Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...

Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text ...

The science is clear: Writing is good for your brain. There are literally hundreds of studies that indicate the psychological benefits of writing. For example, Duke University researchers found that ...

In high school, Abby Block didn’t think of herself as a writer. But today, the second-year student is a consultant at RIT’s Writing Center, providing the very same encouragement that transformed her ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

(The Conversation) – Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and ...

Writing a letter or "thank you" note is good for your health, according to new research. Positive expressive writing consistently improves mental well-being, say scientists. However, the benefits for ...