Neuroscientists have struggled to understand exactly how the mind’s cycles affect us. Studies of donated brains provide some answers.
Date Posted: December 29, 2015
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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“Will you exercise this year?” That simple question can be a game-changing technique for people who want to influence their own or others’ behavior, according to a recent study spanning 40 years of research.
Dec 29
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion
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When you first interview for a job or head into a salary negotiation, there’s a lot that’s under your control. Unfortunately, that person may be subconsciously relying on your facial structure.
Dec 28
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The term “addiction” is usually associated with alcoholism and drug abuse. Yet people can get addicted to different stimulants that are far beyond illegal substances.
Dec 28
Categories: Addictions
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What prompts us to share on social media and why do we share the things we do? Science has started to figure this out.
Dec 26
Categories: Empathy
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"Don't tell me what happens!" Spoilers do reduce enjoyment, but not as much as you might think, research shows.
Dec 26
Categories: Other
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When you hear the word “Christmas”, what are the first five words that instantly pop into your head? This was the question asked in a new study that led researchers to suggest that differences in food parenting styles for special occasions, may ...
Dec 26
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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What happens when you cut ties with your family, or your family cuts ties with you? The high emotional and psychological cost of family estrangement.
Dec 23
Categories: Family Problems
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We can learn to empathize with strangers. A new study finds that surprisingly positive experiences with people from another group trigger a learning effect in the brain, which increases empathy.
Dec 23
Categories: Empathy
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New research suggests that to avoid people thinking you're stupid, above all you need to refrain from undertaking risky tasks for which you lack suitable knowledge or skills.
Dec 22
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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Proceed with extreme caution when your family starts to share recollections about you that you yourself don’t remember.
Dec 22
Categories: Blended Family Issues
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The mirror becomes an object that they cannot live without. They fall in love with their own reflection and believe that they deserve special treatment, becoming aggressive if they don't receive it. A new study has analysed factors that create ...
Dec 21
Categories: Teenage Issues
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New research suggests millennial moms are more confident about having parenting nailed than moms of other generations.
Dec 21
Categories: Parenting
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Most people can tell if you’re angry based on the way you’re acting. What about the way you move a computer mouse?
Dec 19
Categories: Anger Management
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Holiday time can be brutal when you're newly single, but you can do it!
Dec 19
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Santa Claus performers struggle with fulfilling the role of old St Nic due to an acute awareness of the sensitivities around interactions with children.
Dec 19
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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