Think You Have SAD? Think Again
It’s that time of year again. The clocks have gone back, it’s pitch black as you finish work, the cold, dark, dreary weather swoops in. And so do the memes …
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How Cinematherapy Helped Me Through a Midlife Crisis
Bewildered, I asked, “You mean, how old am I?” “Yes,” she said. “50.” “You would be joining a young, progressive team, but you look much younger, so I think you’d …
Tech and Games Can Help Curb Youth Suicide
One of my most traumatizing moments was when my best friend Terry got gunned down outside my projects. As a 9-year-old in Chicago, I remember always speaking to him about …
Study explores common risks and resiliencies in farmers’ mental health crisis
Dwayne Kelndorfer knew something was wrong when he could no longer sleep. He chased rest but his mind kept spinning. For three harvests, his crops had been snowed under. Ugly fault …
A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD
Over the next six to eight months, Pearson’s OCD symptoms decreased significantly, and her brain activity triggered the stimulation less often. She told her doctors that before, she was sometimes …
Psychologist reveals why we like to feel scared – and what it says about our personalities if we take it to the extreme
FROM rollercoasters and extreme sports to scary films and haunted houses, many of us love to feel fear. Our heartbeats quicken, palms sweat, muscles tense, spines shiver, stomachs churn and …
Psychologist reveals why we like to feel scared – and what it says about our personalities if we take it to the extreme
FROM rollercoasters and extreme sports to scary films and haunted houses, many of us love to feel fear. Our heartbeats quicken, palms sweat, muscles tense, spines shiver, stomachs churn and …
Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work
Clinical depression is considered one of the most treatable mood disorders, but neither the condition nor the drugs used against it are fully understood. First-line SSRI treatments (selective serotonin reuptake …
This Contest Put Theories of Consciousness to the Test. Here’s What It Really Proved
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters them with data till only one is left standing. In the fledgling science …
U.S. conservatives are using Canadian research to justify anti-trans laws
On a Friday afternoon in Nashville last October, several hundred people gathered in a plaza near the state capitol for an event billed as the “Rally to End Child Mutilation.” …