You’re reading your child’s IEP, evaluation report, or behavior plan and suddenly you’re stuck on a phrase that feels ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

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Adolescent girls who consistently avoid looking at negative or critical social cues may be at a higher risk for developing ...

Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out ...

Patterns that look self-defeating often have a deeper logic, according to a new psychological analysis by Charlie ...

What looks like a simple pile of stuff is often a dense knot of memory, identity, and unfinished decisions inside the brain.

Individuals with chronic opioid use, whether addicted or not, show heightened learning from negative reinforcement, suggesting that avoidance behavior may underlie both the development and persistence ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...

Signs of a skills gap appear in behavior before performance drops. Leaders who notice hesitation, reduced curiosity, or old ...

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Facial expressions play a fundamental role in social communication. While it is well established that others’ expressions influence our behavior—such as approaching a smiling person or avoiding an ...