Empathy: Can you put yourself in someone else’s shoes?
You’ve probably talked or heard about it, but do you really know the implications of empathy and its meaning? Empathy is much more than putting […]
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Information and useful news to keep your brain and body in good health. Interesting articles about psychology, latest discoveries, brain health, interesting facts, nutrition, IQ, memory, etc. Different professionals and specialists help us understand health and how to take care of ourselves.
Anorexia Nervosa: What it is, symptoms, causes and treatment
Anorexia nervosa is currently one of the mental disorders with the highest mortality rates. 90% of anorexia nervosa cases happen in women and its incidence […]
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Guilt: Find everything you need to know about this emotion
Guilt is a human emotion and can come in many different forms, it has the ability to affect everyone differently. Some may have the feeling […]
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Co-Sleeping With Your Newborn- A Complete Guide
After 9 long months of anticipation and mixed emotions, you finally get to welcome your little bundle of joy into the world. You’ve gained valuable […]
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Gray Matter: How we process information
We “normal, everyday people” have all probably heard the term “gray matter” when talking about the brain. We’ve also probably heard about “white matter”. However […]
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Graphology: Guide to interpreting our handwriting
Do you remember how when you were beginning to learn how to write that the teacher used stencils and other materials to help you trace […]
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Binge watching: Complete guide to its effects on the brain and body
Just about everyone and their pets have binge-watched something before. Netflix found that on average, 61% of users watch between 2-6 episodes in one sitting. […]
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Adjustment disorder: A situational reaction to a stressful event
Some people aren’t the best when it comes to dealing with large amounts of stress. They simply have a really difficult time adjusting to it. […]
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HIV AIDS: Complete guide to understanding this virus
HIV and AIDS are a rather big deal in the medical world and yet, in this day and age, they remain uncurable. They have a […]
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Battered Woman Syndrome: Never Feeling Safe
Battered Woman Syndrome the numbers for domestic violence have always primarily sided with women being the victims. In the United States alone, it is said […]
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Happiness Is…: Breaking Down the Psychology of Happiness
Happiness is…Not long ago, under the Kauai sun, I was perched on a surfboard in the middle of the ocean when I entered what psychologists […]
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Top 4 Tips to Keep Impulsive Behavior Under Control.
“I had to buy it!…” “I just couldn’t resist!” “I don’t regret anything I said!” These are common expressions we hear every day and we […]
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Premarital Counseling: Get to know your partner before marriage
With such a large amount of people getting married and a 50% divorce rate in the U.S., it’s important to work through as many problems […]
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Anhedonia: A complete guide to finding no pleasure
Feel like nothing is worth giving it a try? Like everything that you do, provides little to no satisfaction? We all have things that we […]
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Hoarding Disorder: A Fine Line Between Collecting and Saving
In today’s world, mental health has become a huge topic on television. Whether it’s documentary style or fiction, we as viewers trust that the media’s […]
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Anxiety: A complete guide to understanding this emotion
Sweaty palms, nerves, and panic attacks are what over 40 million Americans deal with. What is anxiety and how is it measured? What are the […]
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Family Separation: Learn how it can affect everyone in the family
All over the world, children are separated from their parents daily. Some got to live with relatives, some live in foster care, and some remain […]
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Boredom: A non-boring complete guide to this state or feeling
It’s becoming that point in the summer when school has been out for a couple weeks, you’ve binge-watched all of the TV shows you had […]
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Motion Sickness: An explanation to travelling nausea
As a kid, I never felt motion sick- ever. I would go on the craziest of carnival rides and not feel dizzy one bit. Then […]
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Rhotacism: A complete guide to this speech impediment
Remember when you were a child and spoke by making your “R’s” sound like “W’s” and everything thought it was cute? That’s known as rhotacism […]
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Abulia: A complete guide to beating a lack of motivation
Have you ever been so tired that you just didn’t want to do anything? Even things you usually enjoy doing? Have you ever lost the […]
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Nuances of Humor: Understanding Humor in Psychology
While it is said that, on average, children laugh 300 times a day and adults only laugh five times a day, we have to ask […]
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Understanding Trichotillomania One Strand at a Time
Sit back, relax, and imagine this: You are a Sophomore in High School. You hear the unforgettable sound of the fourth-period bell and just like […]
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Genetically Modified Food: A complete and extensive guide
We have all heard about the debate on whether or not it’s better to eat genetically modified food or spend the extra money and buy […]
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Neuro physiotherapy: A complete guide to this beneficial practice
Ever wonder how physical symptoms of diseases such as Parkinson Disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, vestibular dysfunction, brain and spinal […]
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Reactive Depression: A complete guide to this hidden activator
Depression has now become a topic that is talked about prominently in all forms of medium. This has led to a vast amount of knowledge […]
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Teen Depression: Complete guide to understanding this type of depression
Is your teen depressed? What are the top signs and symptoms of teen depression? Is there a correlation between suicide and teen depression? What are […]
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Montessori Method: Discover everything about this alternative teaching method
The Montessori Method is an educational method designed to build a child’s independence. This alternative method is used more and more in schools and homes […]
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Food for depression: How your diet can help improve depression
Food for depression: Have you ever thought about the effects of your daily food intake on your health? Most likely you know by now that […]
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Perfectionist: Are you a perfectionist? Find out everything in this guide
Do you know that person who always makes sure not a hair is out of place? Or the person who always tries to make sure […]
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The Male Brain: Demystifying the Divinely Devised Differences
Male Brain. While women don’t often understand or agree, men have—since the dawn of time—had different instincts, emotions, and approaches to situations. Although these approaches […]
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Chronic Dehydration: A complete guide to the importance of water intake
It’s a hot summer day, we have been running around doing errands and have forgotten to drink water for several hours. Everyone has had this […]
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Impostor Syndrome: Turning Self-Doubt Into Self-Confidence
So you might be thinking, what in the world is impostor syndrome? Is it based on the general definition of the term “impostor?” Does an […]
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Fear: Everything you need to know about being scared
In the famous words of Franklin Roosevelt, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”, but what exactly is fear, what does it […]
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Emotional blockage: What is it and how to overcome it?
Have you ever felt so nervous about an important situation that you couldn’t react? The words aren’t coming out of your mouth? Felt paralyzed? Have […]
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Paranoia: Complete guide to this intense feeling
What is paranoia? What do you mean someone’s paranoid? We’ve all had mild paranoid thoughts at some point, but what exactly is it? What are […]
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Stockholm Syndrome: A complete guide to this curious syndrome
Everyone has heard of those stories of women who don’t leave their abusive husband because they love them or the girls who get kidnapped and […]
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Endogenous Depression: An internal cognitive or biological depression
We all get down in the dumps every once in awhile, but what happens if this lasts for long periods of time? It might be […]
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Menopause: A complete guide to hot flashes and more
Ever been somewhere and all of a sudden feel a flash of hot air going through your body? The sudden sweat and need to take […]
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Spiritual Fasting: Everything you need to know about this religious practice
We’ve heard that Muslims participate in Ramadan and Christians practice the 40 days of Lent. But what does this spiritual fasting mean? What are the […]
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Couples Therapy: Every Question and Answer you might have
Do you argue with your partner? Do you feel like they don’t listen to you or understand you? Have you grown apart? Something is not […]
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The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response – An internet trend with potential?
Have you ever listened to music and felt the chills? Usually this feeling is achieved when we listen to a song we really enjoy. Many […]
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Childhood Obesity: The Increasing Epidemic of New Generations
Kids come in all shapes and sizes, but some of those sizes are dangerous to their health. What is childhood obesity? What are the symptoms, […]
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Obesity: A complete guide to this worldwide growing issue
All over the world, we hear that obesity is a growing issue. Yet, there is a growing market for plus-sizes and campaigns that being bigger […]
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Oedipal or Oedipal complex: What does it entail and its symptoms
The Oedipal complex is a term that everyone hears at least once in their lifetimes, but what is it? What are the symptoms? What is […]
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Narcissistic Personality: A complete guide to loving yourself too much
Have you ever met someone and thought, “Wow, they are so full of themselves? What a narcissist!” What does it mean to have a narcissistic […]
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Parasympathetic Nervous System: A complete guide
Heard of fight or flight mode? What about rest and digest? What is our parasympathetic nervous system, how does it work, and how is it […]
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Intermittent Fasting: A complete guide
Intermittent Fasting: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Most likely you either heard it from your parents […]
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Separation Anxiety: The anxiety of being away from your loved one
Remember when you were a kid and got separated from your mom at the grocery store? Did you ever fear you were going to be […]
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Piaget Theory: Childhood cognitive developmental stages
Piaget theory. How can I tell if my child is developing properly for his age? How do children think, and what are the stages of […]
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Photographic Memory Real: A Snapshot of Photographic Memory
Is having a photographic memory real? A photographic memory is usually used to describe when someone has the stunning ability to recall visual information in […]
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Are You at Risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder? Know its Symptoms and What it’s All About
What is seasonal affective disorder, or SAD? Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression characterized by differences in outdoor seasonal activity. Most people with […]
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How Perception Affects Us: The Pathways and Types of Perception
How does perception affect us? Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us. This involve recognizing environmental stimuli and the actions that are […]
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Decision Making Process: Complete guide
Remember the time when you had to make a difficult decision and it ended up being the right one? Well, what was the process your […]
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Positive emotions: A guide to increase your quality of life
Positive emotions: The pursuit of your favorite activity, hearing a great speech that inspires us or simply laughing with your friends all cause an increase […]
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Stress and Aging: Is Your Stress Aging You?
You wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and ask yourself “why do my eyes look so tired? Have I put on […]
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The Halo Effect: 10 Tricks To Successfully Manage It
The Halo Effect is a phenomenon to which we attribute personality characteristics based solely on the attractiveness of the person. In other words, the handsome […]
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Ambidextrous Brains: How Handedness Affects the Brain
Being truly ambidextrous means that an individual is able to use both their right and left hand equally well. The ability to do simple tasks such […]
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Cognitive Distortions: What are they and How to avoid them?
What are Cognitive Distortions? What are their characteristics and consequences? What types of cognitive distortions are there? In this article, we will solve these questions […]
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A guide to this type of therapy
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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The human touch: connecting two or more humans
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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Brain Reward System: A complete guide to our pleasure center
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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What is Epilepsy: A complete guide to this chronic disorder
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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Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An overview on this type of therapy
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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Psychogenic Amnesia or dissociative amnesia: Complete guide to this memory loss
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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Language Disorders and Speech Disorders: Types and Symptoms
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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Critical Thinking: How to Develop It at Home and at School
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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Stress inoculation: Can you train for stress?
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- Get Back On Track!
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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Somatic Symptom Disorder: An in-depth guide to this illness
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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Looking at the Neuron; Its structures and their functions.
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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Semantic Memory: “It’s on the tip of my tongue!”
“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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Why We Need Closure: Your Brain on Grief
“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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Development of Cognitive Skills; Piaget’s theory.
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: Symptoms and Treatments
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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Sympathetic Nervous System: A guide to understanding how it works
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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Neurodegenerative Diseases: Characteristics, Cures, and Prevention
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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Night Terrors: What are they and what to do about them
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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Compassion: A complete guide on being a compassionate person
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? How to Tell if You Have a Realist Personality
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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