Dr. Sarwar Kamal :In today’s modern age, we have a busy life. Due to the pressure of business, various changes...
Ilan Kelman, PhD :One character’s words at the beginning of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1944) are, “The play is memory. Being a memory play, it is sentimental, it is dimly lit, it is not realistic.” Disaster memory can be similar within the rapidity of situations unfolding and traumatic experiences. Is this memory situation necessarily negative?Coping with and surviving disaster means living in and with its aftermath, including memories. Not all experiences are desirable to remember, particularly in their...
Shamsi Mumtahina Momo :With the flip of a new page, October is a Domestic Violence Awareness Month, applauded to be...
Think back to your last few annual check-ups. What questions did your doctor ask? Which blood tests did they order?...
Jonas Ludwig, PhD :Let’s consider this puzzle: If five machines can make five widgets in five minutes, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? Take a moment to think about it.Many of us are familiar with these kinds of cognitive tasks that often lead to biased responses. The question is what psychology can contribute to explaining how people handle these tasks and why they are so likely to make mistakes.The above problem is part of the...
Laura Betzig, PhD :One day in 48 BC, probably toward the end of August, when Caesar was 52 and Cleopatra...
Sheikh Mohammad Anisur Rahman :Right quality (KSAO’s) and right quantity (level) of people at right time are obviously required to...
Suzanne Bender, MD :Olivia buries her head in her hands. We are having a family meeting to discuss her increasing anxiety, dysphoria, and insomnia over the past few months. One clear stressor is her honors physics class taught by Mr. Nash, a notoriously difficult class at her public high school. Olivia has fallen behind on assigned projects, but Mr. Nash has offered her an incomplete with the opportunity to finish work over winter break. Over the holiday, Olivia hasn’t touched...
Suzanne Degges-White, PhD :Social media is a powerful force that can spread both positive and negative messages instantly. Public figures...
Jeffrey Pickens, PhD :How do the brain’s neurons, circuits, and chemistry create our behaviors, perceptions, thoughts, and moods? This is...
Dr. Friedberg :In Civilization and its Discontents, Freud observed that struggle is intrinsic to the human condition. As a psychiatrist,...
Laura Betzig, PhD :One day in 48 BC, probably toward the end of August, when Caesar was 52 and Cleopatra...