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Psychology
Study: Men Can Smell When a Woman is Sexually Aroused
(Neuroscience News) University of Kent research suggests that men can distinguish between the scents of sexually aroused and non-aroused women.
Revenge, Brain Science: The Neural Processes Behind Our Desire for Revenge
(Neuroscience News) New insight on the neural processes that drive a desire for revenge during conflict between groups has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.
How to be Productive When You’re Tired
(Hugo Huyer) We all have those days when we’d much rather go back to sleep. We may feel tired, exhausted, worn out, fatigued, and no amount of coffee seems to help. But work needs to get done, so how do you increase your productivity when you’re running on an empty tank?
The Secret Weapon That Will Improve All of Your Relationships — Health Effects of Socialization
(Les Parrott, PhD) Prior to 1960, the residents of the little town of Roseto, Pennsylvania, had superpowers. Roseto was highly resistant to the biggest killer in the United States. Even today, it accounts for well over 600,000 deaths a year. Yet, Roseto had a fraction of the deaths compared to nearby towns.
Sharing Truth With Dignity and Respect: Psychology of Correcting a Person Who Maintains a Wrong Idea
(Exploring Your Mind) Finding a suitable (and respectful) way to correct a person who maintains a wrong idea is something everyone should learn to do. After all, fake news abounds, meaning it’s very easy to take them as facts. What’s truly complex and what you should fight against is that disease that afflicts so many people in the world: the need to be right.
Science: Music and Exercise – A Great Pair
(Exploring Your Mind) Thanks to the analysis of 139 available studies, today, we can affirm that music can improve exercise by optimizing performance, delaying the feeling of tiredness, and making physical activity a lot more enjoyable.
Study: Why Parents Hold their Babies by Their Left Side
(Exploring Your Mind) A fun fact: a study examined 477 pictures of the Virgin Mary with her child and she’s holding him on her left side in 373. This is consistent with what you see nowadays: babies calm down when they’re held on the left side. That’s why 80% of mothers do it instinctively.
There Is Good Evidence That Clutter Causes Anxiety & Stress
(Richard Enos) Clutter in our home or office certainly does cause stress, according to an article in Psychology Today. Psychologist Sherrie Bourg Carter lists the following 8 reasons that stress may ensue from a cluttered environment:
Thinking You’re “Ugly” Can Damage Your Well-Being: It’s So Important To Develop Self Love
(Kalee Brown) To start, if you’ve ever looked down upon yourself or spoken the words “I’m so ugly” to yourself, you’re not alone. You could be someone who has an immense amount of self love and still have some self doubt occasionally, and that’s perfectly understandable. We live in a society that perpetuates the belief that beauty is only skin deep, and it can be difficult to ignore that message every moment of every day.
Study: Sitting Still Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Adolescents
(UCL) Too much time sitting still – sedentary behavior – is linked to an increased risk of depressive symptoms in adolescents, finds a new UCL-led study.
Study: Love Matters — How Parents’ Love Shapes Children’s Lives
(Neuroscience News) Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life.
The Left-Handed Brain: Differences and Advantages
(Exploring Your Mind) In a right-handed world, the left-handed brain has to make a number of adaptations. We’re talking about creating and putting into practice strategies that could make you more skilled on a psychomotor and cognitive level.
Rage and Depression: How Are They Related?
(Exploring Your Mind) Rage and depression are both expressions of frustration, discomfort, and unease in the face of reality. They represent a failed processing of internal malaise. Someone who’s always mad is probably depressed and vice versa.
Free Time as Emotional Release
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s extremely important to have a balance between recreation and work to benefit from the emotional release that free time gives you.