Jun 5, 2026

Where in the brain is that little something that makes top performers feel so confident in their ability? Can that confidence be developed in someone who is naturally more timid?

Dr. Nate Zinsser, director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program and author of The Confident Mind, explains how a sense of mastery...

May 28, 2026

We all do it - put things off, tell ourselves we'll start tomorrow, and somehow still miss the deadline. But chronic procrastination isn’t just a bad habit; it’s self-sabotaging behavior that can derail our goals, relationships, and even our health.

Psychologist Dr. Joseph Ferrari, a leading expert on...

May 15, 2026

Nancy Jarecki’s stroke could have reduced her to a statistic.  But her determination, humor and style paved a different path to recovery. 

For our Season Six Finale we are recognizing Stroke Awareness Month with a very special episode of This Is Your Brain. 

This is a story told by Nancy Jarecki, - a businesswoman,...

May 1, 2026

Most of us have a bad hair day or we're not happy if we have a little pimple on our face. But that's quite different from the experience of people with body dysmorphic disorder.  (BDD)

 More than simple insecurity about one’s appearance, BDD is a disorder in which a person’s perception of their appearance becomes...

Apr 17, 2026

Imagine a world where everyone looks the same and you can’t recognize one person from another – even you own child! It sounds like a frightening episode from the “Twilight Zone”, but it’s just every day life for people with prosopagnosia, better known as “Face Blindness”.  

We humans use parts of our...