(Exploring Your Mind) Oxytocin does everything from encourage maternal and paternal feelings to increase trust and sexual intimacy. Psychologist Marcelo Ceberio tells us more about the “love hormone”.
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Vulnerability is a Sign of Psychological Bravery
(Exploring Your Mind) Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is an act of bravery. In the end, a strong person isn’t one who manages to keep a fake image of happiness for a long time. You’re strong when you let your feelings out into the world, and when you accept your mistakes and pain.
Healthy Friendships: Bonds that Help You Grow
(Justin Deschamps) Friends, family, and those closest to us are very important. Regardless of who you are or where you come from, you need other people in your life. Psychologically, we’re hardwired to know ourselves through who we become near others, wherein the brain regulates our emotions and sense of self-worth based on the health of our social attachments. This is physically woven within the fabric of our body, meaning there are neurological systems designed to reward us for healthy social attachments.
Somatic Therapy: Releasing Trapped Emotions
(Exploring Your Mind) Although somatic therapy has its critics recent advances in neuroscience back up a lot of its principles. Being aware of your somatic experiences can help you heal trauma and trapped emotions.
The Rotten Apple Theory — Practical Community Advice
(Exploring Your Mind) We give the name of rotten apples to co-workers who employ negativity, criticism, or constant abuse. With their behavior, they contaminate the entire workplace, causing stress, suffering, and low productivity.
Five Keys to Giving Emotional Support
(Exploring Your Mind) Providing the right kind of emotional support for someone in need can be tricky.
Captain America: Have Values Become Old-Fashioned?
(Exploring Your Mind) Some people think that the moral code Captain America lives by is old-fashioned. But is it?
Teenagers and Risky Behavior: Why They Do It
(Exploring Your Mind) French anthropologist David Le Breton says that roughly 15% of teenagers engage in risky behavior. One interesting thing about that number is that it’s the same all over the world.
The Mind of a Baby – What’s it Like Inside?
(Exploring Your Mind) New research in recent decades is breaking down all sorts of myths we had about the mind of a baby.
Cooperation and Competition: The Deutsch and Krauss Experiment
(Exploring Your Mind) Negotiating is often a very difficult art. In this article, we’ll look at the Deutsch and Krauss experiment.
Why Are Superheroes’ Morals Important to Us?
(Exploring Your Mind) Superheroes are very popular. There are many films about them at the moment. From the classic Superman and Batman, through to movies that are bringing superheroes to the big screen for the first time, such as Wonder Woman, and also movies that bring together several superheroes, such as The Avengers. But why do they attract us so much? Surprisingly, one answer lies in superheroes’ morals.
Selective Perception: How it Affects Our View of the World
(Exploring Your Mind) We often choose to see or understand what we want to. This is known as selective perception.
Psychopathology and Creativity
(Exploring Your Mind) Is there a relationship between psychopathology and creativity? Is it necessary to have a specific set of symptoms to be a “creative genius”? In today’s article, we’re going to discuss the study of the relationship between these two. Also, we’ll tell you about the role of neuroscience in this study.
The Insular Cortex: Learning from Painful Experiences
(Exploring Your Mind) Corporal punishment used to be common as a way to “motivate” students to learn. The idea is that knowledge gained through pain can be more intense and long-lasting. So what does this process look like on a cerebral level?
A Better Way To Educate and Raise Children — Observational vs Entertainment Based Parenting
(Exploring Your Mind) Although educating a child is a beautiful experience, it can also be a monumental challenge. Today, in spite of (or maybe because of) all the available information, we seem more confused than ever about how to raise children. In this article, psychologist Miguel Ángel Rizaldos shares some tips on how to do better for our little ones.