Strangers sharing intimate autobiographical details. Will you? How did they manage to willingly share? New research suggests that laughter causes one to disclose more about themselves.
Date Posted: April 11, 2015
Categories: Relationships & Marriage, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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More often than not, we find ourselves scrolling through one’s feeds. Comparing ourselves with them. This has been found to link to depressive symptoms.
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter are all forms of social network that allows to connect with ...
Apr 11
Categories: Social Isolation
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A new study finds that we are able to learn words quickly as we remember how the word looks like in overall.
Apr 10
Categories: Learning Difficulties
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The study looks at a hypothetical aeroplane crash over a city. Nearly 200 professionals were split into separated rooms based on the sector that they belong to. Ie. Transport, police, etc. They were all given realistic data according to their ...
Apr 10
Categories: Workplace Issues
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People who express anger more often tends to experience greater stress. Long-term stress is unhealthy as it suppresses the immune system and often leads to symptoms like high blood pressure.
Apr 10
Categories: Anger Management
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Not exercising, being obese, smoking and abusing drugs are among the factors known to shorten people's life spans. Might being lonely or socially isolated have a similar effect?
Apr 9
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Isolation
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"We're coming to recognize that meditation changes people's brains," said Wells, an assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. "And we're just beginning to gain understanding of what those changes mean and how they might ...
Apr 9
Categories: Meditation
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Commuting is rarely anyone's favorite time of day, but it can be more than just an inconvenience: All those hours spent in home-work limbo can have physical and mental health implications, as well.
Apr 8
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What do you do when you cannot figure out how to finish a tricky task at work? Or you are lost on back roads? One thing most people know to avoid for sure: asking for advice. It is inconsiderate. We do not want to bother others.
Apr 8
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Why do we laugh? The obvious answer is because something is funny. But if we look closer at when and how laughter occurs in ordinary social situations, we see that it’s not so simple. Like most aspects of human behavior, laughter is complicated.
Apr 7
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Binge-drinking during adolescence may perturb brain development at a critical time and leave lasting effects on genes and behavior that persist into adulthood.
Apr 7
Categories: Addictions, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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At work can seem like the hardest place to practice mindfulness given the many demands and responsibilities we have to manage on a daily basis.
Yet in the office is where we stand to really benefit from being mindful.
Apr 7
Categories: Mindfulness, Workplace Issues
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A new study of over 3,600 brains finds the real cause of Alzheimer's is a dysfunctional 'tau' protein. The tau protein normally helps stabilise the brain's structure.
Apr 6
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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New memory discovery seems depressing but when you think about it is actually critical to useful recall.
Apr 6
Categories: Other
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Children exposed to tobacco smoke at home are up to three times more likely to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as unexposed kids.
Apr 4
Categories: Adult ADHD
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What else can you do to keep your mind sharp? “Grandparenting”
Apr 4
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