Anger is a negative experience so closely bound to pain and depression that it can sometimes be hard to know where one of these experiences ends and the others begin. Pain is never just about ...

Days or even hours after their children are born, parents reach conclusions about their temperaments. They may describe their babies as fussy or easygoing, sensitive or curious. For years, pediatricians and psychologists paid little attention ...

Functional optical brain imaging is more commonly known as a scientific research technique called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). This technique is a type of functional neuroimaging technology that offers a relatively non-invasive, safe, portable, and ...

Neurofeedback is a relatively new biofeedback technique that focuses on helping a person train themselves to directly affect brain function. Although it sounds like science-fiction in nature, it's actually a reputable and scientifically-proven technique practiced ...

A 3-year-old who cries out, "Mommy! Look how big that man's nose is!" will probably be politely shushed by his mother and ignored by the man. An adult who makes an equivalent statement, however, might ...

It is estimated that millions of people in the U.S. suffer from imaginary illnesses, including a rise in recent years in food intolerances. Are we really a nation of hypochondriacs? The "worried well," it would ...

Most books on child development include charts of some sort outlining the normal milestones that children reach as they grow older. Parents can look up the ages of their children and see what those children ...

You've probably noticed how adults often talk differently to babies than to other adults or even toddlers. They raise the pitch of their voices and do other things we would consider inappropriate or insulting in ...

Sometimes I'm afraid that the U.S. is becoming a nation of people who expect things to come easily to them. I'm doubly afraid that some professionals charged with helping to help ourselves often take the ...