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Only Children Are Often Misunderstood. Take a Closer Look at the Science
Finding a Therapist Who Takes Your Insurance Can Be Nearly Impossible. Here's Why
Jealousy Versus Admiration: Change the Polarity on Jealousy and Let Admiration Recharge You
How to Stop Your Toddler From Hitting
Vulnerable Students Need Explicit Spelling Instruction
Back to School: How to Help Build Executive Functioning Skills
Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
You Might Be Using Melatonin All Wrong. Here's What You Should Know
Cyberbullying Remains Rampant on Social Media
Stuck in a Rut? Sometimes Joy Takes a Little Practice
Mediterranean Diet May Prevent Memory Loss and Dementia, Study Finds
Deep Sleep Protects Against Alzheimer's, Growing Evidence Shows
How to Celebrate the Holidays in the Midst of Grief
Self-Care Tips for Stressed Parents
Helping Children Get a Good Night's Sleep
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
Helping Children and Families Cope With the COVID-19 Pandemic
Acting Like an Extrovert Has a Positive Effect on Happiness, Study Finds
Hospitals Testing Virtual Reality to Improve Pain Management, Reduce Opioid Usage
For Kids With Anxiety, Parents Learn to Let Them Face Their Fears
Sleep is the Third Pillar of Health -- Stop Overlooking Its Importance
What's Going on in Your Child's Brain When You Read Them a Story?
Suicide is a Leading Cause of Death for New Moms But Awareness is Low
Getting a Good Night's Sleep: How Psychologists Help With Insomnia
In the Aftermath of a Shooting: Help Your Children Manage Distress
How to Build Resilience in Midlife
An Age-By-Age Guide to Helping Kids Manage Emotions
The Polluted Brain: Evidence Builds That Dirty Air Causes Alzheimer's, Dementia
Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself
Neuroscience Says Listening to This 1 Song Reduces Anxiety By Up to 65 Percent
Body Scan for Kids
How to Raise Kinder, Less Entitled Kids (According to Science)
Link Discovered Between Touch of Individuals With Autism and Their Social Difficulties
What's the Right Age for a Child to Get a Smartphone?
49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child
Choose to Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier.
Teach Your Child to Love Learning: Keys to Kids' Motivation
How to Help: 4 Things to Say to Bereaved Parents... And One Thing Never to Say
Good Parenting Skills: 7 Research-Backed Ways to Raise Kids Right
How to Raise Happy Kids: 10 Steps Backed by Science
The Science of Giving: Why Being Generous is Good for You
"Mommy, Why Do I Worry So Much?" Anxiety Explained via Infographic
Are You Raising Nice Kids? A Harvard Psychologist Give 5 Ways to Raise Them to Be Kind
When a Child Lies
The Habits of Supremely Happy People
Repeated Exposure to Traumatic Images May Be Harmful to Health
How Heart Patients Can Combat Post-Operative Depression
Reduced Brain Connections Seen in People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Are You a Hero or a Bystander?
Lunch Workers Study How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy
Obesity in Middle Age May Hasten Cognitive Decline
How Lying Affects Your Health
Focusing on Children Instead of Relationship Problems Helps Separated Couples Parent Effectively, Civilly
Why Are the Elderly So Often Scammed?
Understanding Brain Performance: People Who Take Ritalin Are Far More Aware of Their Mistakes
Is 9 Hours of Sleep Too Much for Teens?
ADHD: Diet Might Matter, But Less Than Many Parents Think
Babies' Sleep Problems May Persist Over Years, Study Says
On the Other Hand: Understanding Left-Handedness
Blink Patterns May Be a Window Into Autistic Mind
Childhood Disorder Prompts Study of Infection Link to Mental Illness
Study: Mild Strokes May Have Hidden Effects
Eating Sweets Early in Pregnancy Can Mean Obese Baby
What Damage Does Alcohol Do to Our Bodies?
Sleep Disruption May Be Tied to Alzheimer's
Psychological Interventions Can Alleviate Chronic Pain and Improve Quality of Life
The Science Behind Pleasure-Seeking
A Healthy Dose of Repetitive Behavior Reduces Anxiety
Want to Succeed? Stop Trying So Hard
Single-Sex Schools Fail to Improve Learning
Men Cooperate as Well as Women -- Sometimes
For Kids With OCD, Adding Therapy to Drugs Helps
Diabetes Increases the Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Child Abuse Rose During Recession, Research Says
Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World
Drug Deaths Now Outnumber Traffic Fatalities in U.S., Data Show
Science Looks at the Sibling Effect
Serotonin Levels Affect Brain's Response to Anger: Study
Links Between Racial Discrimination, Stress and Health
Living With Psoriasis: Emotional Health
Cure Insomnia by Rescheduling Bedtime
Never Too Soon: Means to Reduce Violence May Start in Utero
No Greater Risk of Depression for Pregnant Women Who Stop Antidepressants
The Psychology of Excellence
Boorish Coworkers Can Damage Your Home Life
Teen Marriage Tied to Higher Risk for Mental Illness in Women
Why the Trip Home Seems to Go by Faster
Parents Need An Attitude Adjustment to Improve Their Children's Homework Motivation
Why Memorialize Disasters? The Good and Bad in Trauma Memorials and Anniversaries
Children's Social Goals Help Determine Their Response to Bullying
Bilingual Babies' Vocabulary Linked to Early Brain Differentiation
Doctors' Groups Say Teens Shouldn't Box
Child Has Sleep Problems? Your Doc May Be Little Help
Memory and Amnesia: How Do I Remember That I Know You Know That I Know
LGBT Teens and Stress
Teen Drinking, Smoking Higher Among Facebook Users
Lingering Questions: Is It Possible for a Child's Death to Be Deemed a Success?
Advocates: Importance of Play Time for Children Neglected
Prevention Program for Postpartum Anxiety Disorders
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
Analysis: Watch and Wait Before Treating Norway Trauma Victims
Why Do Some People Become Addicts?
Comparing Yourself to Others: It's Not All Bad
Many Pediatricians Aren't Testing Tots for Developmental Delays
10 Exercise Myths That Won't Go Away
Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas
Head Injuries in Young People May Be Linked to More Violent Behavior
Your Child is Diagnosed With Autism... Now What?
Unique Study Explores Cumulative Effect of Hits in High School Football
Classroom Environment Impacts 1st Graders' Mental Health
A Couple's Touch Reveals More Than Affection
Knowing Why Teens Lie Will Help You Get to the Truth
Is There a Genius in All of Us?
Too Much Screen Time Means Health Decline
How to Teach Children to Be Optimists: Listen, Don't Label
Effort to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum
Touching Makes You Healthier
Get Some Sleep: ADHD, Sleep Disorders Often Entwined
Best Fitness Routines Fit Your Personality, Studies Show
The Secrets to a Super-Happy Winter
Placebos Help, Even When Patients Know About Them
Scans Could Predict Onset of Schizophrenia
Teaching Kids Gratitude
Happiness is a Focused Mind; Sex Helps Focus
The Kids Can't Help It
How to Stop Procrastinating
A Box? Or a Spaceship? What Makes Kids Creative
Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Eating
TV Watching is Bad for Babies' Brains
Tracing the Spark of Creative Problem-Solving
Why is It So Hard to Say Thanks?
Children Born "Late Pre-Term" More Prone to Low IQ
Buyer Beware -- of How You're Being Coaxed Into Spending
Holiday Travel: 3 Ways to Reduce Stress
New Study Delves Inside a Suicide Bomber's Mind
Ability Seen in Toddlers to Judge Others' Intent
Keep Upbeat on the Job Search When You're Down in the Dumps
City Life Taxes Brain Power
Where's My Car? How Do I Know You? Beating Brain Glitches
Cruelest Cut: Tiny Injuries Can Bring the Biggest Pain
How to Cope With Alzheimer's During the Holidays
As More Older Workers and Younger Bosses Are Thrown Together the Old Workplace Order is Upended
The Food-Mood Connection
Why We Conform to the Group: It Gets Your Brain High
Excuses, Excuses: 11 Health Cop-Outs That Hold You Back
Halloween Science: Why We Love to Scare Ourselves
Surviving ADHD at Work and School
Along Came a Spider...
Parents: How to Raise a Creative Genius
Gay Teens Told "It Gets Better"
Need a Study Break to Refresh? Maybe Not, Say Stanford Researchers
Hide the Dessert! Feds Use Psychology in School Lunch Line
Beyond Book Learning: Schools Teach Social and Emotional Skills
Life Changes Can Make You Happy
7 Ways to Work Yourself to Death
Why So Many People Can't Make Decisions
Noise Pollution Rattles Nerves, Harms Health
"I Hate School" Extreme Edition
Human Connections Start With a Friendly Touch
Books, Stress, Pizza: A Recipe for the "Freshman 15"?
The Trials of Living With Tourette Syndrome
A Single Massage Can Boost the Immune System
Insomnia, Anxiety Meds May Shorten Life Span
Troubled Teens Find New Way to Self-Harm -- Embedding
Kids Who Grow Stronger After Trauma
A Way Out of Depression
Having a Dog Does Improve Your Health
"Inception" in Real Life? Researchers Rewrite Nightmares of PTSD Patients
If Baby Doesn't Like to Gaze at Faces, It Could Be an Early Sign of Autism
When Texting Becomes an Addiction
In Depression, It's the Physical Symptoms That Carry Heart Risk
Think the Answer's Clear? Look Again
New Moms Get Enough Sleep, Just Not Good Sleep
Partners Start Off Alike, And Do Not Tend to Become More Similar With Time
Scared Straight? Recalls Change How We Eat -- Briefly
Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?
Tai Chi May Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
Sign Language Cuts Frustration Levels, Helps Babies Communicate
Guy Time's Good for You
Heart Attack, Stroke-Prone Arteries More Common in Nasty People
7 Ways to Get the Best Sleep Ever
The Power Trip
Experiencing Teen Drama Overload? Blame Biology
Stereotyping Has Lasting Negative Impact
Preparing Kids for Life in 6th Grade
From Grunting to Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk
A Dose of Sibling Rivalry
Most Senior Citizens Learn to Adapt to the Loss of a Partner
Babies May Show Signs of Autism
But Will It Make You Happy?
Children Who Resist Going to Sleep May Need a Calm and Careful Parent
Violent Dreams May Predict Illness in Advance
How to Help Small Children Overcome Common Fears
Military Dog Comes Home From Iraq Traumatized
Having a Sister Can Be Good for Your Emotional Health
Study: Working Mothers Not Necessarily Harmful to Child Development
The Women Who Choose Not to Be Mothers
ADHD, Smoking May Be Linked With Dropping Out of School
Recipe for Longevity: No Smoking, Lots of Friends
The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers
Varying Your Practice Moves May Help Improve Skills
How Low Self-Esteem Can Cost You the Job
How to Tame Your Nightmares
Do You Feel "Righteous Rage" on the Road?
Career Coach: In Our Fast-Paced Area, Patience Takes Works
Making That Awkward Talk a Little Easier
New Scan May Spot Alzheimer's
What, Me Worry?
Is Sitting While Autistic a Crime?
Caregivers Get Training That Simulates Sensory and Memory Losses of Dementia
What You Need to Know About Childhood Depression
Why We Can't Unplug on Vacation
Think You're Operating on Free Will? Think Again
Divorce Not Always Bad for the Kids
Teen Girls Drinking More Alcohol
How to Tell Your Child You Might Be Dying
Money Can Buy One Form of Happiness, Massive Global Study Concludes
Circadian Rhythms Are Powerful, But People Can Change Their Sleep-Wake Cycles
Worried About a Moody Teen?
Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind
Entertaining Emotions: TV May Be Teaching Us to Overreact
Miracle Grow: The Teen Brain is a Marvel of Smarts. It's Just Not All Filled In (Yet).
"Mozart Effect" Was Just What We Wanted to Hear
Scientists Find Way to Predict Timing of Menopause
Now Scientists Read Your Mind Better Than You Can
Why E-Mail May Be Hurting Off-Line Relationships
The Best Vacation Ever
The Surprising Toll of Sleep Deprivation
Dads Empower Kids to Take Chances
Quitting Smoking May Ease Stress Levels
Be a Better Worker -- Take a Vacation
Study: Lifestyle May Not Prevent Alzheimer's
Stop Texting, Dad! I'm Talking to You
Conceiving With Donor Sparks Dilemma Over How to Tell the Kids
When to Buy Your Child a Cellphone
Sleep Deprivation Linked to Depression in Teens
Do Pregnancy and Bipolar Disorder Mix?
Grandpa's Decision-Making Skills May Be Just Fine
Are We Joyless Working Machines?
Botox Gap in Understanding Emotion
Kids Face Up to Disgust Surprisingly Late
Habitual Meditation Reduces Pain Perception
How to Prepare Your Child for a New Baby
Making "Scents" of a Partner's Feelings
"Subtle Suicide" Destroys Lives of Millions; Often Misdiagnosed
Baby Blues Not Just a Mom and Her Hormones Thing
Creative Minds "Mimic Schizophrenia"
Skin Color Affects Ability to Empathize With Pain
People Who Think They Stink May Have Mental Disorder "Olfactory Reference Syndrome"
What's the Difference Between Being Lonely and a Loner?
As Autism Web Sites Boom, Experts Urge Caution
Cartoon Network Plans Major Anti-Bullying Campaign
Why Do Mothers Judge One Another and Their Parenting?
Conceiving After Loss: "You Can Never Replace a Child"
Sex Talk: Telling Friends Eases Older Men's Stress Over Sex Problems
Families' Every Fuss, Archived and Analyzed
Yoga May Help Cancer Patients After Treatment
Shadows May Distract Autistic Children
Can Caring Make You Sick?
Throwing Away the Key: Is a Lifetime in Jail the Best Way to Deal With Sex Offenders?
Four Behaviors Linked to Divorce
Behavior Therapy Matches Drugs for Calming Tics
More Often Than Not, Brain Injuries Lead to Depression
Even Sleeping Babies Learn Quickly
People Are Happier, Less Stressed After Age 50
Postpartum Depression: When Moms Feel Out of Control
If You're Good, I'll Buy You a Toy: The Difference Between Bribing Your Child and Rewarding Your Child
Simple Gestures Can Mislead Children
Green Light Can Reset Your Internal Body Clock, Affect Sleep
Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information
Hit Me Again! The Gambling Brain
Brain Differences Linked to Dyslexia
Help Me Fix It: Dr. Richard Besser Takes on Insomnia
Dementia Takes Away the Meaning of Flavours: Clues to Brain Basis for Abnormal Food Preferences
Babies Know the Difference Between Good and Evil at Six Months, Study Reveals
Dreams About Taking Exam, Being Naked -- What They Mean
Behavioral Therapy Can Quickly Calm Irritable Bowels
Mom's Favoritism Can Affect Kids, Sibling Rivalry as Adults
Kids' TV Time Linked to School Woes, Bad Habits
A Genetic Drive to Love, Yet Distanced by Differences
Denial Helps Dial Down a Nagging Worry, And It Can Actually Help Healing Process
5 Minutes in the Green Can Boost Mood
"Cuddle Hormone" Makes Men More Empathic
New Braille Technology Helps Visually Impaired "See" Emotions
Reward-Driven People Win More, Even When No Reward at Stake
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