I’ve worked in highly stressful jobs most of my adult life. The accumulated stress in combination with traumatic events burned me out. It also activated a not uncommon genetic trait, called Hereditary ...

Atypical attention orienting has been found to be impaired in many neuropsychological disorders, but the underlying neural mechanism remains unclear. Attention can be oriented exogenously (i.e., ...

Extensive study of typically developing individuals and those on the autism spectrum has identified a large number of brain regions associated with our ability to navigate the social world. Although ...

Vestigial organs, such as the wisdom teeth in humans, are those that have become functionless through the course of evolution. Now, a psychologist studying vestigial muscles behind the ears in humans ...

New research from Georgetown University Medical Center gives hope to millions of aging adults by suggesting that some of our mental abilities might actually get better with age. Although it's widely ...

‘Tis the season for orienting. Around the country students and families are nervously walking into and through school buildings on “new student orientations.” The word orientation, of course, predates ...

'Orienting: An Indian in Japan' by Pallavi Aiyar, in very simple terms, is an Indian's account of living in Japan. 'Orienting: An Indian in Japan' by award-winning journalist Pallavi Aiyar, in very ...