When sports fans wear their lucky shirts on game day, they know it is irrational to think clothing can influence a team’s performance. But they do it anyway.
Date Posted: November 11, 2015
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Fear
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Has anyone ever accused you of being a people-pleaser at work? You might have felt put off, thinking, “Yeah, I like making sure everyone in the office is happy. What’s wrong with that?”
Nov 11
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion, Workplace Issues
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What if scientists were able to implant or erase memories? Concerns about privacy loss and diminished capacity for true “informed concern,” given the growing knowledge gap between experts and everyone else.
Nov 11
Categories: Other, Values Clarification
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High job demands, stress and job insecurity are among the main reasons why people go to work when they are ill, according to a new research.
Nov 9
Categories: Health Psychology, Workplace Issues
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Practice makes perfect. But what is it about practice that helps our brains figure out the specific task while also generalizing enough to transfer the skill to different scenarios?
Nov 9
Categories: Child Development
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Some life answers can be very elusive; much of life does not make sense until you understand the reason for The WALL and why you built it.
Nov 7
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Which stage of life brings more happiness: The bloom of youth or the wisdom of age?
Nov 7
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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In line with Freudian concepts, a new study has found that self-esteem could be set at a surprisingly young age.
Nov 7
Categories: Child Development, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem
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When does ‘eating clean’ become an eating disorder? Orthorexia Nervosa (literally, “correct appetite disorder”) though absent from all psychiatric manuals, is an illness that has been making the rounds online.
Nov 6
Categories: Eating Disorders, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Obsessions & ...
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A London lab is deploying every technology it can use to understand infant brains, and what happens when development goes awry.
Nov 6
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People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis of data from the 2012 National ...
Nov 5
Categories: Meditation
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Retiring at 55 and spending the rest of your life relaxing on the front porch may sound appealing, but if you want your brain to keep working, it's probably not a good idea. Mounting evidence shows that staying in the workforce ...
Nov 5
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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We know that the best way to deal with our fears is to face them. But, naturally, this sounds like a terrifying proposition. Thankfully, we can learn healthy ways to approach our fears instead of avoiding and denying them.
Nov 4
Categories: Anxiety, Fear, Health Psychology
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The health facts presented by mass media in the midst of a disease outbreak are likely to influence what we remember about the disease — new research suggests that the same mass media coverage may also influence the facts that we forget.
Nov 4
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health Psychology
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Communication with someone who has dementia can require a great deal of energy, patience, and creativity.
Nov 3
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Caregiver Issues / Stress, Dementia
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Research is uncovering what your selfie says about you.
Nov 3
Categories: Personality problems
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