The Brains of Chocolate Cravers
As you read this post, try not to think about how good a bar of milk chocolate would taste right now. Many people find that it’s quite easy to...
The Science of Helicopter Parenting
Hover mothers, helicopter parents. Call them whatever you want: we’ve all seen examples of parents who closely monitor their children’s lives – sometimes even as their children stop being...
How Much Does Having a Growth Mindset Matter?
Telling kids they’re smart could lead them to do worse in school. That’s the eye-catching finding from work done back in 1998 by a pair of psychology researchers from...
Does OCD Predict Other Disorders?
We often think of different mental health conditions as totally independent from each other. Depression is separate from anxiety is separate from bipolar disorder, and so on: they have...
People Who Read Left to Right Remember Left to Right Too
How we remember things is partly down to the culture we’re from and the language we speak. Some new evidence for that comes from a recent study published in...
The Mystery of Trypophobia
When asked “how would you draw fear?” a 12-year-old sketches a repetitive pattern of dots. That might seem like an odd choice, but it makes sense when you consider...
What Stops Men From Seeking Help?
Probably the most effective thing people can do to improve their mental health is, in fact, to seek help from mental health professionals. But many people who stand to...
Autism and Special Interests
People with autism often have “special interests” – topics or activities that they are highly interested in, even obsessive about. These interests can take many forms, but the common...
What Do Your Media Habits Say About Your Personality and Mental Health?
Here’s a shocking finding: going on the Internet might correlate with good mental health. And if you don’t find that shocking, you probably don’t spend enough time on the...
How Early Can Signs of Schizophrenia Be Spotted?
Most mental health conditions are treated after they appear. Given how incomplete our understanding of the brain is, we can only hope that one day we’ll be able to...
