Cognitive-behavioral principle: Doing new things is often anxiety-provoking. You can more easily get yourself to do things you feel intimidated by if you break your task down into all its steps ...

Fortunately, Daniel Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, helps fill that gap with his charming and practical new book, “Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You ...

Still, college students will appreciate the author’s pick-and-choose approach, such as when he provides suggestions for stemming anxiety—including mindfulness meditation and interpreting anxie ...

If you’re the child of anxious parents, you probably inherited their attitudes, by nature and by nurture. Your brain is full of fearful thoughts. Worry is a daily companion, no matter how many ...

These are feelings of anxiety, which is the body's normal response to stress. An advanced state of worry makes your brain anxious, and worry can become a constant state of "what ifs" that keep ...