(Exploring your Mind) Self-determination is often motivated by interests, curiosity, care, or abiding values, even when such motivations aren’t rewarded or supported at times. However, they can sustain the flame of passion, creativity, and effort.
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Dealing with Shattered Illusions, Beliefs and Self-Concepts
(Suzanne Kane) When everything you hold dear turns out to be a sham, when what you believe is a lie and how you view yourself crumbles, life can be empty, painful, and without joy. How can you come back from such personal deficits? It isn’t easy or quick, yet there is a way of dealing with shattered illusion, beliefs and self-concepts.
What Happens When You Stop Writing By Hand?
(Explore Your Mind) Is handwriting a lost art? In the age of technology, are there any reasons to continue to teach children how to write in school? Some researchers believe that handwriting affects cognitive development in some significant ways. Read more to find out why it’s important.
Believe You Can, and You Will: Patients Who Are Confident About Their Recovery Benefit the Most From Physiotherapy, Reveals Study
(Zoey Sky) The human mind is a powerful thing, and it can help you get over negative emotions such as heartbreak and rejections. But did you know that it could also help you recover from injuries? According to a study, individuals have a greater chance of recovering from shoulder pain if they are confident that they can continue with their regular routine despite their pain.
Scientists Unveil a ‘Brain Decoder’ That Turns Neural Activity Into Speech
Scientists Unveil a ‘Brain Decoder’ That Turns Neural Activity Into Speech
Learn to Identify Automatic Negative Thoughts
(Explore Your Mind) As soon as you can learn to identify your automatic negative thoughts, you then can be free of self-doubt and choose positivity.
Why Do We Like To Experience Fear?
(Exploring your Mind) Interestingly enough, empathic people usually like to experience fear. This may be because they have a greater ability to process emotions than other people; and therefore, seek to live more experiences of this type.
‘Mindreading’ Neurons Simulate Decisions of Social Partners
(Science Daily) Scientists have identified special types of brain cells that may allow us to simulate the decision-making processes of others, thereby reconstructing their state of mind and predicting their intentions. Dysfunction in these ‘simulation neurons’ may help explain difficulties with social interactions in conditions such as autism and social anxiety.
Emotional Armor: A Double-Edged Sword
(Exploring your Mind) It may be hard to face whatever’s happening in your life, either because you’re afraid, don’t know how to act, or because you’re trying to avoid suffering again. In cases like this, perhaps you’re “wearing an emotional armor” in order to protect yourself.
Do You Have an Egocentric Personality?
(Exploring your Mind) An egocentric personality is usually linked to arrogance, ambition, and, in some cases, exhibitionism. People with this type of personality tend to think they’re the most important person in the room and that all eyes should be on them at all times.
6 Ways to Use Mindfulness to Ease Difficult Emotions
(Therese J. Borchard) Mindfulness has become quite the buzzword these days, with impressive studies popping up in the news with regularity.
Science-Backed Strategies to Strengthen Your Memory
(Edsel Cook) You do not need nootropic substances to improve your attention, memory, and productivity. There are all-natural mental strategies that can strengthen your brain functions on a daily basis without resorting to so-called “smart drugs” or other special treatments.
New Study of Mind-Matter Interaction Via Double Slit Experiment Yields “Remarkable” Results
(Arjun Walia) Does mind influence matter? The answer is an unquestionable yes, this fact is firmly established in scientific literature, and the only thing up for debate is just how much of an effect our minds can have on matter.
The Evolution of Vision and the Biological Sensitivity to Beauty | Jordan Peterson
The Evolution of Vision and the Biological Sensativity to Beauty | Jordan Peterson
Scientists Prove That Humans Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field
(Waking Times)Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees, turtles and birds navigate through the world. Scientists have tried to investigate whether humans belong on the list of magnetically sensitive organisms. For decades, there’s been a back-and-forth between positive reports and failures to demonstrate the trait in people, with seemingly endless controversy.