PsychologyJul 28, 2026
This Common Vitamin Is Linked To A Younger Brain (M)
One vitamin linked to healthier brain structure and stronger communication between key brain regions.
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PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Psychology says people who are never happy no matter what aren't ungrateful. What this behavior may really mean according to psychology
Psychology says people who are never happy no matter what aren't always dissatisfied because of external events. Psychology explains that this behavior can be linked to thought patterns, emotional ...
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Adult ADHD, Stimulants, and Psychosis
Updated July 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan The use of prescription stimulants like Ritalin (methylphenidate), Adderall (mixed amphetamine/dextroamphetamine), Dexadrine (dextroamphetamine), and Vyvanse…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares – podcast
In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
A psychologist shares the early dementia warning sign that changed his family forever
When Juan Antonio’s grandmother forgot her famous carbonara, he knew something was wrong. Here, the psychologist shares how to spot early Alzheimer's signs and navigate grief.
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
From caregiving to anticipatory grief: How a psychologist navigated his grandmother's Alzheimer's
When Juan Antonio’s grandmother forgot her famous carbonara, he knew something was wrong. Here, the psychologist shares how to spot early Alzheimer's signs and navigate grief.
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Neural and computational mechanisms of effort under the pressure of a deadline
Deadlines fundamentally shape motivation. Research examining effort-based choices finds effort is an avoided cost. However, this overlooks how making progress on longer-term goals to be reached before deadlines motivate…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Civilian threat reduces distance perceptions and officer punishment in police use-of-force encounters
People turn to video evidence to make judgments about the justifiability of an officerâs actions in use-of-force incidents. Despite beliefs that video offers an objective account of events, use-of-force footage elicits…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Adaptive learning path generation in virtual reality music education via deep reinforcement learning
To address the lack of personalization and dynamic adaptability of learning paths in virtual reality music education, this study applies a deep reinforcement learning framework based on PPO to generate adaptive learning…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Graduate students’ career aspirations: insights into influencing factors and expectations
Career decision-making represents a critical transition point for graduate students, particularly in contexts where misalignment between higher education outcomes and labor market opportunities persists. Despite…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Experts outperform novices under high attentional load in soccer referees: a multiple object tracking study
This study investigates the differences in visual attention between expert and novice soccer referees using a multiple object tracking (MOT) task, with a specific focus on how tracking speed modulates these differences…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
To what extent do GPT language models capture human sentence processing dynamics? Evidence from Korean subject honorification
The present study investigates how GPT language models approximate human sentence-processing dynamics in Korean subject honorification. Drawing upon four open-access datasets from prior psycholinguistic…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Potential of cross-task stylus-based drawing features for predicting psychological vulnerability in children
The present study examined whether behavioral features extracted from a digital Mandala coloring task could predict childrenâs stress-related vulnerability group status (stress-alert vs. non-alert), as independently…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Cross-validation and cross-cultural invariance of the 10-item athletic mental energy scale
Athletic mental energy is a multidimensional psychological resource associated with athletes’ performance and well-being. The present study examined the cross-validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Effects of emotion and emotional congruence on the multisensory temporal binding window during audiovisual speech integration
The integration of auditory and visual cues supports efficient speech and emotion perception, yet little is known about how emotional salience interacts with temporal congruency during audiovisual binding. In this study…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
What the Tradwife Trend Reveals About the Psyche
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. The tradwife trend is having a moment. Tradwives, or “traditional wives,” hold the belief that women should care for the household, while men should provide…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
The Question I Never Thought to Ask in the ER
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye For most of my career in the ER, I was good at asking the right questions. When a patient presented with chest pain, I always asked, “When did it start? Does it radiate? Any…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Why Do Controlling Parents Praise More?
I ranked 56th out of one million students on Türkiye's university entrance exam, earned a master's degree from Harvard as a Fulbright and TEV scholar, and completed my Ph.D. at Cambridge, with a year as a visiting PhD…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
The “I’m Bored” Trap Isn’t About Your Kid’s Brain
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Weâve all been here. Youâre standing in the kitchen, dinner is half-cooked, and your child wanders in, drops his arms like lead weights, and lets out those two…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Psychology reveals why people spread rumours and gossip behind your back
Ahana Tiwari is a trainee sub-editor with a keen eye for storytelling, performances, and cultural nuance. She has reviewed films ...
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
We Turned “Let Them” Into a Mantra But Skipped the Hard Part
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Mel Robbins' book Let Them is still a bestseller nearly two years after publication. The concept struck a chord with millions of people. This two-word phrase has…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Can Your Social Network Shape Your Economic Future?
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Social connections are the lifeblood of what it means to be human. Relationships are an integral part—if not the integral part—of the human experience. We know this is true…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Vigilant, Not Cynical: Staying Ethical Amid Dirty Tactics
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Every semester, in my Power and Influence course, a familiar moment arrives. We are deep into a negotiation exercise or a role‑play designed to surface real…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
The Costs and Benefits of Comparing Oneself
We compare ourselves with other people. We do so in different ways, in different situations. We may or may not be aware of the comparisons we make. We may or may not realize, for good or ill, how these comparisons affect…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
When Regret Finds Its Voice
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye In my previous post, I wrote about my client Dennis’s painful memories of his incendiary response to a crisis that his son, Luke, was in the midst of during high school. We…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Unclear Job Expectations Are a Clear Recipe for Problems
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk I was recently speaking with someone about her experience as an employee for a large organization in the corporate world. Her main memory was that it was confusing and…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Are You Better Single Or In An Average Relationship? A Study Reveals The Truth (M)
A long-term study challenges one of society's biggest assumptions about relationships and happiness.
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Summer + Co-parenting = Can Cause Anxiety
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk For children, summer often means freedom: no homework, no early alarms, and more time to relax, travel, and spend time with family and friends. For co-parents, however…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
When Therapists Get It Wrong
I routinely offer a brief phone chat with prospective clients—I explain our approach, hear about the concern that has led them to consider therapy, and build positive expectations about potential outcomes. But I had…
PsychologyJul 27, 2026
Transforming Trauma Into Grace
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk There is a widely told story about a visitor who goes to the circus and asks the elephant trainer why the animal can be controlled by just a stake in the ground and a…