Tag: psychology
Babies can learn the value of persistence by watching grownups stick...
Julia Leonard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You’re at home trying to make fresh tomato sauce, but can’t seem to get the tomatoes out of their...
Postpartum depression can affect dads – and their hormones may be...
Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
For restaurants looking to boost profits, it’s often about everything but...
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Staying one step ahead of the competition in the hypercompetitive restaurant industry requires more than simply tinkering with...
What’s behind TV bingeing’s bad rap?
Elizabeth Cohen, West Virginia University
Call it Netflix’s spring binge.
At the end of March, Netflix released the critically acclaimed “13 Reasons...
Do you look like your name?
Anne-Laure Sellier, HEC School of Management – Université Paris-Saclay
Most parents can remember the subtle mix of excitement and anxiety accompanying the choice...
What’s behind phantom cellphone buzzes?
This is your brain on plugs.
'Brain' via www.shutterstock.comDaniel J. Kruger, University of Michigan
Have you ever experienced a phantom phone call or text? You’re convinced...
Combatting stereotypes: How to talk to your children
Marjorie Rhodes, New York University
How can modern parents raise the next generation to be free from corrosive gender and racial stereotypes? By the time...
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...
