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Unresolved Longing and Reproductive Choices
40+ min ago (516+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina I have been grappling for a long time with the social and personal perception of voluntary abortion, about how women process their decision to terminate their pregnancy. Many questions are at the forefront of…...
Why AI Feels Human and Even Conscious
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (245+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods For over a century, the heart of psychoanalysis has been free association'the practice of suspending censorship and allowing the mind to wander, revealing the hidden patterns of the unconscious." Today, a parallel has emerged…...
Deepfakes and the Psychology of Courtroom Belief | Psychology Today New Zealand
45+ min ago (493+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods For most of legal history, video was considered close to infallible. Juries trusted it. Judges relied on it. Video evidence could be a "smoking gun," incontrovertible proof, dispositive. A recording, unlike a human witness,…...
The Psychology of Institutional Erasure
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (549+ words) Why some laws don't hurt equally worldwide. Psychology Today The Psychology of Institutional Erasure Why some laws don't hurt equally worldwide. Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods - March 2026: India passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill. - The law…...
Serving LGBTQ Youth in Crisis
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (482+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk The Trevor Project, founded in 1998 by the people who created "Trevor," which won the 1995 Academy Award for short film, provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ)…...
Study of the Humanities Needs to be Reprioritized
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (976+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina By Robbie Gray with Ran D. Anbar, MD The idea to write this blog post came to me during a peer grading assignment on a paper in my university Science and Social Choice seminar course....
The Psychology of Institutional Erasure | Psychology Today New Zealand
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (549+ words) Why some laws don't hurt equally worldwide. Psychology Today The Psychology of Institutional Erasure Why some laws don't hurt equally worldwide. Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods - March 2026: India passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill. - The law…...
The Summer Experiment: A Season Without Scrolling
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (779+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods I've given this summer a nickname: The Summer Experiment. It's not about disappearing into a silent retreat, renouncing modern technology, or embracing the latest wellness trend. Instead, it's simply an experiment in limiting my…...
How Physicians Manage Bearing Witness to Trauma
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (547+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Note: Patient and family details have been modified to protect confidentiality. He had stage 4 cancer and had been on the verge of hospice when a traumatic fall brought him to us. He was stubborn,…...
Are Children Learning Basic Skills Later Because of Screens?
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (334+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods Post by Jenna M. Leadbeater & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph D (University of Delaware) According to a survey conducted by Common Sense Media in 2025, 2- to 4-year-olds spent an average of 2 hours and 8 minutes a day on…...