Pregnant women's brains show troubling signs of stress – but feeling strong social support can break those patterns
Fetal brains are changing rapidly over the course of pregnancy, but so are the brains of mothers-to-be. Neuroscience research shows one way worry can start taking hold – and a simple way to help.
Tristin Nyman, Ph.D. Student in Psychological & Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University •
conversation
May 12, 2021 • ~9 min
May 12, 2021 • ~9 min
Phone call anxiety: why so many of us have it, and how to get over it
If you find phone calls stressful, there are a few things you can do to make it easier.
Ilham Sebah, Teaching Fellow in Psychology, Royal Holloway
• conversation
Feb. 23, 2021 • ~6 min
Feb. 23, 2021 • ~6 min
3 research-based ways to cope with the uncertainties of pandemic life
Feel like you're facing too many pandemic-related unknowns? Reframing what it means to not know can help you break the uncertainty-anxiety connection.
Bethany Teachman, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia •
conversation
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~7 min
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~7 min
4 tips to help kids to cope with COVID-19 anxiety
Watching coronavirus coverage can cause anxiety in your child. An expert offers some tips that will help.
Steven Siegel, Professor and Chair, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
• conversation
Aug. 11, 2020 • ~6 min
Aug. 11, 2020 • ~6 min
Here's how Americans coped during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
A survey of 500 adults in the US provides a snapshot of the ways people are dealing with life during a pandemic and how well they think they're doing.
Melissa Liu, Ph.D. Student in Psychology, IUPUI •
conversation
April 9, 2020 • ~7 min
April 9, 2020 • ~7 min
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