Tag: Relationships
When cringeworthy gifts are worse than inconsiderate
Deborah Y. Cohn, New York Institute of Technology
Ever wondered why your mom bought you that inexplicable thing? You’re not alone.
I have spent years doing...
Why today’s teens aren’t in any hurry to grow up
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Teens aren’t what they used to be.
The teen pregnancy rate has reached an all-time low. Fewer teens are...
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...
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...
Why Tinder is so ‘evilly satisfying’
Jeanette Purvis, University of Hawaii
In America, 60 percent of digital media consumption now occurs on mobile or tablet devices instead of desktop computers.
As...
She phubbs me, she phubbs me not: Smartphones could be ruining...
James A. Roberts, Baylor University
The majority of our relationships are in shambles.
The U.S. divorce rate hovers at 40 percent, but that’s not the...
Why is it so tough for some to exorcise…
Why is it so tough for some to exorcise the ghosts of their romantic pasts?
Lauren Howe, Stanford University
A friend once grumbled that, given the...
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...
