A study conducted in China found that individuals with pronounced social anxiety tend to be less motivated to engage in prosocial behaviors when these require effort. However, this effect was only observed in tasks where
A study of individuals with tobacco use disorder in China reported that a five-day course of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation restructured the neural circuits associated with the disorder. It also significantly reduced participants’ smoking cravings.
Co-authored by John Richmond Sy, Jessee Dietch, and Kathleen Bogart The power of patient communities in advocating for their needs and building collective knowledge is immense. A prime example is the rare disorder community. Rare
A study of primary school children found that those with stronger creative abilities tend to feel slightly less lonely. It is possible that children with better creative abilities also have a greater understanding of the
Some of my previous articles have examined how relationship partners speak to each other and the challenges associated with anxiety, avoidance, or dominance in conversation. Most research on couples’ communication focuses on these aspects of
