Tag: Loneliness
The holidays and your brain – a neuroscientist explains how to...
Seena Mathew, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Just as the shift to shorter days and colder weather can bring with...
Friendship research is getting an update – and that’s key for...
Jessica D. Ayers, Boise State University
The benefits of friendship go far beyond having someone to confide in or...
This course teaches students how to connect with older adults to...
Jeremy Holloway, University of North Dakota
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation...
Losing a grandmother can have long-lasting mental health effects for kids...
Emily Smith-Greenaway, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Ashton Verdery, Penn State; Michelle Livings, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts...
They don’t come as pills, but try these 6 underprescribed lifestyle...
Yoram Vodovotz, University of Pittsburgh and Michael Parkinson, University of Pittsburgh
The majority of Americans are stressed, sleep-deprived and overweight and suffer from largely preventable...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
Social distancing comes with social side effects – here’s how to...
Jonathan Kanter, University of Washington and Adam Kuczynski, University of Washington
To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a...
Teens have less face time with their friends – and are...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Ask a teen today how she communicates with her friends, and she’ll probably hold up her smartphone. Not that...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
