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I’ve Been Thinking about Going to Therapy, Now What?
One of the biggest barriers to people seeking mental health treatment is not knowing how to connect with a therapist. How can you find a therapist? What questions should you ask prospective therapists?
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Understanding the Architecture of the Brain: An Introduction to DTI
There are many methods for studying the brain, from literally slicing it to look at it under a microscope to injecting radioactive tracers into it to see where a particular neurotransmitter is located. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a relatively newer approach to studying the brain, but what is this method, exactly?
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Why Can’t We Quit Fake News?
We know fake news is bad for us and for society, yet the presence of fake news continues to grow. In this post, I discuss three psychological reasons why we continue to fall victim to fake news.
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Thinking about Schizophrenia: Evolutionary Explanations
How can debilitating mental illnesses like schizophrenia survive when evolution favors survival of the fittest? Evolutionary psychologists explore ways in which psychosis or psychosis-risk may have been advantageous for our ancestors.
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Early Adulthood: Changes and Challenges
Early adulthood is a time period in an individual’s life that is characterized by both external and internal changes. What do we know about this stage of development, and why is it important for psychological researchers to continue to explore it?
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Probing the Mind: Testing the breaking point of neuropsychological assessments
Medicine and psychology intersect more than you would expect. In particular, tests developed based on psychological concepts are used frequently in clinical evaluations to assess different aspects of a patient’s cognitive abilities. However, there are important limitations to these tests that become evident in cases of severe disease. Research has moved towards using neurophysiological methods…
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A Lifetime of Knowledge Can Benefit Memory in Old Age
Overall, memory declines as we age, but prior knowledge may be able to benefit memory in old age.
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The Dangers of Fluency
Fluency is a useful cognitive tool that we use when choosing study strategies, buying products, and assessing information accuracy. Yet, there are times when fluency can mislead us and result in meaningful consequences.