In a highly novel study published in Current Biology, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, describe how two major neuronal ...

You may think pushing through no matter how hard it gets is the key, but it's actually deeper than that. Whether it’s a New Year’s resolution or a mid-year reset, everyone loves to set goals. Not ...

Goals are important for kids and adults alike because they’re motivational. If we know where we want to go, we can find a path. But not all goals have the same impact on our emotional health.

Ideally, artificial intelligence agents aim to help humans, but what does that mean when humans want conflicting things? My colleagues and I have come up with a way to measure the alignment of the ...

Goal setting and pursuit, both of which are linked to mental health and future success, involve the capacity for future-oriented thinking. Another way to use this capacity is by engaging in mental ...