(Exploring your Mind) The body language of fear manifests especially in facial micro-expressions. Slightly raised eyebrows, a taut brow, and a half-open mouth are unmistakable signs that someone is scared.
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Ways Social Media Hurts Pair Bonding, Spiritual Growth, and Loving Relationships: Why It’s Hard to Find Love in Today’s World
(Justin Deschamps) Social media launched into our lives in a swift and prolific way. Due to the positive feedback loop effect of social trends, the more people that joined the more felt compelled to follow along or miss out. This technology is having a massive effect on human life, particularly relationships, disturbing a delicate pair bonding process that draws from biological factors, which themselves, draw from spiritual impulses. For the modern person, forming a lasting and valuable bond with another human being could be more challenging than ever.
New Research Confirms That the Scent of Your Significant Other Really Does Reduce Stress, Especially in Women
(Zoey Sky) According to a recent study, simply smelling your significant other’s shirt can help reduce your stress levels.
Neuroscientists Make “Jaw-Dropping” Discovery of “Wireless” Brain Communication
(Elias Marat) A team of researchers studying the brain have discovered a brand new and previously unidentified form of “wireless” neural communications that self-propagates across brain tissue and is capable of leaping from neurons in one part of the brain to another, even if the connection between them has been severed.
Social Science: Researchers Determine We Make Friends Based on Individual Qualities Rather than Group Qualities
(Tracey Watson) Do you long to make more friends? As social creatures, most humans want to be accepted and have a close-knit group of friends with whom they can spend time and who they know they can always rely on in times of trouble. In fact, a lack of good friends can increase your risk of premature death from any cause by an astounding 50 percent, according to a study by researchers from Harvard University.
The 10 Masks We Wear
(Therese J. Borchard) Rarely does a person emerge from childhood completely unscathed.Most of us learn to protect ourselves with defense mechanisms and personality traits that ensure our safety in the world. By adopting certain behavioral patterns, we unconsciously or consciously seek security and stability. We wear different kinds of masks to keep us from getting too hurt. However, in doing so, we close ourselves off from authentic relationships and stay stuck in the scabs of our childhood wounds.
The Dark Side of Spiritual Healing That No One Talks About
(Aletheia Luna) Spiritual healing is generally considered to be something very positive.
Is Your Childhood Blueprint Holding You Back?
(Drew Coster) Do you find you don’t deal with situations or relationships as successfully as you’d like? Do you feel depressed, anxious, or think negative things about yourself, others or the world? If so, it could be that your blueprint is holding you back.
Science Suggests Taking More Breaks Makes You More Productive | Illich’s Law and Negative Productivity
(Exploring Your Mind) Learn all about Illich’s law and negative productivity in this article.
Psychophysiology: What Is it?
(Explore your Mind) Psychophysiology studies human behavior and the processes involved in it. To do that, this branch of psychology applies some techniques to capture the body’s physiological responses. Psychophysiology is the branch of psychology that studies the physiological foundation of the brain’s psychological processes. It analyzes behavior and the processes behind it.
Cargo Cults, Extraterrestrials, and Humanity — Reconsidering ET Disclosure, Religions, Ancient Aliens and Human Civilization
(Joseph M. Irwin) Have you ever heard of cargo cults? It’s one of the most fascinating subjects in recent history, and the implications are massive, especially as we go forward into the future and out into the Universe. In this article, and companion video, I’m going to give you some super unique and valuable perspectives. I’m going to tell you what you need to know about cargo cults and how they’re completely connected to the entire Human Experience, and perhaps beyond.
Identity Fusion: Relationship Between the Personal Self and the Social Self
(Exploring your Mind) Identity fusion is a type of identity that connects other types of identities. In order to understand this better, consider that we all have, at the very least, two identities. One is the personal identity or the personal self and the other is our social identities or social selves. Your personal self is directly related to your personality. That is to say, you can be extroverted, polite, neurotic, etc.
The Neuroscience Behind Creating Your Reality — How Beliefs Affect You and How to Change Them
(Brooklyn Storme, PhD) Have you ever wondered why two people can share the exact same situation, yet experience it differently? Neural pathways are often described as a type of super-highway of nerve cells, the function of which is to transmit messages. Much like a walking track in the bush, the more you walk over it, the more trodden and clear it becomes. The same thing happens when we engage in behaviors such as thinking certain thoughts with a high degree of regularity.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
(Explore Your Mind) Have you ever noticed how ignorant people often speak with great confidence? And truly smart people constantly question themselves? In the late 90s, two researchers set out to explain this phenomenon and came up with the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Spiritual Beliefs Are Linked to a ‘Protective’ Effect Against Depression in The Brain
(Carly Cassella) Religious beliefs, or a sense of spirituality, may cushion some people’s brains against depression, according to new research.