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If you often find yourself lying wide awake at night — when you should be sleeping — stewing over an argument you had earlier in the day or worrying about an important upcoming meeting, you’re not alone.
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Work and personal demands typically consume your attention during the day. But at night, there are fewer distractions, giving you “more space for thinki...
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Adolescence is an exquisitely sensitive time in the brain’s development. “The brain is so sensitive to social cues, to the sense of belonging, to rewards, to peers,” says neuroscientist Eva Telzer, who co-directs a tech and teen development center at the University of North Carol...
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Hormones such as glucocorticoids are one way that chronic stress “gets under the skin,” according to the late Rockefeller University neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, who pioneered research in this area. When rel...
I’ve always been fascinated by theoretical models in psychology, but my scientific curiosity was deeply animated by observing daily classroom life in Hong Kong and Macau. If you’ve ever lived in or visited Hong Kong and Macau, you know they are fascinating, hyper-intense environments: Hong Kong is a fast-paced global financial center, and Macau is famous as the casino capital...
Image above: Capitol police lead a rehearsal parade for the 60th Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C., Jan. 12, 2025. More than 5,000 military members from across all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, including Reserve and National Guard components, will provide ceremonial support and defense support of civil authorities during the inaugural period.