It’s easy to think of mental states like depression or anxiety as lists of unrelated symptoms. Even though it’s helpful to think about each individual symptom, it’s also important to remember that symptoms can be related to each other in complex ways. That’s the main idea behind network psychometrics, where psychologists examine the relationships between […]
Have you ever played one of those candy jar guessing games where the goal is to accurately estimate how many candies are inside to win them all? As a kid, I always tried my hardest to guess correctly because my mom rarely let me have candy. No matter how hard I tried, my guesses were […]
When I’m trying to focus on reading scientific articles, my eyes keep drifting to my phone beside me—even when it’s face-down, on silent. No notifications, no vibrations, nothing calling for my attention … yet, I still look. Once I stash it in a desk drawer and it is out of sight, I can successfully focus […]