study: modern teens drink less, smoke less, and...
A current study in the academic journal Child Development finds that teens have much different...
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the fight to protect private data, challenges at a...
Nicholas Confessore discusses how technology companies are acquiring your personal information and...
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a chicago high school faces systemic challenges
Director Steve James discusses his original series America to Me,a 10-piece series that follows...
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a battle of witts: a brief look at taboos and...
“If music be the food of admire,play on. Give me excess of it” (Duke Orsino in Twelfth...
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bog standard: a brief look at toilet tissue eating
In previous blogs I absorb looked at pica (i.e.,the eating of non-nutritive items or substances) and...
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ados: la fin de la fureur de vivre?
Les outils numériques ont modifié la psyché et les modes de vie des ados,et on est loin d’avoir...
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is laughter is the best medicine? a brief look at...
In preceding blogs I absorb examined such phenomena as Celebrity Worship Syndrome,celebrity...
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meet markets: the psychology of school reunions
I was recently interviewed for a feature in The Observer newspaper approximately the psychology of...
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tor mental problems: protecting children from...
I have never claimed to be an expert in cyberbullying but I often pick up asked to do media...
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ghost modernism: should parents worry about their...
(Note: A version of this article was first published in The Independent) Supernatural games gain...
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primal suspects: the psychology of tears for fears
Because I am both a psychologist and self-confessed music obsessive,one of the questions I am often...
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choking aside: another look at self asphyxial risk...
In a preceding blog I examined the ‘choking game’ (also known by dozens of names including the...
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