(Exploring Your Mind) If you want to be successful, you need more than intelligence or talent. Scrupulousness is one of the personality traits that give you the discipline and direction you need to reach your goals.
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Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
(Exploring Your Mind) Friedrich Nietzsche tends to be considered the philosopher who culturally poisoned the German people. However, the truth is biased as people twisted his legacy according to the predominant political forces of his era.
The Legend of Dracula: Did He Really Exist?
(Exploring Your Mind) Dracula is one of the most widely-read novels of all time, the origin of the vampire stories that still fascinate us today. However, the man who inspired Bram Stoker even surpassed the cruelty of the vampire count.
Love and Addiction: Why Are They Connected?
(Exploring Your Mind) It may seem strange to you, but the fact is that love and addiction, at least to cocaine, have withdrawal syndrome in common. When a couple breaks up, an abstinence syndrome related to the loss of the loved one occurs.
The Trash Can Metaphor
(Exploring Your Mind) We often use metaphors when trying to clear up aspects of our lives that are hidden or unresolved. Some new types of therapy, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Wilson and Hayes, also use metaphors in a clinical capacity.
Family Mediation and Dispute Resolution
(Exploring Your Mind) The transcendence of family conflicts has evolved and more and more of them become entangled in legal conflicts. This is why there’s a focus on the issue of family mediation under these circumstances.
Characteristics of the Cerebral Ventricular System
(Exploring Your Mind) The ventricular system is in charge of maintaining, protecting, and structuring your brain. It also contains the cerebrospinal fluid, quite essential for your body’s preservation.
The Meaning of Subjective Memory Complaints — A Mainstream Take
(Exploring Your Mind) People tend to worry more and more about cognitive functions as they get older. There’s a particular concern for future memory loss. Haven’t you ever thought: “My memory isn’t what it used to be?” Realizing your memory is deficient is precisely what subjective memory complaints (SMCs) are about.
6 Signs that Someone Is Thinking About Suicide
(Exploring Your Mind) When a person is thinking about suicide, there are usually some telltale signs. Their attitude towards life, sudden behavioral changes, and verbal expressions sometimes go unnoticed.
Impulsive Aggression: a Neurobiological Explanation
(Exploring Your Mind) Aggression is a complex and heterogeneous construct. There are basically two types of aggression: premeditated (predatory instrumental) and impulsive (affective and reactive). This article describes the neurobiology of impulsive aggression.
Serendipity and Personality: The People Who Make Valuable Discoveries
(Exploring Your Mind) Serendipity and personality are related. Great discoveries usually come to willing minds, and to those who are patient, consistent, and not afraid of opening their minds to new paths and possibilities.
Pathological Gambling: Diagnosis, Theories, and Treatment
(Exploring Your Mind) For most of us, gambling, in its many forms, and sometimes perceived as just games, can be just another recreational activity that doesn’t have to cause any negative consequences. For others, though, it can develop into pathological gambling.
How Schemas Shape Your World
(Exploring Your Mind) According to Young, schemas are the stable, rooted, and enduring patterns that develop over the course of an individual’s life. They’re so pervasive and unconscious that it isn’t easy to be aware of how they shape your world.
Better Breathing Boosts Your Concentration
(Exploring Your Mind) Breathing well boosts your concentration. Inhale the oxygen, breathe in life, and oxygenate your brain to expand your senses. Only then will you be able to focus your attention and appreciate the here and now. Furthermore, you’ll be able to make better decisions.
9 Habits of a Positive Person
(Exploring Your Mind) Neuroscience research has always been incredibly complex. Fortunately, some talented researchers take on the challenge so we can have a better understanding of the brain. One of those scientists was a German neurologist named Korbinian Brodmann, who divided the cerebral cortex into the Brodmann areas.