Behavior Modification

Details: Written by: Catherine A. Sanderson

Here's Why Some People Are Willing To Challenge Bullying, Corruption And Bad Behavior, Even At Personal Risk

Two Theranos employees – Erika Cheung and Tyler Shultz – spoke out about their concerns regarding the company’s practices, even though they knew they could face lasting personal and professional repercussions.

Details: Written by: David Rosenberg

Are We All OCD Now, With Obsessive Hand-washing And Technology Addiction?

One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing.

Details: Written by: Philip Gable

How A Stay-at-home Slowdown Upends Our Perception Of Time

Think back to life before stay-at-home orders. Does it feel like just yesterday? Or does it seem like ages ago – like some distant era?

Details: Written by: Marie T. Russell

Being Vulnerable: Stepping Out From Behind Our Walls

Living behind a glass wall can be lonely. You can see the others out there, yet you somehow remain separated from them. Your wall may be called "I'm not good enough" or "No one understands me or loves me". These glass walls have a way of magnifying the negative. Yet whatever you see through the wall is only the...

Details: Written by: Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

What Is Guilt and Shame? Where Does It Come From?

Everyone has experienced guilt at one time or another. In fact, millions of people are burdened by feelings of guilt of all sorts.

Details: Written by: Arash Javanbakht

How Our Brains Can Be Manipulated To Tribalism

Tribalism has become a signature of America within and without since the election of President Trump. The nation has parted ways with international allies, left the rest of the world in their effort to fight the climate change, and most recently the pandemic, by leaving the World Health Organization.

Details: Written by: Gretchen Chapman and George Loewenstein

Why Americans Are Tiring Of Social Distancing And Hand-washing

States are beginning to open up their economies after successfully slowing the spread of the coronavirus. Much of the credit for that goes to Americans dutifully following prescribed behavior.

Details: Written by: Michele Gelfand

As States Reopen, Tensions Flare Between The Rule Followers And Rule Breakers

Since Republicans, on average, are five times more likely than Democrats to believe it’s safe now to resume normal business activity, reopening the economy has often been framed as a partisan issue.

Details: Written by: Sandy C. Newbigging

How To Create A Less Resistant Relationship With Life

What’s important to appreciate about resistance is that it is often not intentional but the result of what’s going on in the more subtle, hidden parts of your unconscious mind. Most people I meet are usually aware of the surface-level results of resistance, but they live unaware of the underlying reasons as to why they resist and end up feeling the way they do.

Details: Written by: Claudia Finkelstein

How Can You Be Safe At A Pool, The Beach Or A Park?

Even if we escaped getting sick from the coronavirus, we are all sick of staying at home, practicing social distancing and wearing masks.

Details: Written by: Stephanie Preston

Why Your Brain Evolved To Hoard Supplies And Shame Others

The media is replete with COVID-19 stories about people clearing supermarket shelves – and the backlash against them.

Details: Written by: Carli Liguori

The Coronavirus Diets: What's Behind The Urge To Eat Like Little Kids?

Have you noticed grabbing an extra bag of chips at the supermarket? Or eating more frozen dinners than you used to? Or even eating snacks that you haven’t eaten since you were a little kid?

Details: Written by: Teresa Carr

Where Psychologists Should Fear to Tread on Covid-19, They Don’t

Consider the following brain teaser: A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Details: Written by: Vivian Zayas

How People React To The Threat Of Disease Could Mean COVID-19 Is Reshaping Personalities

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be “imprinted on the personality of our nation for a very long time,” predicted Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Details: Written by: Olivia Fisher

Can't Sleep And Feeling Anxious About Coronavirus?

This is a confusing and, frankly, scary time for a lot of us. There’s so much contradictory information, and the “right” thing to do yesterday is now the “wrong” thing to do today.

Details: Written by: Catherine Bagwell

Teens Are Wired To Resent Being Stuck With Parents And Cut Off From Friends

Social distancing is both necessary and hard. If my Facebook news feed and anecdotal experience in my own family are at all representative of larger trends, adolescents are especially feeling the pain.

Details: Written by: Ariane Burgess

Creating A New Worldview and Culture: Women Are The Future

The Dalai Lama caused quite a stir at the 2009 Peace Summit in Vancouver. He said that “the world would be saved by Western women.” His statement received a range of responses, but many women found it empowering, and it catalyzed women-focused initiatives.

Details: Written by: Chunjie Zhang

What's Lost When We're Too Afraid To Touch The World Around Us?

During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground.

Details: Written by: Cambridge University Press

The Way Kids Play May Reveal Antisocial Behavior Risk

Certain traits of little kids’ play could signal future aggressive and antisocial behavior, researchers report.

Details: Written by: Hector Chapa

Why Wear Face Masks In Public? Here's What The Research Shows

With the coronavirus pandemic quickly spreading, U.S. health officials have changed their advice on face masks and now recommend people wear cloth masks in public areas where social distancing can be difficult, such as grocery stores.