For parents with resistant kids, their best hope is to avoid bribes, allowance, other incentives, and chore charts, and instead turn chores into a social activity. Saying “Let’s do this together” can ...

With the stresses of daily life, it can often seem difficult to find moments to smell the proverbial roses....“You can make small changes in your life that have big effects,” said Darwin Guevarra, an ...

Optimism and pessimism aren’t unchanging traits; they tend to shift with age, although the trajectories vary from culture to culture. Nor is optimism an unquestioned good. “Extreme optimism might not ...

To improve willpower, it boils down to “just try harder,” said Kentaro Fujita, a professor of psychology at Ohio State University who studies self-regulation and decision making. But self-control ...

Education is often thought of as an equalizer, as a way to allow anyone who works hard to pursue their aspirations. However, ...

Firestone and the members of the Perception & Mind Laboratory, 2024.Chaz Firestone is a cognitive psychologist and associate ...

Indeed, studies have shown that having more distributed attention, where a child is able to absorb the world around them and ...

In adults, three key areas of the brain are known to respond specifically to faces. These include the fusiform face area (FFA), the superior temporal sulcus (STS), and the medial prefrontal cortex ...

A new study provides a potential explanation for ethnic minorities shifting their voting preferences to the political right.