Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contextual therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, to increase psychological flexibility and behavioral changes. Steven C. Hayes is the founder […]
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Human touch has been important throughout history and is vital to our wellbeing- but, why? What is the human touch and how does it affect […]
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Our brain reward system is incredible in how it functions! But what is it and how does it function? How does the brain reward system […]
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We’ve all heard of people who can’t be around flashing lights because of their epilepsy, but what is epilepsy? In this article, we will look […]
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Imagine having emotions that are constantly difficult to control… behaviors that are hard to live with. In this article, we will cover what dialectical behavior […]
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Imagine going through an accident and not remembering anything surrounding the accident, including the accident itself. This is what is known as psychogenic amnesia. In […]
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Have you ever had a hard time pronouncing things, articulating words, mixing up word meanings? These are some aspects or symptoms of language disorders. The […]
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What is critical thinking? It’s a way of reasoning and questioning things to help us make better decisions. We’ll explain what critical thinking is and […]
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Imagine a time when you were so stressed out about something, it made everything worse. Welcome to stress inoculation 101! In this article, we will […]
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Scientifically proven healthy habits: Stress, anxiety, and general unhappiness are all caused by an imbalance in our lives. In other words, a balanced life is […]
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Ever felt that that migraine was a tumor forming in your brain? Well, if you have somatic symptom disorder, that’s exactly how it is! In […]
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Cell body. There are around 100 billion neurons in the brain! Neurons are really small, measuring in microns (thousands of a millimetre) The smallest neuron […]
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“It’s on the tip of my tongue!” Semantic memory stores what we now about the world and language. When we want to remember certain things […]
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“I just need to know what happened.” This is the sentiment of many who have lost someone. After a tragedy like a plane crash, millions […]
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Crawl before you walk, walk before you run! When it comes to development, this phrase is certainly true. Before children learn to talk and are […]
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Drug Withdrawal Definition: group of symptoms that occur as a result of a decrease or stopping intake of a medication, recreational drugs or substances, to […]
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Our bodies rush with adrenaline and we get into fight-or-flight mode, which is the activation of our sympathetic nervous system. But what is it? How […]
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Ever heard of crazy foot fetishes? Well, those are a type of paraphilia. This article will tell you everything you need to know about what […]
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Neurodegenerative diseases- What are they? Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by damage to the nervous system, causing cognitive decline and changes in brain functions and how the […]
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Each morning we wake up, progressing through our busy schedule, trying to make the best of the 24 hours we have, staying focused and organized, […]
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Night Terrors. Have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of your child screaming? Does it seem like […]
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The Dalai Lama once said, “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” But what is […]
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What is a realist? Do you think you might be one? A realist is someone who can look at things as they are in life […]
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Sometimes you just don’t wake up feeling refreshed. Why is that? In this article, we will answer: what is light sleep, what are the sleep […]
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We’ve all been “there”, where we find ourselves more down than usual, we don’t feel like doing anything and have a constant feeling of apathy. […]
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Imagine forgetting everything from the past decade and being completely unable to recall those years. In this article, we will find out what retrograde amnesia […]
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Almost everyone loves to have a nice, hot cup of coffee every once in a while. In fact, studies show that 85% of the U.S. […]
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The 2018 market study on Global Cognitive Assessment & Training Market research report establishes CogniFit as a top manufacturer of the sector. This report analyzes, tracks, […]
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Brain Gym for a healthy mind. A few years ago, we started to learn about the importance of training our brains. Today we know that […]
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What is brain based learning, and why it matters. Brain bases learning is a new perspective in teaching and learning that is based on using technology and knowledge of the […]
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You’ve probably heard of how dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, or how serotonin levels influence depression. This barely scratches the surface when […]
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Have you tried to start working out before but you gave up when it got hard? Do you want to start again, but you’re not […]
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Once upon a time, researchers and scientist theorised that the brain stops developing within the first few years of life. The connections the brain makes […]
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Do you ever feel anxiety because you’re away from your phone? Do you always use your phone to look up things you don’t know? Maybe […]
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“I was walking down to the supermarket and started to feel vision problems, headache, chest pain, difficulty breathing and pounding in my chest and ears”. […]
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Have you ever wondered how the brain learns languages? Why are we able to communicate so easily? How is it that we can formulate sentences, […]
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Assertiveness. Imagine that you are living the following situations: You lend a friend one of your books. She returns it with pages missing. Your friend […]
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Anterograde Amnesia: Imagine yourself wandering up and down the streets not finding back home. Well, the solution is simple, looking for a taxi or ask […]
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Have you ever felt one way but did the opposite? Or have you ever had two different opinions about the same thing? You’ve experienced cognitive […]
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Have you ever wondered what gender dysphoria is? In this article, we’ll show you not only what gender dysphoria is and the history of it, […]
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Imagine not being about to sing your favorite song, or not being able to write or say how you feel or what you are thinking. […]
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Have you ever thought about how your favorite athletes are able to do what they do? They do it by using sports psychology. In this […]
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Most seniors do not consider working past retirement age because retirement is your time to relax and enjoy life at an easy-going pace. While the […]
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Everybody grieves at some point in their life… but what is grief? What are the different stages of grief? How does grief affect the body? […]
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What are probiotics? Where do I find probiotics? How do probiotics affect my health? Can I eat too many probiotics? These are all questions that […]
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We may not look back on our foreign language classes at school with much fondness.However, after reading about the following benefits of learning foreign languages, […]
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You might know how the relationship between the brain and the menstrual cycle, but what about pregnancy? With all the hormones surging through your veins […]
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You’re sitting in an airplane, clenching the armrests with your fingers when your heart starts pounding. Maybe the walls feel like they’re closing in on […]
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Bipolar or Manic Depressive disorder is a mood disorder that goes beyond the normal ups and downs that we face in our lives to extremes, […]
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Mindfulness occurs when your mind is at peace with what is present and you fully conscious of what is going on around you. Similar to […]
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