Serena Williams is rumored to wear the same socks for the duration of a tournament and bouncing her tennis ball five times before her first serve. Psychologist Stuart Vyse, who authored a book on the psychology of superstition, says pregame rituals like Serena's could give pros the confidence boost ...
Date Posted: August 17, 2016
Categories: Sports Psychology
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The Olympics is a laboratory for testing the limits of human strength and endurance. But it serves as a laboratory for other types of experiments, too.
One such experiment has been helping researchers to unlock the mystery of facial expressions. ...
Aug 17
Categories: Happiness
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A UCLA research study found that the same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of "likes" on their own photos or the photos of peers in a social network.
Aug 16
Categories: Teenage Issues
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Food advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry, with approximately $1.8 billion annually aimed at children and adolescents, who view between 1,000 and 2,000 ads per year. Some studies have shown that there is a relationship between receptivity ...
Aug 15
Categories: Child Development
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In today's increasingly high-paced world, stress has become part and parcel of our lives. It is well-known that chronic stress and depression are detrimental to our well-being and we are often able to tell its physical manifestation in a loved one ...
Aug 15
Categories: Stress Management
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We all know that exercise improves our physical fitness, but staying in shape can also boost our brainpower.
Aug 13
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A lack of self-control and a strong focus on rewards is strongly linked to criminal behaviour, new research finds.
Aug 13
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Writer Yuko Grover offers mothers tips for reclaiming their lives
Aug 13
Categories: Parenting
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The public is deeply skeptical about the profession—but given the problems of addiction, depression and other forms of mental illness, we need it more than ever
Aug 12
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Reading what other people are feeling is an important skill that helps us navigate conflicts, deepen relationships, and negotiate effectively.
Aug 12
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Improvements in working memory, long-term memory, executive function and more…
Aug 12
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Horticultural therapy - which encourages a person to visit green spaces and join guided group gardening activities - can have mental and physical health benefits.
This is the interim finding of an ongoing local study, called Effects Of ...
Aug 11
Categories: Mindfulness
GO"I am already dead! I have been buried." said a young south Asian girl on the psychiatric ward. Prior to her admission she had stopped going to school, and instead isolated herself in her room spending hours on the internet searching for her grave. ...
Aug 11
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Women remember more of rom-coms, men remember more from action flicks.
Aug 10
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With technology altering the therapeutic bond, something is lost but something else is gained
Aug 10
Categories: Mental Health Professions
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Depression is more than a mental disorder, it affects the body’s ability to detoxify itself.
Aug 10
Categories: Depression
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