Modern gaming technology has enhanced the fantasy experience in ways that Thurber could never have imagined, so that it's now possible to enter virtual worlds and, as avatars, assume not only the identity but the perspective of fantastic characters. Can the experience of "being" a heroic or ...
Date Posted: January 27, 2014
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Mindfulness training in schools has been found to reduce and even prevent depression in adolescents.
The finding comes from research carried out in 408 students between the ages of 13 and 20 who were studying at five schools in Flanders, Belgium.
Jan 27
Categories: Child Development, Teenage Issues
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The more parents exaggerate vowels and raise the pitch of their voices when talking to babies, the more the babies babble, new research shows. Common advice to new parents is that the more words babies hear, the faster their vocabulary grows. The ...
Jan 27
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GOWatch this interesting video on whether playing video games isn't simply a waste of time but can actually benefit you mentally.
Jan 25
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As the climate heats up, tempers may follow suit, according to a study published in August 2013 in Nature. Analyzing 60 quantitative studies across fields as disparate as archaeology, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science and ...
Jan 25
Categories: Anger Management
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Have you ever dreamt of arguing with your partner, or dreamt they were unfaithful, and then - irrational as it may be - found yourself in a bad mood with them the next day? This will be a familiar scenario to many, and yet such apparent effects of ...
Jan 24
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
GOThe love hormone, the monogamy hormone, the cuddle hormone, the trust-me drug: oxytocin has many nicknames. That’s because this ...
Jan 24
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Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Research. She can’t remember the subject, but she does recall that suddenly, his ...
Jan 24
Categories: Mood Swings / Bipolar
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A new study has found that men drinking heavily in mid-life experience faster declines in their cognitive abilities.
The study, published in the journal Neurology, found that men who drank the equivalent of 2.5 drinks per day showed faster declines ...
Jan 23
Categories: Addictions
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The estimated 9 percent of college students who have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are likely to drink more alcohol than peers without the psychological condition. In turn, heavy alcohol consumption exacerbates their PTSD ...
Jan 22
Categories: Addictions, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex ...
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Do you have an expensive but uncomfortable pair of shoes or jeans at the back of your cupboard that you never ever wear, but you simply cannot throw away because to do so would be to admit defeat and recognise that you wasted a lot of money? If so, ...
Jan 22
Categories: Mindfulness Meditation
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We often hear the cornerstone of healthy parenting quoted as consistently “responding with sensitivity” to our infants’ and children’s emotional and physical needs in relation to their biological-developmental stage. And while I agree this ...
Jan 21
Categories: Parenting, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex ...
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For young children and adolescents, bullying can be a norm at school. Children who face bullying can suffer mental health illnesses especially if they do not seek help. Not only are victims of bullying at risk, a new study is reporting that bullies ...
Jan 21
Categories: Bullying, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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You’ve probably heard the phrase ”fake it ‘til you make it.” The idea is that imitating confidence — be it at work, in romance, or whatever — can A) trick people into thinking you’re competent and confident and B) eventually lead to ...
Jan 21
Categories: Workplace Issues
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It might be true that people have a harder time controlling themselves when they are tired at the end of the day, but that doesn't mean that self-control is a limited resource, say authors in the Cell Press publication Trends in Cognitive Sciences ...
Jan 20
Categories: Control Issues
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SINGAPORE - A migrant workers' group has called for greater protection of the mental well-being of foreign domestic workers (FDWs).
The Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) said current laws in Singapore are not adequate in ...
Jan 20
Categories: Workplace Issues
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