by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 5, 2026 | Capacity Report, Decision-Making
We’ve gotten remarkably good at finding something to do with every spare minute. Waiting for the coffee to brew? Check email. Standing in line? Open the news. Walking from one meeting to another? Return a text. Five quiet minutes before dinner? Maybe squeeze in that...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 1, 2026 | Human Performance, Medication Decisions
A psychiatric medication review can become a very small conversation: Are you doing okay? Any side effects? Need a refill? That may be enough to keep a prescription moving. It is rarely enough to determine whether the medication still makes sense. A February 2026...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | Human Behavior, Question of the week, Social Connection
Most of us have absorbed a rule about public life: leave strangers alone. It’s not an irrational rule. People are busy. Some want privacy. Some situations are plainly not safe or appropriate for conversation. And no one needs another person treating a train ride,...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, Question of the week, Sleep
Most of us know the bargain: sleep less during the week, sleep late on Saturday, maybe linger in bed Sunday morning, and begin again. It’s such a familiar arrangement that we rarely stop to ask what the extra weekend sleep is supposed to repair. Does it simply make us...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, Health and Wellness, Question of the week
We tend to put hearing in its own little box. You hear well, or you don’t. If you don’t, there are devices that make things louder. End of story. But hearing is not just about volume. It is how we follow a joke across a crowded dinner table, catch a quiet aside in a...
