Stories by Baland Jalal

Baland Jalal is a researcher at Harvard University's department of psychology and avisiting researcher at the department of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, where he earned his Ph.D. You can follow his work on YouTube and Instagram

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BehaviorSeptember 7, 2021

A New Way to Understand—and Possibly Treat—OCD

People with the disorder seem to have a more flexible “sense of self”

Baland Jalal

BehaviorJuly 15, 2020

Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind

Research suggests that cultural beliefs about the phenomenon may make it more terrifying to experience

Baland Jalal