Every week, I see claims that nutrition is the secret lever for better brain health. Bright infographics connect food choices to everything from resilience and stamina to depression score reductions on paper. But what actually changes—in a person’s real, lived...
DrTeralyn.com Psychology · Brain Health · Human Performance I think we give fast decisions too much credit. In high-demand settings, speed can look like confidence, expertise, or instinct. Sometimes it is. But decision-making under time pressure can also produce...
What if the apparent benefit of slow antidepressant tapering depends less on tapering alone and more on what happens around it? A 2026 systematic review and network meta-analysis examined 76 randomized trials involving 17,379 adults with fully or partially remitted...
By Teralyn Sell, PhD Here’s a finding I’ve been watching closely: a new, larger randomized trial suggests prenatal phosphatidylcholine supplements—providing about 9 g phosphatidylcholine daily—may support early brain-related behavior and cognition up to age four. That...
How did a brain-imaging result become both a dosing benchmark and an argument about antidepressant withdrawal? The frequently repeated SSRI SERT occupancy finding comes from a landmark 2004 PET study. It reported that commonly used minimum therapeutic doses occupied...
By Teralyn Sell, PhD Psychology · Brain Health · Psychiatric Medication Decision-Making Sexual side effects from antidepressants are a known issue, but for many patients, they come as a surprise. The impact ranges from subtle changes in desire to complete loss of...
DrTeralyn.com Psychology · Brain Health · Human Performance Inattentional blindness in experts sounds like a contradiction. We tend to assume that experience produces wider awareness. The veteran officer, elite athlete, seasoned leader, or incident commander should...
Written and reviewed by Teralyn Sell, PhD Psychology | Brain Health | Psychiatric Medication Education Aaron Carter died in November 2022 at just 34 years old. Nearly four years later, the legal questions surrounding his prescription medications are still being...
Written and reviewed by Teralyn Sell, PhD Psychology | Brain Health | Human Performance The World Series brings out some pretty interesting human behavior. Players exchange words, tempers appear to flare, and fans immediately decide who’s being aggressive,...
Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell We often talk about pressure as if it produces one predictable problem: people get nervous, then performance falls apart. That explanation is too blunt to be useful. Pressure can disrupt performance in at least two very different ways. It...
