Articles by Ariana Eunjung Cha
Its become a familiar TikTok trope.
A millennial walks into a coffee shop and tries to order something. There are countless iterations, but the basic dynamic is the same: The cashier responds with a�...
There was a time when bookstores devoted entire shelves to brain fitness even though no one really called it that. Crossword collections. Sudoku. Memory games. Later came adult coloring books. Each p�...
The search for a formula to explain why some relationships flourish and others fall apart has taken many forms. Today, that framework is known as attachment theory. Across TikTok, users invoke labels�...
Larry Mitchell never thought much about the dreams he wasnt having.
For years, while he regularly smoked cannabis, his dreams seemed to disappear. Then, last summer, he quit. Soon afterward, his nig�...
Stephen Lankenau has spent years studying how people use cannabis in everyday life. As director of Drexel Universitys Medical Cannabis Research Center, he has watched legalization spread, products gr�...
Neuroscientist Miia Kivipeltos lifes work has been about preventing dementia. Now, at 52, she has begun thinking more about her own vulnerability.
Midlife is the time, said Kivipelto, a neuroscienti�...
The classic image of a child with ADHD is practically a stock character: the spacey kid staring out the window, distracted by squirrels; the fidgeter who cant sit still, a leg rattling under the desk�...
Korrie Stevenson had been feeling off for months. She would look at a gorgeous birthday cake or walk outside to a pink-and-purple streaked sunset, but not really enjoy them. The 51-year-old mother of�...
The young woman described to a jury what it was like to lose control of her life to social media.
She began as a child, she said, and over time the habit expanded to fill nearly every available hour�...
Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the 1,300-day window the months before conception through a childs second birthday. Studies show nutrition and lifestyle during this period can sh�...
