(John DiPrete) I recently took a Rationality Test and discovered that I was surprisingly rational. (I took it twice to be sure.) How could that be? I wondered. It’s a plain fact that I’ve committed millions of stupid errors, in my life, and was STILL making them! What’s more, few people would ever call me a world class intellect, in terms of intelligence tests or other abstract-thinking measurements. Logically speaking — Mr. Spock I am not.
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Are You Trapped in a Cycle of Drama that Leaves You Disempowered?
(Christy Whitman) Are your personal relationships strained or combative? Are you seeing signs of a toxic relationship with someone you thought you could trust? Do you often find yourself in power struggles with friends or people at work?
4 Simple, Effective Ways to Release Unwanted Thoughts and Feelings
(Anna Hunt) The chatter of the mind is never more noticeable then when you are bombarded with unwanted thoughts or feelings that create conflict within you. A simple thought can sprout into dozens of hypothetical stories in the mind that leave you fearful, overwhelmed or confused. Better yet, an emotional reaction you have to a situation can fester for days, completely distracting you from enjoying life.
8 Creative Activities to Discover Your Values
(Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.) Your values are the foundation of everything you do—and are. As author Jennifer Leigh Selig, PhD, said, “values are the essential core of a human being… My values—and my struggles and successes in attempting to live up to them—tell you who I am.”
EXPOSED: Deep State 1960’s Subliminal Messages (In Slow Motion) — Watch Before Taken Down
(Justin Deschamps) Is it possible to influence your thinking and behavior by interlacing words and images in films and movies? This is the premise of subliminal messages in media. The following video exposes a series of subliminal images embedded within a patriotic video produced in the 1960s.
Circadian Clocks: Body Parts Respond to Day and Night Independently from Brain, Studies Show
(Science Alert) Researchers have suspected that the body’s various circadian clocks can operate independently from the central clock in the hypothalamus of the brain. Now, they have found a way to test that theory.
The Big Five Personality Traits — A Statistically Derived System Used by Professionals
(John M. Grohol, Psy.D.) Our personalities are complicated systems of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that describe how we interact with others and the world around us. Throughout the past century, psychologists and personality researchers have worked to try and simplify personality’s complexity by suggesting most people can fit into a certain category that generally captures their preferences.
Cold-parenting Linked to Premature Aging, Increased Disease Risk in Offspring
(Neuroscience News) New research out of Loma Linda University Health suggests that unsupportive parenting styles may have several negative health implications for children, even into their adult years.
Music Helps to Build the Brains of Very Premature Babies
(Neuroscience) In Switzerland, as in most industrialized countries, nearly 1% of children are born “very prematurely”, i.e. before the 32nd week of pregnancy, which represents about 800 children yearly.
Denial or Willful Ignorance
(Exploring Your Mind) Denial is very common in situations of addiction or conflict. Although this willful ignorance provides momentary peace of mind, over time it can become highly destructive.
‘Mind-Reading’ Neurons Capable of Having Expectations about the Behavior of the Others
(Neuroscience) Psychologists and philosophers had long suggested that simulation is the mechanism whereby humans understand the minds of others. However, the neural basis of this complex process had not been identified.
The Feminine Archetypes and Transformative Anger
(Exploring Your Mind) According to current feminine stereotypes, when a woman expresses rage, she’s hysterical, crazy, unhinged, and nasty. On the contrary, archetypes represent different roles that are dreamlike and universal. In this article, we’re going to discuss feminine archetypes.
Mass Meditation Leads to More Societal Peace, New Study Shows
(Natural Blaze) The group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® programs in Cambodia between 1993 and 2008 was associated with a 96.2% decline in sociopolitical violence in that war-torn country compared to violence in the preceding three years, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Studies in Asian Social Science.
The Science of How Focus Music Makes You Work Better
The Science of How Focus Music Makes You Work Better
Does Accepting Negative Emotions Make You Happier?
(Explore Your Mind) Although it’s unpleasant to experience negative emotions, learning to accept them can be very beneficial to your health and well-being.