The Pandemic: The Personality Changer
The research on personality is probably the most reliable and statistically robust area of all studies of human nature. Essentially, the...
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Phil Harris
Dec 9, 20212 min read
3 Factors Predict Mental Illness
The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now, in work led by researchers at McGill University, there is evidence that a...
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Phil Harris
Oct 14, 20213 min read
Why Sibling Aggression Differs
Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family...
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Phil Harris
Oct 14, 20212 min read
The Halo Effect & Anxiety
For some teenagers, the new school year means reuniting with their friends. For others, it means an increase in anxiety and in the...
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Phil Harris
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Perfect Parents & Burnout
It's a first: approximately 100 scientists in 42 countries joined forces to learn about the incidence of parental burnout. They found...
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Phil Harris
Feb 24, 20213 min read
ADHD & College Achievement
According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...
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Phil Harris
Feb 19, 20213 min read
"Frenemies": Bullying Re-examined
Teens who bully, harass, or otherwise victimize their peers are not always lashing out in reaction to psychological problems or unhealthy...
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Phil Harris
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Beyond Childhood Adversity
It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the...
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Phil Harris
Jan 31, 20214 min read
Perfect Diagnosis of ADHD
A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as...
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Phil Harris
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Will COVID Cast a Long Shadow?
Exposure to COVID-19 could pose a risk to the health and aging of individuals who aren't even born yet, according to a newly published...
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Phil Harris
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Word Recognition is Pre-Written
Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for...
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Phil Harris
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Marshmallows verses Pride
As my colleagues in Cornwall will testify, I love a Marshmallow test. The classic experiment has been reproduced several times in...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20204 min read
Roughhouse Play: The Stuff of Emotional Control
The golden rule of parenting is that roughhouse play always ends in tears. The rough and tumble of play fighting with dad however is...
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Phil Harris
Jun 16, 20203 min read
Screen time: Parent-Child Interaction Effect
A first of its kind in Canada, the study found parents of young children reporting high levels of life or parenting stress were less...
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Phil Harris
Apr 27, 202017 min read
Personality Part I: The Research Base
I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...
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Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
The End of Family?
Outside of work, I am a very keen family historian. It fascinates me how people lived everyday lives in past millennia and how their...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Parenting: High Demand Children with Low Resourced Parents in Hospital
I have long suggested that parenting does not belong solely to a parent. Parenting style is determined where the resources of a parent...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20206 min read
Infection: What Role Does it Have in Schizophrenia?
My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of...
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Phil Harris
Dec 12, 201914 min read
Attachment Special: Where is the Internal Working Model?
I have recently had a series of debates with psychologists, social workers and family workers around the country regarding Attachment...
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Phil Harris
Oct 3, 20193 min read
Hearing Voices Starts in Infancy
Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear "voices," known as auditory hallucinations. This...
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