Calm
Stress Impacts the Brain Increasing Risk for Heart Disease
New study suggests that how the mind, body, and brain perceive and respond to stress may have direct bearing on the onset of cardiovascular illness.
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The Brain
Focus
What’s Going on Inside the Teen Brain?
It's a time of rapid brain development—and risk. Here's why we need to give teens the space—and the safety—to grow.
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Careers
Beware Your Biased Brain
Our brain can move very fast, and that can be a real problem. The tendency to make split-second assessments of people can lead to disastrous outcomes.
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Focus
Your Wild, Wonderful Brain
Although there's lots of scientific information floating around about our brains, Barry Boyce explains, there's still so much we don't really understand.
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Calm
How to Stop the Racist in You
The new science of bias suggests that we all carry prejudices within ourselves—and we all have the tools to keep them in check.
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Compassion
The Beautiful and the Good
What are our brains doing when we assume that someone who’s beautiful on the outside must be beautiful on the inside? Sharon Begley investigates.
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Calm
Where Does Kindness Come From?
A new study fuses methods from several different branches of science to reveal the forces that shape kindness.
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Anxiety
Four Science-Backed Approaches to ADHD
What you can do about an ADHD diagnosis.
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Calm
How to Apply Mindfulness to the Creative Process
The key to optimizing the creative process is balancing the brain networks.
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Anxiety
Three Common Mind Traps That Sink Happiness
Some habitual ways of thinking can keep us stuck in a negative loop. Cultivating awareness of these "mind traps" can help you shift your attention.
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