A Nation Exhausted
The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics Above photo: Many Americans are choosing not to engage with politics, instead sticking their heads in the sand to protect their mental health. iStock/Getty Images Plus By Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University “I am definitely not following the news anymore,” one patient told me when I […]
Scaredy Kids
The trick to mastering a kid’s fear makes for a real treat By David Himmel One of my life’s crowning achievements came when I was 8 years old. It was Halloween, and I won my second-grade class’ Scariest Costume award. At the time, Teen Wolf was my favorite movie, so that’s what I chose as […]
