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It’s not just a matter of creating new habits, but changing the neurological architecture that’s shaped by our habits. “Brains change when you’re spending time online,” says Robyn Mehlenbeck from George Mason University. “We’re going to see some social skill deficits across the board as people are emerging from the pandemic.”

The Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS) successfully argued before the Army Discharge Review Board for an Army Combat veteran to receive a fully Honorable conditions discharge. Filed in 2019, the M-VETS request was recently approved by the Army Discharge Review Board and the veteran now has a fully Honorable conditions discharge reflected on the veteran’s DD 214.

However, the problem is that data sets are not infallible. Specifically, the presentation of data in the form of visualizations shouldn’t be considered as undeniable truth. Numbers can lie as well, and poorly done visualizations can easily mislead readers.

In early May, Mason's Center for Psychological Services hosted its 5th annual Food for Thought fundraiser, held virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. The event, viewed by 144 participants, will help the center serve the mental health needs of the Fairfax community.

As students enter higher education to uncover and develop identity, the NCAA simultaneously claims ownership of their identity as an athlete.

Martin Wiener joins the I Am Mortal Podcast to discuss his work in Time Perception, his work with the Star Lab, and whether someone could even perceive time normally at 1000 years old.

At Mason's Three-Minute Thesis competition this spring, psychology doctoral student Paige Trojanowski was a first-place winner and higher education doctoral student Sara Montiel was among the second-place winners.

"After a year of fighting COVID-19 with isolating lockdowns and unprecedented losses, our collective life-in-crisis mentality is starting to lift. This return to 'normalcy' brings great excitement, but some anxiety too", writes Dr. Keith Renshaw.

That point was echoed by James Maddux, a senior scholar with the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Life satisfaction can come from understanding yourself and living according to those values, rather than trying to meet the expectations of society or family, he said.

It seems like we bring up personality at work all the time. Bosses use it for hiring, department heads use it for team building, individual employees use it for career development—it truly seems an essential element for how things work at work.