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Forget the fakery! Teens tell us they’re not cool with Photoshop
TODAY: They say comparison is the thief of joy, and there is maybe no place this is truer than inside the minds of teenage girls. The TODAY/AOL Body Image survey asked teen girls about how
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The Psychology of Begging to Be Followed on Twitter
The Atlantic: “Twitter is the best and Twitter is the worst.” This was the response Dr. Marion Underwood, clinical psychologist and University of Texas at Dallas psychology professor, received from one of her 15-year-old daughter’s
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Food Tastes Bland While Multitasking
Scientific American Mind: Eating while distracted is well known to cause overindulgence, as confirmed by a recent review of 24 studies published in April 2013 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The exact mechanism
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Deep Learning: Teaching Computers To Tell Things Apart
NPR: WhatsApp may be Facebook’s latest prize, but it’s not the company’s most ambitious investment. In recent months, the social networking giant has begun funding something potentially far more revolutionary: artificial intelligence. And it’s not
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Here’s One More Reason To Play Video Games: Beating Dyslexia
NPR: Most parents prefer that their children pick up a book rather than a game controller. But for kids with dyslexia, action video games may be just what the doctor ordered. Dyslexia is one of
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Mental Health on the Go
The Huffington Post: Journalist Scott Stossel was so anxious at his own wedding that he had to hold on to his new bride in order to steady himself at the altar. His clothes were by
