Children’s short attention spans are often framed as a barrier to learning. New research suggests that their limited ability ...

It’s been a while since I really fell to pieces at the end of a long day. But I know the feeling, and I instantly recognized it when a colleague with young children told me ...

Podcast: This episode's conversation reviews how our visual system uses templates and exaggerates the basic features of ...

Meditation apps offer users an accessible introduction to an ancient, evidence-based practice known to help quiet the mind.

Shortly after generative artificial intelligence hit the mainstream, researchers warned that chatbots would create a dire problem: As disinformation became easier to create, conspiracy theories would ...

You might have noticed that the seasons don’t quite behave like they used to. In some places, fall and spring seem to fly by, while winter and summer are much longer and feel more intense.

Lisa Feldman Barrett is professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.In a recent Scientific American article, she asked whether ...

The pandemic was dramatic and unexpected, of course, but dramatic and catastrophic in a way, not only for physical health, but mental health,” said lead researcher Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the ...

Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel has one primary tactic that keeps him productive, he says: time blocking....Having a packed calendar can lead to less productivity, according to Yale University ...

More than 49,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2022 — that’s one death every 11 minutes, and more than any other year dating to back at least 1941, according to the US Centers for ...

Swedish public health authorities recommended this week that children under the age of 2 should not use any digital media, as parents, pediatricians and governments struggle to respond to the ...

When I describe “cynics,” you might conjure up a certain type of person: the toxic, smirking misanthrope, oozing contempt. But they are not a fixed category, like New Zealanders or anesthesiologists.