Emotional transitions are lifelong processes—internal reconfigurations in response to external change. Change, whether positive or negative, causes attitudinal shifts. We choose some changes; most ...

It is becoming increasingly clear that many complex systems have critical thresholds—so-called tipping points—at which the system shifts abruptly from one state to another. In medicine, we have ...

When I was a child, I was afraid to go to summer camp. Most kids found the prospect exciting and the experience fun, but I dreaded it. What would the activities be like? Who would my counselors be?