If you are unable to think of a catchy, creative way to present sales data or begin a newspaper column, take a walk. A brief stroll, even around your office, can significantly increase creativity, according to a handy new study.
Date Posted: May 6, 2014
Categories: Creative Blocks
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If you think you know what you just said, think again. People can be tricked into believing they have just said something they did not, researchers report this week.The dominant model of how speech works is that it is planned in advance - speakers ...
May 6
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Many shoppers, whether they buy material items or life experiences, are no happier following the purchase than they were before, according to a new study from San Francisco State University.
May 5
Categories: Happiness
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Neurofeedback - also known as EEG Biofeedback - is an ADHD treatment in which individuals learn to alter their typical EEG pattern to one that is consistent with a focused, attentive state. This is done by collecting ...
May 5
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Some have characterized dopamine as the elixir of pleasure because so many rewarding stimuli - food, drugs, sex, exercise - trigger its release in the brain. However, more than a decade of research indicates that when drug use becomes compulsive, ...
May 5
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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According to a group of University of Glasgow psychologists, Daniel Gill and colleagues, it can. Writing in the journal Psychological Science, these researchers say that human facial expressions can signal how dominant, trustworthy, or attractive we ...
May 3
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Black coffee drinkers are old-school purists who are patient and efficient but can be a little quiet and moody, finds a survey.
While latte drinkers were generous with their time but didn't always take the best care of their health.
May 3
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For someone with depression in the midst of a crisis, there is no time to waste. Yet time is exactly what currently-available antidepressants require to take effect - often on the order of weeks.
A new study suggests a fast-acting antidepressant ...
May 3
Categories: Depression
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A new KU Leuven study shows for the first time that the dampening or suppression of positive emotions plays an important role in the development of postpartum depression. This has implications for the treatment of depressed mothers.
May 2
Categories: Post Partum Depression
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A new study has found that trauma levels for the long-term homeless are far greater than the general Australian community.
The study also identified a relationship between trauma exposure, mental health difficulties, social disadvantage and ...
May 2
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Researchers at the MedUni Vienna have demonstrated the possibility of using a blood test to detect depression. While blood tests for mental illnesses have until recently been regarded as impossible, a recent study clearly indicates that, in ...
May 2
Categories: Depression
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SINGAPORE - With the recent highlight of mental illness in our society, we need to start asking if we are doing enough to understand and treat mental illness in Singapore. Perhaps the first step would be to address the stigma against mental illness.
May 1
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Mental illness happens to people who are living ordinary, good lives, just like my family and me when I first became ill at the age of 16.
Without warning, I woke up one day with a firm belief that there were a group of people living in my head. ...
Apr 30
Categories: Depression
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Did you know that all the stress you experience is self-created? That's because the stressful thoughts come from your own mind, and nobody else's.
They're your thoughts. as such, you decide what effect they have on your mind state. Either you let ...
Apr 30
Categories: Meditation, Stress Management
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"Early life experiences can alter the brain in the long term, with profound implications for behavior in adulthood," said Abigail Schindler, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington who conducted the research. "This study points ...
Apr 30
Categories: Addictions, Adult psychological development, Child Development
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The drive for happiness implies a dissatisfaction with the present moment and maintains the illusion that greener pastures lie just ahead.
Before we had language, as we lay in our cribs, we were marinating in the mantra of "I'll be happy when". We ...
Apr 29
Categories: Happiness
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