Is honesty valued differently across countries, and is the honesty of a country's people related to its economic development?
Date Posted: November 17, 2015
Categories: Other, Values Clarification
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Children who never leave home - or “boomerang” back to it - are changing the dynamics of the family home worldwide, researchers say.
Nov 16
Categories: Adult psychological development, Blended Family Issues, Codependency ...
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When news of a disaster hits, it can cause suffering not only to those at ground zero, but others who witness the aftermath.
Nov 16
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD, Stress ...
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All of us have been on the receiving end of hatred at some point of time in our lives. Understand the psychological motivations behind hatred, and haters will never bother you again; you might even pity them.
Nov 14
Categories: Empathy, Self-Confidence, Self-Doubt
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Talking about mental illness isn’t easy, especially if it’s with your child, but it’s an important conversation to have.
Nov 14
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Parenting
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Some people have extremely good face recognition abilities that set them apart from the rest of the population, a group psychologists refer to as "super recognisers".
Nov 14
Categories: Executive Functions, Other
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Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found new evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo.
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Nov 13
Categories: Chronic Pain, Meditation, Pain management
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We have all heard the saying "laughter is the best medicine." But according to new research, a noticeable change in what makes us laugh may not be a good sign for cognitive health: it may be an early indicator for dementia.
Nov 12
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Aging & Geriatric Issues, ...
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Positive distractions can increase your mental performance compared with negative distractions, a new study finds.
Nov 12
Categories: Executive Functions, Other
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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.
Nov 11
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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