Boundaries protect privacy and mental health, but many struggle to set them. Research shows people-pleasers often believe their needs are less important, while romantic partners may…
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Psychologists say child development rests on four stable needs, safety, structure, support, and love, even as helicopter and gentle parenting styles cycle through.
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Cognition means thinking, but decades of research show the mind works less like a computer and more like biological wetware shaped by culture and experience.
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A University of Wisconsin psychologist argues the clipped way we command chatbots could bleed into human conversation and wear down social norms.
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Linguist Maryellen MacDonald studies how speaking sharpens the brain, and now asks whether the way we talk to AI is changing how we talk to people.
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Sebastian Salicru's Psychology Today column has shifted from pandemic coping to psychedelic-assisted therapy and schema-based change, treating each as clinical process.
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Katherine Cullen, MFA, LCSW, is a Knoxville psychotherapist and former Psychology Today editor who writes on exercise addiction, perfectionism, and relationships.
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Research suggests the ability to sustain a loving relationship is learned, not innate. Here is what the data says about what makes partnerships last, and what…
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Media has expanded from newspapers and TV into social platforms and streaming, but research on its mental health effects stays inconclusive.
By The Spotlight Desk · 4 min read