Uber mulls mental health test for Malaysian drivers

Uber is considering enforcing a mental health screening for its Malaysian drivers after the ride-sharing service implemented it in Mexico recently.

Jan 5

Categories: Mental Health in Asia

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How to Speak So That People Want to Listen

Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening?

Jan 5

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What You Don't Know About The Impression You Make

When people see you for the first time, their impressions are formed instantly on the basis of the visual cues your face and body provide. Within seconds, your impression is registered by others on the basis of your gender and race. They then go on ...

Jan 5

Categories: Career Development and Change, Emotional Intelligence

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How Cannabis Causes Paranoia

A comprehensive new study has found that Cannabis causes short-term paranoia and it is not related to memory problems.

Jan 4

Categories: Paranoia / Suspiciousness

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Starting off the New Year as the best partner you can be

Most of us want to be the best partner we can be. But often we get caught up in work and attending to day-to-day responsibilities. We get caught up in the continuous buzzing of our own worries and what-ifs.

Jan 2

Categories: Relationships & Marriage

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Allergies may boost chances of anxiety symptoms

Kids who have allergies at an early age are more likely than others to also have problems with anxiety and depression, according to a new study. As the number of allergies increase, so do internalizing behavior scores, the researchers found.

Dec 31

Categories: Anxiety

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Are anxious people better equipped to handle danger?

Anxiety disorders involve excessive and unrealistic worry about everyday tasks or events and can interfere with daily activities, including work and relationships. A new study, however, investigates the potential neurological upsides to anxiety.

Dec 30

Categories: Anxiety

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Poverty's Role in Intellectual Development

New research finds that a disadvantaged environment can prevent genetics from doing its job.

Dec 30

Categories: Child Development

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It's not what you say, but the language you say it in

Not only can speaking more than one language help one travel to exciting destinations and experience other cultures around the world, it can also protect against cognitive impairment after stroke.

Dec 30

Categories: Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia

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Seeking the Gears of Our Inner Clock

Neuroscientists have struggled to understand exactly how the mind’s cycles affect us. Studies of donated brains provide some answers.

Dec 29

Categories: Sleep Disorders

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To bolster a new year's resolution - ask, don't tell

“Will you exercise this year?” That simple question can be a game-changing technique for people who want to influence their own or others’ behavior, according to a recent study spanning 40 years of research.

Dec 29

Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion

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Facial Features and Salaries

When you first interview for a job or head into a salary negotiation, there’s a lot that’s under your control. Unfortunately, that person may be subconsciously relying on your facial structure.

Dec 28

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Nomophobia

The term “addiction” is usually associated with alcoholism and drug abuse. Yet people can get addicted to different stimulants that are far beyond illegal substances.

Dec 28

Categories: Addictions

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The psychology of online sharing

What prompts us to share on social media and why do we share the things we do? Science has started to figure this out.

Dec 26

Categories: Empathy

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Plot Spoilers and Your Enjoyment of 'Star Wars'

"Don't tell me what happens!" Spoilers do reduce enjoyment, but not as much as you might think, research shows.

Dec 26

Categories: Other

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