What Is the Opposite of Writing?
Not that I am in the habit of turning to semi-obscure TV sitcom stars for wisdom, but I once found in the newspaper a quote from Jenna Elfman that struck…
Not that I am in the habit of turning to semi-obscure TV sitcom stars for wisdom, but I once found in the newspaper a quote from Jenna Elfman that struck…
The conclusions drawn in a paper titled “The mental health of mothers in and after violent and controlling unions,” published in Social Science Research are of the “well, yeah” sort…
The other night I went to see a very entertaining jazz/swing band called the Jitterbug Vipers. Adding to the fun, singer Sarah Sharp wore her five-month-old son, Angus, in a wrap…
Consider the dotty old aunt who comes to family reunions and blurts things others might think but would never say. Things like, “You don’t need that second piece of cake.”…
“Mindfulness” is a buzzword these days—the latest fad based on ancient precepts. Yoga, of course, is a mindful practice now entrenched in modern culture. “Mindful meditation” (which sounds redundant) is…
Few relationships are as complex as the one we have with food. We love it we hate it, we veer from overcontrolling with restrictive diets, to out of control with…
I’m delighted to join the PsychCentral team and would like to take a moment to introduce myself and this blog. I’ve always been interested in psychology, but life took me…
We all have theories about how the world works. And in psychology, researchers spend a lot of time testing these hypotheses to see how true they are. Wouldn’t it be…