Psychology and the mind
Everything we have published on Psychology and the mind, newest first. Background, research and plain explanation — not only the headline of the day.
What is emotional regulation? A child psychologist explains
The aim isn’t to get rid of difficult feelings, but to find ways of managing them effectively.
Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain
Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.
Students are anxious – and it’s no surprise, since we are teaching them to be that way
Whether students feel pressure to get good grades or keep up with classmates, the anxiety this effort produces can have long-term effects on their brains.
Play is essential for young children, including when it comes to their learning
Play-based early childhood programs can help young kids develop emotional regulation and problem-solving skills, traits that can serve them well throughout childhood.
Parents putting screens in front of their kids is more about their own stress than other factors
Most research on kids’ screen time has focused on a child’s behavior. Far less attention has gone to parents and their role in their children’s media use.
In memory care deserts, senior centers can help close the gap in brain-related healthcare
Specialized health care for brain-related issues can be lacking in rural areas, but collaborative, community-based approaches can help address these inequities.
How a community-led campaign is helping save Nigeria’s Kam language
The current number of Kam speakers is approximately 8,000 – 11,000. Like many other languages in northeastern Nigeria, Kam received no attention from researchers before 2016.
Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health
Digital surveillance does much more than steal data. It inflicts deep human wounds; it stops people from safely developing and expressing their identities, breeds trauma that can last for generations,
Two chip companies beat expectations: what that means for the rest of the market
With concentrated indices, do not watch the name of the market but the weight of a handful of the largest companies, and whether results really clear expectations that have already been paid for.
Memory chips: weaker guidance need not mean the end of AI. Why prices, inventories and the mix decide
Do not read weaker guidance in memory chips as the automatic end of the AI boom; separate HBM from ordinary DRAM and NAND, and watch price per bit, ASPs, bit shipments, fab utilisation and customer inventories.