Pop Psychology

  • NewsKorin Miller

    People Are Very Upset With Hurricane Joaquin: Here’s Why

    Experts explain why some of us feel a sneaking sense of disappointment. (Photo: NOAA)  Joaquin, a dangerous category four storm hovering over the Bahamas, has had people in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. on edge for days. Despite their often-deadly nature, hurricanes seem to come with some level of excitement (and subsequent disappointment when they don’t have as much of an impact as expected). It’s an evolutionary response that we’re hard-wired to experience, Miami-area licensed clinical

  • NewsJennifer Gerson Uffalussy

    Who Won The Body Language Cold War?

    On Monday, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin both spoke, separately, before the United Nations General Assembly — where each strongly critiqued the other’s policies regarding to ISIS and the ongoing civil war in Syria. Afterwards, the two world leaders, whose less than warm and fuzzy rapport is widely known, sat across from one another at reception for attendees. And if a picture is worth a thousand words — or in this case, a thousand glasses of rosé champagne — the sho