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Tag: psychology

Just having a pet doesn’t help mental health – but pet-owners...

Brian N. Chin, Trinity College For many people, pets provide unconditional love, companionship and a sense of security. But...

How Americans really feel about deporting immigrants – 3 charts explain...

Leo Gugerty, Clemson University President Donald Trump’s signature promise during his campaign was to carry out the “largest deportation”...
Asking how discarding an item fits with a person’s goals can help them decide whether to keep it. MoMo Productions via Getty Images`

Decluttering can be stressful − a clinical psychologist explains how personal...

Mary E. Dozier, Mississippi State University I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my grandparents...

‘The geezer game’ – a nearly 50-year-old pickup basketball game –...

Richie Zweigenhaft, Guilford College Donald Trump’s polarizing political rise in the past decade has driven many groups – and...
Music could alter the emotional tenor of your memories. CoffeeAndMilk/E+ via Getty Images

Music can change how you feel about the past

Yiren Ren, Georgia Institute of Technology Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood...

Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship...

Amy Root, West Virginia University As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college...

Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains −...

Kendra Thomas, Hope College On April 3, 1968, standing before a crowded church, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....

Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way...

Sophie L. Kjaervik, Virginia Commonwealth University and Brad Bushman, The Ohio State University Some commonly recommended tactics for managing...

EXPLORING NATURE

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...

Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences