Author: kthoen

Many of the skills I’ve learned throughout college are skills I thought I already knew. Courses such as Christianity and Religious Diversity, Social Psychology,...

Good things in life often come with risks. Sports are no exception; lots of physical, social and psychological benefits can be gained from engaging in sports, b...

While we often like to think of music as simply an art that we appreciate for its aesthetic value, most of us use music as a ‘tool’ to regulate our needs in one...

Use of marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes has become a significant topic of discussion over the past decade. While the push for legalization has b...

Rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are rising in the U.S., and as a result, scientists are scrambling to figure out what is behind this increase and what w...

While we have made numerous advancements in the past few decades, there is likely much more we don’t know, let alone understand, about the human brain than what...

“Too much of anything is a bad thing”, right? The idea of balance is integral to our understanding of the world across different belief systems and at various l...

Among all of the stigma surrounding mental health, schizophrenia fits right in. People experiencing positive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions are o...