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Teen Emotional Well-Being: Support Outweighs Pressure to Achieve
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (408+ words) Posted October 30, 2025 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Many parents believe that pushing and even forcing their children to achieve good grades is the ultimate key to their being successful in life. Out of love and concern for their children, and the…...
Caring for Your Grandchildren Is Good for Your Brain
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (656+ words) Posted January 30, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills Not only is caring for your grandchildren often joyous for you and a significant help for your adult children, but a recent study in the journal Psychology and Aging by Chereches et al. (2026) shows…...
A Wandering Mind Improves Inferential Learning
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (295+ words) Updated May 8, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader It is well-known that one solution for analysis paralysis'getting stuck in rigid approaches and finding oneself blocked'is to take a walk, listen to music, or otherwise allow oneself to daydream. This shakes things up,…...
The Question That Keeps Anxious Kids Awake at Night
16+ hour, 17+ min ago (504+ words) Posted March 19, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk For anxious children and teens, the hardest part of the day isn't school, homework time, or social situations; it's bedtime. Kids in my office repeat the upsetting thought loops that stick in their minds…...
The Case for Gifted Education
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (416+ words) Posted October 5, 2025 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods The Washington Post editorial board didn't mince words. They warned that "politicians tread on dangerous ground when their pursuit of equity comes at the cost of children's opportunities" (The Washington Post Editorial Board, 2025). Giftedness…...
AI Anxiety at Work? | Psychology Today New Zealand
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (911+ words) Updated September 16, 2025 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods When technology threatens identity, smart leaders treat worry as data'not defiance Most leaders approach AI adoption like any other software rollout'announce the tool, provide training, expect adoption. When teams resist, they assume it's a…...
When It Comes to Gender Stereotypes, Not All STEM Fields Are the Same
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (505+ words) Posted May 15, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Post by Allison Master (University of Houston), Andrew N. Meltzoff (University of Washington), Daijiazi Tang (University of Michigan), & Sapna Cheryan (University of Washington). Stories expressing concern about gender stereotypes in math and science are everywhere....
Why Your Skills Agenda Is Missing Half the Equation
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (444+ words) Posted April 15, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley But there's a critical element missing from many of these conversations: people are not robots programmed to perform tasks. They're complex individuals with unique cognitive wiring that influences how they learn, process information, and…...
The Wisdom of Temporal Perspectives in Decision-Making
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (229+ words) Posted October 27, 2025 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan We live at a time of radical uncertainty, with economic stagnation, social upheaval, ideological clashes, violent conflicts, and a global trade war. How to survive the uncertainty and to thrive rather than decay is…...
A Winning Strategy for Improving Group Decision-Making
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (393+ words) Posted March 25, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley We all work in groups sometimes. We brainstorm in groups. Students work on group projects. Even faculty at universities work in committees, and our research projects are generally collaborations. Since we spend so much…...