A new study finds that people with high emotional intelligence make smarter decisions because they aren’t swayed by their current emotional state. The emotions can provide very useful information, but sometimes they are not related to the decisions we are trying to make. Being able to tell one ...
Date Posted: December 23, 2013
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
GO
The measure isn’t the high tech detector of romantic emotions that you might expect. Instead, it looks a lot like that familiar thing we know as our gut feeling.
Next time somebody who just went through a messy breakup says that they always knew ...
Dec 23
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
GO
Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious ...
Dec 23
Categories: Anger Management, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
GO
It has long been accepted that exercise cuts the risk of heart disease, and recent studies suggest a raft of more general benefits, such as reducing the risk of certain types of cancer and even preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Now it seems ...
Dec 22
GO
When asking someone to do something unethical, we underestimate what a difficult position we've put them in. New research suggests that to avoid social discomfort, many people will agree to perform a bad deed rather than say no.
Dec 20
GO
Edward Royzman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, asks me to list four qualities on a piece of paper: physical attractiveness, income, kindness, and fidelity. Then he gives me 200 virtual “date points” that I’m to ...
Dec 20
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
GO
The development of effective treatments for use by non-specialists is listed among the top research priorities for improving the lives of people with mental illness worldwide. The purpose of this review is to appraise which interventions for ...
Dec 20
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development, Intellectual Disability
GO
Another year; another Christmas around the corner.
The conversation around the watercooler these days has evolved into the annual “where has the time gone?” discussion—how quickly the neighborhood kids have become high school graduates; how ...
Dec 19
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
GO
Mind-body exercises such as Tai Chi, Chi Gong and Yoga not only improve physical fitness but also alleviate mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, according to a study.
The Chen Wai Wai Vivien Foundation Therapeutic Physical Mental Exercise ...
Dec 19
GO
All parents want what's best for their children. But not every parent knows how to provide their child with the tools to be successful, or how to help them avoid the biggest adolescent behavior problems: substance use, delinquency, school dropout, ...
Dec 19
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GO
A new large-scale experiment on over 10,000 students finds that a one-hour tour of an art museum can increase empathy, tolerance and critical thinking skills. By carefully timetabling when they visited, the researchers were able to create an ...
Dec 18
GO
Hong Kong: Lily Chan Lei-hung has had more than enough ups and downs for a lifetime. She's has gone from working as a business development manager for a publicly listed American company, to being an unemployed divorcee battling bipolar disorder. ...
Dec 18
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Mental Health Professions
GO
During a tough workout or a physical game, we get plenty of signals from our body that muscles are sore and the endurance wall is fast approaching. However, our brain is wired to be overprotective and tells us the tank is almost empty when in fact ...
Dec 17
Categories: Sports Psychology
GO
For some it's lying on a sun-drenched beach sipping sangria, for others it's wallowing in a cosy cocoon munching on chocolate and playing video games. Many people will admit that these or other immediate indulgences are what makes them happy. And ...
Dec 17
Categories: Happiness
GO
Most have tried imagining one sheep at a time jumping between a clean white picket fence and a crescent moon in perfect arcs. After sheep #1, you are still wide awake, but by sheep #25 you earn a yawn and by sheep #50 you are having trouble keeping ...
Dec 17
Categories: Sleep Disorders
GO.jpg)
KUALA LUMPUR: Every year a number of our fellow citizens fall victim to floods. Volunteers all around the nation come forward to aid these victims, and slowly but surely, the damage to property is worked on as victims return to their homes.
However ...
Dec 17
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
GO