Co-authored by Nina Bakoyiannis, Ph.D., and Amy Vigliotti, Ph.D. What is rumination? Whether it is worrying about the uncertainty of the future, fretting about an upcoming decision, or fixating on a ...

Ruminating about being lonely, as opposed to being lonely, is linked to depression, found a new study. The findings were published in Nature Mental Health and have implications for treating depression ...

We don’t think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying a group of college students found that ...

Thoughts that arise spontaneously when humans are not deliberately trying to think of something are known to play a key role in decision-making and various cognitive functions, as well as in some ...

Did I do anything embarrassing? Why did I say that? Why did I do that? This has been my typical mental monologue after leaving a social catchup or event over the last few years. In the past, my social ...