Going home for the holidays shouldn’t feel this hard. Here’s why old places reopen old wounds even when you think you’ve ...

Loss and grief can cause cloudy thinking, intrusive images, or problems with attention and memory. If a loved one is now unreachable, our memory system needs time to adjust to this new reality. When ...

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Society places an expectation on parents to buy gifts, regardless of their financial circumstances, and children themselves ...

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman writes “when approached thoughtfully, Christmas can function as a once-a-year invitation for Jews to rest, reset, soften our emotional guard, and rediscover our own ...

Homer’s The Odyssey still shapes modern storytelling, influencing films, novels, and television through its ideas of return, ...

Life can be scary, and a lot of times we push certain fears aside just to get through the day. But when those fears show up ...

By playing video games, “people are practicing complex skills in simulated environments,” said Aaron Seitz, a professor of ...

Katherine Duncan doesn’t experience memory the way most people do. She can’t vividly relive the past or picture it in her ...

Trauma bonding is a strong emotional attachment formed through pain and affection. It can make unhealthy relationships feel ...

Why do people react so differently to the same situation? Experts decode the neuroscience and psychology behind emotional triggers and behaviour.

Researchers said there was “no evidence that” using hormone therapy “either increases or decreases the risk of dementia in ...