9+ hour, 1+ min ago  (259+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. The idea that reality is fundamentally made of possibilities grew out of puzzles in modern physics that seem to point toward a radically different way of thinking about reality. Our everyday experience of…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (312+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. On a single night in 2025, at least 745, 652 people experienced homelessness in the United States. While this represents a decrease of 3. 3% from the prior year, it is nevertheless a staggering number. Chronic homelessness increased…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (280+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Researchers at Yale recently built one specific, detailed patient and tried to get that patient a GLP-1 prescription from 49 different online sellers. By clinical standards, this was someone a doctor would reasonably prescribe a…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1076+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Things we can't explain or understand, we often separate. Mental illness is no different. In Europe, people started separating those with mental illness from those with medical illness in the Middle Ages, believing they…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago  (878+ words) Psychology Today "The Invite" and the Costs of Shaming Our True Selves Self-oriented perfectionism and the lack of empathy for oneself. Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. - Self-oriented perfectionists often struggle with feeling empathy and compassion for themselves. - "The…...

13+ hour, 52+ min ago  (870+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills A recent article by Brewis and colleagues, published in Appetite, offers a timely and important critique of this emerging concept of food noise. They urge caution, emphasizing the need for clarity on what food…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (402+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills Two details stand out to me. First, no one engineered this workspace. It emerged on its own during training. Second, when researchers suppressed the J-space, basic recall survived, but complex reasoning collapsed. Whatever the…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (703+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma For years, conversations about autism support have focused on helping autistic individuals develop skills. We measure communication goals, academic achievement, daily living skills, and behavioral outcomes. These are important markers of growth. But a…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago  (332+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Summer is here'along with alarming reminders that something's amiss with the climate. From record-breaking heatwaves to increased wildfire risk to violent storms, summer now feels like a season to survive rather than savor. "Coolcations…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago  (836+ words) Posted July 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. In the summer of 2016, I sat across from a clinician who asked me a series of questions. Had I been sleeping poorly? Had I lost interest in activities I once enjoyed? Did I…...