McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Have you ever been on a long drive and ...

The wine was flowing. A bowl of mixed nuts was down to the crumbs. Someone knocked over a glass mid-story—a sure sign that the conversation had shifted into high gear. It started, like these nights do ...

New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the brain -- and map out how ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

You wake up at 7:00 and reflexively reach for your phone. Between the stream of emails, WhatsApps and breaking news alerts, you see a worrying reminder: you averaged 11 hours of daily screen time last ...

A recent study suggests that 65 percent of our daily behaviours are done on “autopilot,” meaning that we do them without thinking. These automatic behaviours occur because they are the result of a ...

FILE – Dr. Gene Beresin, executive director of the Clay Center for Healthy Minds at Mass General, says caregivers have to assume that kids of all ages are seeing overwhelming images online as a ...

Converting good intentions into healthy habits is possible, but first ask yourself why you’re doing this and who you want to ...