Mental HealthNovember 15, 2018
When Beer Becomes the Burden
AA is not the answer to alcohol addiction for many secular scientists, but there are great alternatives
Mental Health
PolicyNovember 10, 2018
How History Forgot the Woman Who Defined Autism
Grunya Sukhareva characterized autism nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger
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NeuroscienceNovember 8, 2018
Deep-Brain Recordings May Show Where Unhappiness Lives
New recordings of electrical activity in the brain help reveal the underpinnings of bad moods
NeurologyNovember 8, 2018
How Dad’s Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring
Mouse studies show tiny intercellular pods convey to sperm a legacy of a father’s hard knocks in life
ComputingNovember 3, 2018
Happy, with a 20 Percent Chance of Sadness
Researchers are developing wristbands and apps to predict moods—but the technology has pitfalls as well as promise
BehaviorNovember 1, 2018
Income Inequality’s Most Disturbing Side Effect: Homicide
Where financial disparities are greatest, the murder rate tends to be high
BehaviorOctober 29, 2018
The 5 Biggest Myths of Mindfulness
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen busts the 5 biggest myths of mindfulness
CognitionOctober 25, 2018
“Stress Hormone” Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking Ability
Brain changes, visible on scans, are also associated with Alzheimer’s precursors
Mental HealthOctober 11, 2018
Is Chronic Anxiety a Learning Disorder?
Some psychiatrists think it might be, but the data are still too sparse to be sure
Mental HealthOctober 3, 2018
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Be Contagious
PTSD sometimes spreads from trauma victims to the people who care for them, including rescue workers, spouses and even therapists
BehaviorOctober 2, 2018
Do Violent Video Games Trigger Aggression?
A study tries to find whether slaughtering zombies with a virtual assault weapon translates into misbehavior when a teenager returns to reality
NeurologyOctober 1, 2018
Does Autism Raise the Risk of PTSD?
The two conditions share many traits, but the connection has been largely overlooked until now