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Blowing Up the DSM

Charting the path to a biologically informed system of mental illnesses

Willa Goodfellow ~ Mar '20

The One Neuron Project

A moonshot exploring the human brain at single-cell resolution

Andrew Neff ~ Mar '20

Mindfulness combats apathy by offering a taste of transcendence

Andrew Neff ~ Feb '20

Blowing Up the DSM

Charting the path to a biologically informed system of mental illnesses

Willa Goodfellow ~ Mar '20

Our tenuous relationship with mindfulness and spirituality.

Andrew Neff~ Feb '20

Schizophrenic Thought

Exploring a missing piece of the therapeutic puzzle

Jessica Brown~ Mar '20

Psychiatric Reforms

Complementing the DSM with biology and individualized care

Sarah Vogel ~ Feb '20

Why everything is psychoactive

Kellman Heinz ~ Jan '20

Personality Changes

How human character and outlook change throughout adolescence

Neel Shah ~ Dec '19

Unconditionally Positive

Bringing Roger's humanistic psychology into everyday life

Andrew Neff ~ Dec '19

Social Psychiatry

Appreciating external contributors to mental illness

Natalia Lomaia ~ Nov '19

Collective Minds

Carl Jung's prophetic ideas on our shared human heritage

Agata Los ~ Oct '19

Intergroup Conflict

Choosing between selfishness, altruism, and hostility

Neel Shah ~ Oct '19

Re-thinking Stroop

What does the Stroop test mean? Congruence vs contingency.

Neel Shah ~ Sept '19

Skeptical Science

With a

Humanistic Touch

Big Ideas in Psychology and Neuroscience

More About Us

Fiber Supplements

Combatting weight-gain and reducing appetites with dietary fiber

Andrew Neff ~ Sept '19

Projection Psychology

How we relate to others shapes how we view them

Neel Shah ~ Sept '19

Meditation for Sleep

Escaping digital distraction,

does mindfulness help us doze?

Andrew Neff ~ Sept '19

The Crowd Within

Wisdom of the crowds sure, but wisdom of our-plural-selves?

Neel Shah ~ Aug '19

Vocal Minorities

Why some choose to express unpopular opinions.

Neel Shah ~ Aug '19

Do Mantras Work?

J.D. Salinger and the science of mantra meditation

Andrew Neff ~ July '19

The Gut-Brain-Axis

When science says psychology is driven by gut microbes.

Andrew Neff ~ June ‘19:

National Character

Are some nationalities more conscientious than others?

Neel Shah ~ July ‘19

Are we predisposed to say yes rather than no?

Travis Ryan ~ June ‘19

Treating Depression

The six best biological treatments for depression in 2019

Andrew Neff ~ Aug '19

Why words and actions don’t align.

Andrew Neff ~ June ‘19:

Police Sleep

New perspectives on the prevalence and consequences of insomnia.

Sabrina Smith ~ May ‘19

Anger Management

Can getting ourselves hype improve performance?

Andrew Neff ~ May ‘19

Rich datasets probe the link between happiness and beauty

Andrew Neff ~ Apr ‘19

Pattern Recognition

Human limitations explored through the lens of Hollywood

Andrew Neff ~ Apr ‘19

Pride Universality

Remote tribal research explores how we communicate emotion

Andrew Neff ~ Mar ‘19

The Replication Crisis

100 studies were replicated, less than half survived.

Andrew Neff ~ Feb ‘19

Psychotherapy Tech

How therapy's harnessing the power of the digital age

Vael Gates ~ Jan ‘19

AI's smart, but is it creative?

Grace Browne~ Mar ‘19

Is happiness having what you want, or wanting what you have?

Andrew Neff ~ Mar ‘19

Psychiatry Needs Art

What scientists can learn from people in the humanities

Andrew Neff ~ Feb ‘19

Science's position on whether drugs make sex better

Nicole Atkins ~ Jan ‘19

The RDoC, David Foster Wallace, and government psychiatry

Andrew Neff ~ Dec ‘18

A century of research and practice but controversy remains.

Andrew Neff ~ Nov ‘18

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