaching us about emotion regulation in children, how this research could improve mental health treatments for families, and what ...
Psychology says people who can't keep secrets safe even for a few minutes aren't always acting with bad intentions. Psychology explains that this behavior can be linked to impulse control, the need ...
Persistent dizziness is a frequent and disabling symptom after retrosigmoid microsurgery for vestibular schwannoma (VS), negatively affecting quality of life. While vestibular outcomes are well studied, the contribution…
Understanding how scientific research informs policy is central to the social sciences, yet systematic evidence of this process remains limited. Bearing in mind that uses can take many different forms, we present a…
Neuroimaging studies using a variety of techniques have demonstrated abnormal patterns of spontaneous brain activity in patients with late-life depression (LLD). However, the findings are variable and often inconsistent…
Meditation offers a naturalistic paradigm for studying introspection, yet the neural dynamics of advanced tantric practices remain largely unexplored. Buddhist Highest Yoga Tantra (BHYT) comprises a sequence of eight…
Shift work is associated with an increased risk of sleep disorders, yet tailored prevention and treatment programs remain rare and understudied. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is the first-line treatment for…
The growing integration of digital technologies into healthcare requires understanding the impact of different consultation modalities on patient stress, memory and perceived credibility. This study compared different…
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among breast cancer survivors varies widely from diagnosis through post-treatment; however, distinct recovery patterns remain underexplored. In this study, we used a person-centered…
Guided by social cognitive theory, this study explored the direct and serial chain-mediating relationships between peer assessment quality (PAQ) and English writing ability (EWA), with learning engagement (LE) and…
Street vegetation can play an important multifunctional role in increasing green spaces for more just, healthy and sustainable cities. However, there is still limited knowledge on how greenery exposure and seasonal…
Although the link between depression and social media addiction in adolescents is well established, the specific mechanisms driving this association remain underexplored. This study aims to investigate how physical…
Adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) is prevalent yet under-recognized, underscoring the need for scalable and objective assessment tools. We developed and validated smartphone-based speech models for detecting MDD…
Limited access to nature in densely urbanized environments together with technostress are recognized as significant mental health burdens in students. However, how draining environments influence mental health under high…
This study advances understanding of AI-enhanced online teacher education by investigating novel psychological and social mechanisms linking instructor technology integration competence in AI-supported online learning…
Posted July 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley The modern, liberated Anglo-American woman is âmedicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome,â and we would do well as a country to reinstate the âold standard of public…
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