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One Must-Have Kitchen Utensil to Easily Eat Healthier
Do you own an apple slicer? If not, it’s a great gift to put on your Christmas stocking/holiday list. A recent study found that when schools had an apple slicer, consumption of apples jumped up by a...
View ArticleEvolutionary Psychology for Kids Part II
What might pre-ancestral life have been like to a kid - from the perspective of a young evolutionist?Guest Blogger: Megan (at age...
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The Attractiveness of Average and Familiar Faces
Over the years, many studies have examined what people find attractive in faces. One important factor is symmetry. If you draw a line down the middle of someone’s face, the more similar the right and...
View ArticleThe Silent Treatment
Tune in to the absence of sound. How is it different from everyday life? Is silence really silent?I’ve often slowed down by going to places that invite a more leisurely pace — Ayurvedic spas in India,...
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Fighting Fire with Fire: The Truth about Violent Campaigns
In 1982, over a span of three short weeks, a violent campaign in Syria claimed over 20,000 lives. Since then, similar death tolls have been reported from wars in Afghanistan and Libya. Survivors of...
View ArticleFive Transformational Family Resolutions for the New Year
As the New Year dawns, we humans have a longing to recommit, to make aspirational promises and pledges. “I will eat healthier.” “I will be in touch with old friends.” “I will exercise.” These are all...
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Short Days, Bad Moods; Coping with S.A.D.
Right now it's 13 degrees in Boston. 13 degrees.It’s hard to get your mind around 13 degrees. 13 degrees means that the steam rising from industrial chimneys looks frozen. It means that geese are...
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Scientists Identify Why Girls Often Mature Faster Than Boys
Scientists at Newcastle University in the UK have discovered that girls tend to optimize brain connections earlier than boys. The researchers conclude that this may explain why females generally mature...
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Charles Dickens and Sleep
What does English author Charles Dickens, the man who wrote “A Christmas Carol” and who described marvelous characters like Tiny Tim, Scrooge, Oliver Twist and Mr. Pickwick, have to do with sleep, and...
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Insomnia symptoms raise mortality risk
With our busy lives, it can be tempting to shrug off—or ignore altogether—difficulties with sleep. Trouble falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep throughout the night, waking feeling tired and...
View ArticleOur Earliest Feelings: Distress and Anger
We are continuing with our exploration of feelings, the first of the three keys to Infant and Child Development (Feelings, Language, and Cognition). Have fun! Dr. Holinger In our November 2013...
View ArticlePainfully Shy
We're all a little shy at times when meeting other people. It's hardly surprising that shyness can often interfere with how we interact in social situations. For some people however, shyness can...
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Merry Times for Atheism
As Americans gather to celebrate Christmas, fewer and fewer actually believe they are celebrating the birth of a divine being who subsequently died and then rose from the dead. But if you look around...
View ArticleA Holiday Wish
This week especially, we wish each other good health, fellowship and happiness. The holiday season and the turning of the year is fuel for positive thoughts and fervent wishes.So here is mine for you:...
View ArticleIs A Healthy Relationship An Option In 2014?
A reader named Andy commented on our recent blog and brought up a great question:Is that an option?Submitted by Andy on December 17, 2013 - 3:47am.jbrunswrote:Our message is clear: why don't you...
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When the bands bolt: Is SeaWorld the new Sun City
As the world bid farewell to Nelson Mandela—“one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth,"said President Obama…and a...
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The illusion of the Soul
I am not a Buddhist, but have sympathy for may aspects of its wisdom. In fact, the illusion of a soul is a natural confusion of consciousness. The evolution of each of our characters is formed as our...
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Who Attempts Suicide?
Consider this short blog to be my PSA for the holidays:Depression is the number one risk factor for attempted suicide, followed closely by substance abuse. The big issue faced by mental health...
View ArticleCaught Between "Longing" vs. "Settling" In Your Marriage?
Once the world was new Our bodies felt the morning dew That greets the brand new day We couldn't tear ourselves away I wonder if you care I wonder if you still remember…The Moody Blues, “Your Wildest...
View ArticleTalking With People With Hearing or Speech Problems
Holidays are a time for visiting. My own very large, boisterous extended family includes nephews and neices with physical and cognitive limitations, older people with serious hearing problems, and...
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