Jordan Gaines Lewis, Psychology Today

Jordan Gaines Lewis

Psychology Today

Pennsylvania, United States

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Past:
  • Psychology Today
  • New York Magazine
  • The Guardian
  • Business Insider
  • Scientific American

Past articles by Jordan:

Why Do We Get "Hangry"?

Here are 3 reasons why some of us get angry when we're hungry. → Read More

Pregnancy Brain: The Expectant Mom's Guide, Part 2

Part 2 of a two-part series on the crazy neuroscience of pregnancy. What causes clumsiness, food cravings, and moodiness? → Read More

Should I Stay Up Late Being Productive or Just Go to Bed?

Should you keep studying and delay bedtime, or shut the books and hit the hay? → Read More

Shouldn't You Just Go to Bed Already?

Are you putting yourself at risk for sleep deprivation? And what is the risk? → Read More

A Neuroscientist Patiently Explains the Allure of the Adult Coloring Book

The psychological draw of a task that feels creative, but doesn’t actually involve creating anything new. → Read More

Why Do Some People Get Déjà Vu More Often Than Others?

What is déjà vu? Why do some people get it all the time, and some people never do? → Read More

How much can you really learn while you're asleep?

If the apps are to be believed, you can learn to find love or brush up your golf skills while sleeping. Neuroscientist Jordan Gaines Lewis explains the facts behind the fiction → Read More

This is the actual disease that makes 'Game of Thrones's' Hodor 'hordor'

Hodor hodor hodor. → Read More

The Neurological Explanation for Why Hodor From Game of Thrones Is Always Hodoring? Hodor.

Hodor hodor expressive aphasia hodor. → Read More

If you want to be president don't follow Frank Underwood's sleeping habits

Shut off the screens at night, Mr. President and First Lady. → Read More

'Lucy' Is Wrong: Don't Believe The Myth About People Only Using 10 Percent Of Their Brain

If you are sitting, breathing, and reading this, you are using more than 10% of your brain. → Read More

Internet trolls are also real-life trolls

Jordan Gaines Lewis: Why do some people find so much pleasure in harassing others online? A new study attempts to shed light on the behaviour of internet trolls → Read More

Internet trolls are also real-life trolls

Jordan Gaines Lewis: Why do some people find so much pleasure in harassing others online? A new study attempts to shed light on the behaviour of internet trolls → Read More

Brain Training Apps Just Make You Better At Playing Games

Remembering which shape came before the circle in the sequence will not help you remember the items on your grocery list. → Read More

Why Does Time Fly as We Get Older?

Another year; another Christmas around the corner. The conversation around the watercooler these days has evolved into the annual “where has the time gone?” discussion—how quickly the ... → Read More