Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-backed way to address unwanted thoughts and habits and improve relationships. Here's how it can help you.

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Cognitive decline and anxiety in Parkinson's disease are often only recognized at a late stage, yet they can greatly impact people's lives. Research by Marit Ruitenberg focuses on new tests and ...

I am a huge fan of all things horror, from brooding and creepy to extreme gore that borders on parody, but sometimes during Halloween month, you have to ea ...

Research and applied scholarship that have a positive societal impact require interdisciplinary collaborations. One such area is cyberpsychology, a field that emerged from the growth of new ...

To truly understand sleep's role in well-being, scientists are looking directly at the brain. A new study combines detailed sleep data with brain imaging to investigate how individual differences in ...

To define the profiles, researchers analyzed the sleep data of 770 “healthy” young adults ages 22 to 36, indicating they had not been diagnosed with a psychiatric condition, such as bipolar disorder, ...

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For the first time in more than 25 years, the APA has updated its delirium guideline, going beyond psychiatry with recommendations to prevent, identify, and manage the disorder.

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Discover how gamification really works. Learn how behavioral science, reinforcement learning, and cognitive psychology drive engagement, and how to design ethical, effective gamified systems.