Football is a lab for studying the many dimensions of head injury. From defensive backs running at the pace of a sprinter downhill into a 220-pound muscular running back at full speed, to ...

Layered representations on TV that expose kids to people and experiences they may not see or have access to otherwise are an opportunity for transformative education and community building. Meanwhile, ...

Oysterman Graham Platner won the Democratic Primary to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, beating back a wave of ...

What We’re Reading Discover notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Yet that’s possible only because we live in the ...

Being permissive isn’t always kind. Clear, negotiated limits (not permissiveness) build security and improve understanding in ...

"They are legitimizing hate and discrimination against a highly vulnerable group. Words from those in power carry weight and ...

In part 1, I discussed how pathological demand avoidance (PDA) might be a measurable personality pattern marked by high reactivity, low agreeableness, and low conscientiousness. Pathological demand ...

Everyone wants a measure of control over their own lives. But controlling people also want to have a say in the lives of others. When you’re on the receiving end of controlling behavior, it can make ...

Kate Ellis, a former English professor who taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for more than 40 years, says she started teaching as a way to have a positive impact on others. In ...

Ritual is a deceptively simple word used to describe a wide range of actions, from daily prayer to elaborate public ceremonies. Scholars have proposed many definitions, often emphasizing repetition, ...

Animal behaviour is the scientific study of the behaviour of animals. The discipline covers study under experimental conditions, behaviourism, or natural conditions, ethology. In the Indian Ocean, a ...

Behavioural ecology is the study of behavioural interactions between individuals within populations and communities, usually in an evolutionary context. It looks at how competition and cooperation ...