Discovery Education: Be Vape Free
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SciShow Psych: How Do You Define A Disorder?
SciShow Psych

The tremendous complexity of the human brain makes it difficult for psychologists to pin down exactly how and why things go wrong, so how do we define and diagnose disorders?

SciShow Psych: Tasting Colors and Seeing Time - Superhuman Skills with Synesthesia
SciShow Psych

Synesthesia allows people to hear color or taste numbers—and maybe even remember some things better than the average person.

SciShow Psych: Why Do We Get the Winter Blues? Seasonal Affective Disorder
SciShow Psych

Humans may not hibernate, exactly, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re totally unaffected by the changing of seasons.

SciShow Psych: 4 Common Misconceptions About OCD
SciShow Psych

The term “OCD” often gets thrown around lightly by people describing their affinity for neatness, but actual obsessive-compulsive disorder is a serious condition that goes well beyond just cleaning and counting.

SciShow Psych: Dyslexia - When Your Brain Makes Reading Tricky
SciShow Psych

While many researchers are focusing on finding a difference in brains of people with dyslexia, some new research suggests it might not just be in their brains, but in their eyes.

SciShow Psych: Tourette Syndrome - What Makes People Tic?
SciShow Psych

Tourette Syndrome in popular culture is often simplified to a poorly timed foul mouth, but that’s only a small part of the story—or sometimes not part of the story at all.

SciShow Psych:The Complex Bond Between Hoarders and Their Stuff
SciShow Psych

We all struggle with clutter, but something quite distinct might be happening in the brains of those who have the hoarding disorder.

SciShow Psych: Me, Myself, and I - Dissociative Identity Disorder
SciShow Psych

Edward Norton and Jim Carrey might be charming actors, but their film portrayals of people with multiple personalities aren’t even close to accurate.

SciShow Psych: Alcoholism - How Much Is Too Much?
SciShow Psych

An excessive amount of alcohol can cause lots of problems, but lots of people drink fairly regularly without any of these problems. So, how do you know when you drink too much?

SciShow Psych: Why Having a Baby Can Cause Depression in Both Parents
SciShow Psych

Having a baby is almost always stressful, but it can sometimes be worse than that, and postpartum depression doesn’t just affect mothers.

SciShow Psych: Why Do Depression and Anxiety Go Together?
SciShow Psych

Even though depression and anxiety are different types of disorders, they tend to go together. But why can it happen?