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History of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Emotion Regulation Problems
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate damage of body tissue without a conscious desire to commit suicide. This behavior most frequently functions to regulate negative emotions (Favazza, 1998; Klonsky & Glenn, 2009; Laye-Gindhu, & Schonert-Reichl
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NIMH B/START Grants Are Starting Blocks for New PIs
In the nine years since the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) established a grant program to help novice behavioral scientists get their feet wet as first-time principal investigators, many junior researchers have successfully dived
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You Can Go Home Again
The New York Times: Just when parents thought they might finally be free of their children, many of this year’s college graduates will pick up their degrees — and move back home. Even those who
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Macho Guys Can Be Surprisingly Cooperative, Study Finds
LiveScience: Movie star Chris Hemsworth plays a macho guy as both the huntsman in “Snow White and the Huntsman” and Thor in “The Avengers.” But new research suggests that men with Hemsworth’s broad-faced, square-jawed look
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Are Wider Faced Men More Self-Sacrificing?
Picture a stereotypical tough guy and you might imagine a man with a broad face, a square jaw, and a stoical demeanor. Existing research even supports this association, linking wider, more masculine faces with several
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The Science of ‘Gaydar’
The New York Times: “GAYDAR” colloquially refers to the ability to accurately glean others’ sexual orientation from mere observation. But does gaydar really exist? If so, how does it work? Our research, published recently in
