(Science Daily) Babies seek to understand the world around them and learn many new things every day. Unexpected events — for example when a ball falls through a table — provide researchers with the unique opportunity to understand infants’ learning processes. What happens in their brains as they learn and integrate new information?
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The Olfactory Bulb (Brain Center for Smell): Function and Characteristics
(Exploring Your Mind) Smells have the power to evoke fond memories. Not only can your sense of smell transport you to the past, but it also helps you make important decisions every day. Today, we’re going to talk about an essential part of your sense of smell: the olfactory bulb.
When Anxiety Takes Over Your Life, You’re not You
(Justin Deschamps) When we feel threatened, the older parts of the brain override the thinking version of you. The conscious identity you experience as your everyday you will slip away, being replaced by a “triggered version” that has different values.
Feeling Lonely in Your Relationship — Embrace the Call to Adventure
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) In our increasingly technology-driven world, group activities have become too structured. Our need for adventure, excitement, and novel stimulation often comes through passive means, like binge-watching Netflix, scrolling through social media, or playing video games. One of the greatest joys in life is the adventure of learning how to play […]
Lawsuit Says ‘Fortnite’ Intentionally Designed To Be As Addictive As Cocaine, Ruin Lives
(Elias Marat) The lawsuit accuses Epic Games of enlisting “psychologists to help make the game addictive.”
If Joker Met Jordan Peterson — How to Create a Psychopath Killer
(Justin Deschamps) Answering the question: Why do people do bad things? is important. There’s a lot to unpack, and frankly, we’re still trying to figure this out. But we know enough to draw some pretty good and well-established conclusions. When people feel like their values, dreams, or life is threatened, they tend to react aggressively. If this reaction becomes chronic, blended with paranoid delusions and an environment where the individual is actually suffering, or being harmed by others, it’s much more likely they’ll eventually snap and start hurting people.
Habitual Tea Drinking Modulates Brain Efficiency: Evidence from Brain Connectivity Evaluation
(Science Daily) The researchers recruited healthy older participants to two groups according to their history of tea drinking frequency and investigated both functional and structural networks to reveal the role of tea drinking on brain organization.
Don’t Let Fear, Cowardice and Resentment Ruin Your Relationships — How to Solve Personality Clashes: 6 Tips From a Therapist
(Justin Deschamps) All relationships are founded on fundamental laws that organize the whole of reality. These laws are the laws of trust, free will, and consciousness, which we know of on earth as the laws of contracts.
Why Is it so Hard to Forget a Past Love?
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s impossible to forget past love entirely. It doesn’t matter whether your relationship was very difficult or just a summer fling. We’re all made up of stories, and love is like a permanent ink in your brain.
What’s the Narcissistic Supply?
(Exploring Your Mind) Narcissists take for granted that their supply must feel, think, and act like them because, in their minds, the supply doesn’t have an identity of their own. Instead, they’re there just to please them at any time.
California’s First Surgeon General: Screen Every Student For Childhood Trauma
(Joe Martino) California’s first surgeon general, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, has an ambitious goal to screen every student for childhood trauma before entering school. Dr. Harris has dedicated her career to changing the way society views and responds to childhood trauma. This is a worthwhile effort as research shows childhood trauma affects brain development and it will build a society that is more empathetic to all and unique situations.
Theory of Mind: The Key for Interpersonal Connection
(Exploring Your Mind) Theory of mind facilitates human social connection. Thanks to theory of mind, you can deduce the intentions, thoughts, and desires of other people and adjust your behavior accordingly.
Frozen or Delayed Grief: Pain that Becomes Chronic
(Exploring Your Mind) The acceptance of a loss is never easy. It can be so difficult, in fact, that some people just can’t manage the suffering. Some of them set it aside, refusing to accept the new absence in their lives. Delayed grief can last decades and can become a reality where pain becomes silent and chronic.
The World’s Strangest Social Rituals
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) Social rituals exist for a good reason, as a way for the individual to gain acceptance in a culture. For the individual, they show them the norms they need to embrace in order to be included in a social group. These norms establish a basic ruleset that helps guide social interaction. […]
The Manifestations of Delusional Disorder
(Exploring Your Mind) Delusional disorder represents a great challenge for the sciences that study the human mind. It hasn’t been classified precisely yet, and experts still don’t know what causes it. As a result, there’s still a lot to learn about the best ways to treat it. Read on to discover all about the manifestations of delusional disorder and how we can treat it.