(Exploring Your Mind) It can be bothersome to have a song stuck in your head and not be able to get it out. Musical psychologists point out that the probability for you to experience earworm depends mostly on your mood. Feeling stressed or nostalgic may increase its likelihood.
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Screen-Based Media Associated with Structural Differences in Brains of Young Children
(Science Daily) A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use.
The Struggle with a Judgemental Ideal: Creating Monsters in Your Mind vs Embracing the Hero Within
The Struggle with a Judgemental Ideal: Creating Monsters in Your Mind vs Embracing the Hero Within
Science Proves, Cuddling Babies Changes Their Genetics For Life
(David Neild) The amount of close and comforting contact that young infants get doesn’t just keep them warm, snug, and loved.
The Four Types of Attention
(Exploring Your Mind) Attention is a complex psychological process. There are also multiple types of attention.
Emotional Buttons: How They Affect Your Relationships
(Explore Your Mind) How many times do you find yourself reacting too strongly to a negative comment? Knowing what your emotional buttons are and the consequences for pushing them is the subject of a research study that was conducted recently.
Students Ditch Their Phones For a Week, Report Feeling Happier & More Refreshed
(Paul Joseph Watson) Students at a university in New York who took part in a test to go without their cellphones for a week reported that they felt refreshed, happier, more focused and more relaxed.
When Money is Scarce, Biased Behavior Happens Faster
(Science Daily) Discrimination may happen faster than the blink of an eye, especially during periods of economic scarcity, according to a new study from Cornell University.
Act Like Your Time and Life are Valuable and You’ll Get a Valuable Life
Act Like Your Time and Life are Valuable and You’ll Get a Valuable Life
Study: Narcissism Might Be a Dark Trait But It Can Lower Stress Levels and Reduce Chances of Depression
(Neuroscience News) While narcissism may be viewed by many in society as a negative personality trait, Dr Kostas Papageorgiou, who is Director of the InteRRaCt Lab in the School of Psychology at Queen’s, has revealed that it could also have benefits. He has published two papers on narcissism and psychopathology in Personality and Individual Differences and European Psychiatry. […]
Neuroscience: Can You Inherit Knowledge?
(Exploring Your Mind) A new study has just been published about the possibility of inheriting knowledge. The results of the study have called into question the Weismann barrier.
The Four Principles of Attraction According to H. T. Reis
(Exploring Your Mind) Many times, we find it difficult to identify what makes another person attractive to us. We may even make the wrong attribution. To understand this, H.T. Reis defined four principles of attraction, which help explain the mysterious magnetism two human beings can feel.
New Study Shows That DMT Puts Your Brain In A “Waking Dream” State
(John Vibes) A study led by a team of researchers at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, demonstrated that people under the influence of DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) show brain wave patterns similar to a dreaming state while they are awake.
Dance as Activism – How Dance Can Bond Communities
(Anna Swisher) How can you make a difference? How can you embody systemic change at a local level? How do you not burn out? How can you enjoy your life while simultaneously fighting violence, destruction and collapse? What can you do in your community to support the healing of our world? Aren’t you curious if we can do things differently – and together?
The Development of Empathy in Childhood
(Exploring Your Mind) The concept of empathy is all the rage. But how does one go about developing its potential? What are the stages we go through before we can distinguish another person as an independent along with their emotions, thoughts, and circumstances?