This month my first book for the lay public was released —The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel and live—and how you can change them (Penguin Publishing Group, 2012). This book … Continue reading →

At this time of the year when the calendar changes and the holidays are passed, we often reflect on “resolutions” for the year ahead. I don’t actually know of any empirical research that has examined whether New Year’s resolutions actually turn into reality. Of course, this begs the question of what it means to formulate a resolution in the first place, and then actually adopt it. Continue reading →