Perhaps you are one of those people who takes for granted the idea that what happens to you is a function of your own actions. The harder you work, the more you gain. Your community group is raising ...

Patients who feel they have little control over their health are more likely to report being depressed as a result of pain they experience. Targeting a patient’s sense of control can improve outcomes ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Timothy Burke posted a terrific piece last week offering context for the student mental health crisis ...

Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende of Germany compete in the team pairs short program figure skating competition during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ...

But feel good about the fact that you can indeed foster a greater sense of control. In doing research for Find the Fire, I interviewed and surveyed over 1,000 employees about what inspires them at ...

We humans have a fairly erratic sense of time. We tend to misjudge the duration of events, particularly when they are emotional in nature. Disturbingly negative experiences, for example, seem to last ...

The anxiety of life dominated by COVID-19 feels almost as omnipresent as the news reports detailing every twist and turn of the pandemic. And despite doing the best we can to control the virus, you ...

When the world seems like its spinning out of control around you, your brain takes a hit, new research suggests. The opposite is also true, say researchers who have found that when a person feels in ...

Covid-19 has changed our lives in countless uncompromising ways. Yet we hate feeling powerless – so how do we take back control? If a century of psychological science has taught us anything about the ...

There have been significant advances in developing new prostheses with a simple sense of touch, but researchers are looking to go further. Scientists and engineers are working on a way to provide ...