A new study by Jia White and colleagues, published in Autism (2025), explores how strengths-based approaches are experienced by autistic adolescents attending or recently graduating from mainstream high schools in Western Australia.
The nervous system controls everything from our thoughts and emotions to our movements and reflexes—but it’s made up of two major parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
A new study published in Personal Relationships (2025) explores how young adults experience changes in their best friendships when those friends begin new romantic relationships.
Depression and low self-esteem often seem intertwined, with many assuming that one fuels the other. But a new study challenges this common view, suggesting that … Read more
All-or-nothing thinking—also known as black-and-white or dichotomous thinking—is a common cognitive distortion where experiences are viewed in extremes: success or failure, good or bad, perfect or worthless. There’s no room for in-between.
This study explores how two types of reputational concerns—seeking praise and avoiding rejection—are linked to altruistic behavior across different life stages.
This study investigates how cumulative trauma and polarized (black-and-white) thinking relate to the severity of depressive symptoms.
Shame is one of ADHD’s most painful effects—and often, the least talked about. It’s not just frustration over symptoms like forgetfulness or distraction; it’s the feeling of being fundamentally broken.
Sensory neurons carry incoming information from the sensory receptors of the body toward the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), whereas motor neurons carry outgoing commands away from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands.
The study explores how childhood peer problems and prosocial behaviors relate to anxiety and depression in adulthood, while accounting for genetics and shared family environment.