(Exploring Your Mind) The phenomenon of influencers in marketing is a viral sensation for consumers and businesses. The former prefer to place their trust in a person who inspires confidence and gives them arguments to buy a product even if they don’t know them personally.
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Study: New Recommendations Released on Bed Sharing to Promote Breastfeeding
(Neuroscience News) Leading experts representing The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) have released new evidence-based recommendations regarding the benefits and risks of bedsharing for mother-infant pairs who have initiated breastfeeding and are in home settings. The new protocol is published in Breastfeeding Medicine.
Study: Severe Childhood Deprivation Has Longstanding Impacts on Brain Size in Adulthood
(Science Daily) Researchers from King’s College London have shown that the brains of young adult Romanian adoptees who were institutionalised as children are around 8.6% smaller than the brains of English adoptees who have not suffered this form of deprivation.
Why Being More Assertive is the Key to a Good Life — The Rathus Assertiveness Schedule | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Assertiveness is a great human quality, but how assertive are you? You can measure this through the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule.
The Amazing Benefits of Reading While Traveling
(Exploring Your Mind) Although not everyone can concentrate on long journeys, reading while traveling is a great way to make the most of your time and boost your brain health and cognitive processes.
Laura Eisenhower: Justin Deschamps on Consciousness Liberation Update and The Psychology of Soul Growth
Laura Eisenhower: Justin Deschamps Consciousness Liberation Update and The Psychology of Soul Growth
What Are Neuromyths? Good Science, Bad Interpretation | Psychology
(Justin Deschamps) As someone who’s been involved in science all my life, I can tell you that there’s a lot of room for misinterpretation.
How to Teach Children Gratitude | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) It takes time to teach children gratitude. The process has to follow their natural biological development so they can enjoy this wonderful virtue.
Science Says Silence Is Vital For Our Brains
(Joe Martino) If you’re the average person, you wake up to the sound of an alarm. That alarm sends you to the bathroom where you quickly get yourself ready for your workday. If you have the time, you might eat something before jumping into your car to listen to music or the radio while you sit in traffic on your way to work.
Science: Social Anxiety and Telomere Link Established — Your Unchecked Anxiety is Killing Your Cells
(Justin Deschamps) The following article shows several studies and advances in scientific understanding that suggest prolonged and unchecked anxiety can lead to declines in overall health. What the article doesn’t make clear is how to contend with this, which I will briefly do now.
Perspectives on Wisdom, as a Concept
(Exploring Your Mind) People usually understand wisdom as something you can only gain from experience, but it’s actually much more than that. In this article, we’ll share definitions from different authors and debunk some of the myths about this important idea.
Some Learning is a Whole-Brain Affair
(Science Daily) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to “see” what happens in brain cells of mice learning to reach out and grab a pellet of food. Their experiments, they say, add to evidence that such motor-based learning can occur in multiple areas of the brain, even ones not typically associated with motor control.
How the Brain Can Create Sound Information via Lip-Reading
(Science Daily) Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research published in JNeurosci.
Psychophysiological Disorders and Stress
(Exploring Your Mind) The genesis of psychosomatic disorders happens during sustained stressful situations. In this regard, sustained tension can affect several body systems. Continue reading to find out more about the connection between psychophysiological disorders and stress.
The Absence of Problems Doesn’t Guarantee Happiness
(Exploring Your Mind) Being happy doesn’t depend on having a problem-free life. However, it does depend on how you choose to think about what happens to you. Do you see threats or challenges? Mistakes or learning opportunities?