Cooking and Mental Health
Cooking at home is the best of both worlds, according to new research: it’s healthier and cheaper than eating out! The downside, of course, is that you have to...
Is “Grima” Its Own Emotion?
You know that special feeling you get when you hear the sound of nails on a chalkboard? In Spanish, it’s called grima. In English, well, we don’t have a...
Stigma and Social Support Matter in Substance Abuse
When people are in treatment for substance abuse, the stigma they encounter and the social support they receive may have wide-ranging effects on their mental health. According to a...
Most People Would Rather Not Know the Future
Ignorance gets a bad rap, but a new study has found that most of us are firmly in the “ignorance is bliss” camp when it comes to wanting to...
The Potential of Online Mental Health Interventions
The internet has raised all kinds of new possibilities in how we do things, and psychology is no exception. A big question right now is how computer-based interventions can...
Harsh Parenting and Childhood Aggression Can Create Vicious Circle
If your intuition tells you that harsh parental discipline is likely to have opposite the intended effect, you’d be correct. But a new study by researchers in Turkey suggests...
Christianity May Not “Quiet the Ego”
Well, let’s start by admitting the obvious: we’re all a little biased when it comes to the way we see ourselves. We’ve all been known to overestimate our positive...
The Dangers of Trying to Control Other People
Worry too much about trying to control other people and you might just end up giving yourself high blood pressure. Psychologists call being concerned with influencing other people’s behavior...
Loneliness Might Be More Complicated Than We Thought
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today seems like as good a day to talk about loneliness as any, doesn’t it? Google tells us that loneliness is “sadness because one has no...
Tears of Joy
What does it take to make a grown adult cry? That’s what a team of researchers asked in a recent study published in the journal Emotion. But they weren’t...
