nervous system

Before the pandemic, the term brain fog existed but was not nearly as widely used. Its first recorded appearance in the lexicon was in the 1850s, but using language about murky weather to describe murky cognition dates back to at least 1817, when a German physician wrote of “the clouding of consciousness” as the chief symptom of delirium. The use o... See more

Among other things, helicopter parenting and snowplow parenting are associated with less self-regulation, self-control, and persistence in kids and with higher rates of depression in young adults. On the flip side, autonomy-supportive parenting — an approach in which parents are more hands off — has been tied to better kids’ social adjustment, acad... See more