Explaining depression isn’t easy. The condition can rob you of the desire to connect with others and leave you searching for words to describe the emptiness inside. This article offers simple ...

Many parents have no idea what their adult kids actually do every day. But they want to understand. In LinkedIn's 2015 global study, more than half of the 1,390 parents surveyed admitted they aren't ...

Autism, a condition caused by brain differences, may affect communication, behavior, and emotions. Talking about autism openly instead of avoiding the subject can promote empathy and bust myths. You ...

A famous quote is Never Apologize, Never Explain. I have heard this used by a number of executives, almost exclusively men. This seemed to capture the zeitgeist of back in the day. I am not sure it ...

When you try to understand people and explain why they do what they do, what frame do you use? The most common, intuitive (and highly useful) approach is the “belief-desire” frame. That is, people in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. You accept the job of your dreams, and everything seems to ...

In The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce describes the mind as "a mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain," engaged in a futile attempt to understand itself "with nothing but itself to know ...

When students explain incorrect thinking they could very well be cementing their own misunderstandings, according to a recent literature review. Bethany Rittle-Johnson, a psychology professor at ...

Religion is a cross-cultural universal, even though not every human being professes faith in God or some other supernatural being. Those of us who are atheist or agnostic make up 6 percent of the ...

Michelle Lavery is currently in hot pursuit of a MSc in Biology at the University of New Brunswick, and has spent many Christmases confusing her family with her research. You can find her on Twitter ...