Nomophobia: The Fear of Being Without a Mobile Phone
Perhaps you’ve experienced a jolt of discomfort after realizing you’ve left home without your smartphone. How will I find where I’m going without Google Maps? What if someone needs...
Seven Days of Kindness Can Boost Happiness
If you’re looking for a scientifically tested, step-by-step formula for becoming happier, this is probably as close as you’re going to get. That makes me sound like I’m hawking...
Why Buying Experiences Can Increase Happiness
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy interesting experiences. Psychologists have shown that purchases of experiences tend to make people happier than purchases of material goods. To do...
How a Parent’s Touch Can Reassure
Touch can be a powerful means of communication, especially between parents and children. As the authors of a recent study explain it, “the sense of touch develops in utero...
Night-Owl Teens at Risk for Insomnia, Behavioral Problems
Adolescents who tend toward being night owls are at higher risk for insomnia, emotional problems and behavioral problems, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong. Psychologists...
When You’re Sad and Play the Slot Machines
Feeling sad doesn’t always bring out the best in us when it comes to impulse control. From comfort eating to coping by drinking, people often find that their self-control...
Teacher Involvement Can Help With Childhood Depression
Given how much of their lives children spend in school, it stands to reason that good teacher-student relationships could make a difference in children’s mental health. So a group...
Baby Boomers May Be More Receptive to Online Mental Health Treatment Than Millennials
Mental health treatment, like everything else, is increasingly going online. People are seeking out more information about mental health on the internet, and researchers are experimenting with new types...
Can Money Help People Overcome Phobias?
Psychologists are experimenting with an admittedly rather materialistic approach to treating phobias: bribing people to confront their fears. In a recently published study, researchers in Germany investigated whether monetary...
Decisions in the “Trolley Dilemma” Differ From Real-Life Behavior
Maybe you’ve heard this one: there’s a runaway trolley car headed toward a fork in the tracks. Standing on one set of tracks, oblivious to the trolley car careening...
