5 Eye-Opening Reads on Guns and Suicide Jennifer Mascia Psychology, Science & Medicine Suicides don’t get as much media attention as homicides, but they account for nearly two thirds of the 33,000 gun fatalities every year. Research suggests that many gun suicide deaths may be preventable:...
The Truth About Happiness Frank T. McAndrew Psychology, Science & Medicine Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology...
Academia’s Culture of Silence Alissa Brown Arts & Culture, Education, Psychology A sobering look into academia's culture of anxiety and depression.
The Relevant Versus Narcissist Artist: How to Know If You Are a Narcissist Artist? Diana Rivera Arts & Culture, Psychology, Society & Culture People of the digital era, including all those on social media, provide enough substantial evidence to assert that people need to be relevant in the crowd. From photos of latest meals eaten along side Spike...
4 Reasons People Can’t Quite Quit Facebook George Lowery Arts & Culture, Psychology If you’ve ever thought about quitting Facebook, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve even shut down your account, swearing never to return, only to log back in a week later. A newly published study in the...
Shame on You, Shame on Me: Shame as an Evolutionary Adaptation Jalees Rehman Psychology, Science & Medicine Can shame be good for you? We often think of shame as a shackling emotion which thwarts our individuality and creativity. A sense of shame could prevent us from choosing a partner we truly love, speaking out...
What Does it Mean to Be a Kid in the Digital Age? Paula Lee and Yalda T. Uhls Arts & Culture, Psychology Is social media ruining our kids? How much internet activity is too much? What do FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), sexting, and selfies mean for teens? To answer these and other questions, Yalda T. Uhls wrote Media...
