Using imagery can help people keep their memories vivid for longer, but for those with PTSD, a strong sense of imagery could ...

Podcast: Do young children prefer to rely on their memory, or do they take the easier route and use external aids like lists ...

With creativity, if you don’t use it, it starts to go away,” Robert Sternberg, a Cornell University professor of psychology, told me. Sternberg, who studies human creativity and intelligence, argues ...

So here I am, nearly 375 years after Quakerism’s founding, asking my kids questions, giving them bounded autonomy, and nudging them to invest in their strengths and be stewards of their community—all ...

"The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement," claimed the philosopher Karl Popper. He was writing about the dangers of dogma in science – but his words could equally apply to anyone's ...

One night last week, my husband, Tom, and I got into an argument. The next morning, I was still fuming. So I gave him the silent treatment.For the uninitiated, the silent treatment is when a ...

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This question from a patient may strike a chord with those who have felt wounded in relationship (which, of course, is all of us). When we feel hurt by others, our brains don’t simply process the pain ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has faced many criticisms over the years. Mental illnesses don’t neatly fit into its categories, boundaries for diagnoses can seem ...