(Exploring Your Mind) We all feel the need to be accepted and recognized. However, you should never put yourself in the position of meeting others’ expectations to the detriment of yourself.
psychology
Sociopaths Frequently Succeed in Competitive Environments
(Exploring Your Mind) Sociopaths don’t mind lying or manipulating others if it achieves their goals, especially in competitive environments.
The Connection Between Cognitive Laziness and Social Media
(Exploring Your Mind) When you don’t make the effort to think and think critically, it’s easier for you to fall victim to certain false information. A position that means you’re more vulnerable to the kind of manipulation that the mainstream media perpetuates.
Why Do We Wake Around 3am and Dwell On Our Fears and Shortcomings?
(Neuroscience News) When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls 3am thoughts “barbed-wire thinking”, because you can get caught in it.
Atkinson’s Expectancy-Value Theory
(Exploring Your Mind) The value you place on your goals and the expectations you have determine your motivations, according to Atkinson’s theory.
Sleepwalking and Stress are Closely Related
(Exploring Your Mind) Intense emotions, such as anxiety and stress, are often behind the phenomena of sleepwalking. We’ve written this article so that you can learn a little more about this particular link.
Scientists Map Brain Circuit That Drives Activity in Fertile Females
(Neuroscience News) Scientists have known for a century that female animals become more active just as they are about to ovulate, a behavior that evolved to enhance their chances of mating when they are fertile.
Unique Brain Signature of Intimate Partner Aggression Identified
(Neuroscience News) Why do people hurt the ones they claim to love? That question has driven researchers to discover much about the psychological and sociological predictors and consequences of intimate partner aggression. But an understanding of the neurobiological causes — or what happens in the brain — remains incomplete.
How the Brain Ignores Distracting Information to Coordinate Movements
(Neuroscience News) As you read this article, touch receptors in your skin are sensing your environment. Your clothes and jewelry, the chair you’re sitting on, the computer keyboard or mobile device you’re using, even your fingers as they brush one another unintentionally—each touch activates collections of nerve cells. But, unless a stimulus is particularly unexpected or required to help you orient your own movements, your brain ignores many of these inputs.
Doctor P: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
(Exploring Your Mind) Doctor P was a musician who experienced certain difficulties with his perception of the world. However, since he was a sociable, outgoing guy with a great sense of humor, his problems went unnoticed for a long time.
Childhood Trauma Shows Up On Brain Scans
(Exploring Your Mind) Childhood trauma due to mistreatment, abuse, or neglect between the ages of four and seven makes a mark on the brain. In fact, scans and neurodiagnostic techniques reveal small alterations that explain the development of psychological disorders later on.
Some Tips to Help You Prevent or Deal with Work Fatigue
(Exploring Your Mind) Work fatigue can be a bigger problem than you might think. In fact, it’s a serious condition, that can have important consequences on your mental and physical health. A situation that should be avoided at all costs.
Using Unconditional Love to Get Over a Breakup
(Exploring Your Mind) Do you think it’s normal to feel hatred, anger or resentment towards an ex-partner? In this article, we tell you why unconditional love is the healthiest way to overcome a breakup.
The Important Difference Between Pity and Compassion
(Exploring Your Mind) To look at those who suffer with pity is to condemn them to continue suffering. However, doing it with compassion means helping them get ahead. We show you the differences between these two emotions.
Mental Illness Associated With Poor Sleep Quality
(Hayley Chazan) People who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are more likely to have poor sleep quality compared to the general population, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.