You’re not bad at making decisions. You’re overwhelmed by noise. This piece shows why high achievers second-guess themselves ...

Most people have emotional raw spots from past hurts that they shove down rather than work through psychologically. For ...

Emotions are constructed, not discovered. Relational safety—not precise labels—allows the brain to tolerate uncertainty, ...

This creates a powerful loop: a negative thought enters the brain, and, due to its distressing contents, the brain signals ...

People with low tolerance for the unknown often feel the need for closure. They prefer what is predictable to keep a ...

"Things that happen in real life don't always connect directly, but we can remember the details of each event better if they form a coherent narrative," Brendan Cohn-Sheehy of UC Davis said in a news ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...