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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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 Importance of Motivation: What Is It and Tips to Promote It
The importance of motivation: motivation is the motor that moves our world. You may often hear about a lack of motivation at school or at […]
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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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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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A Snapshot of Photographic Memory: Is Photographic Memory Real?
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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ADHD Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), is characterised by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness’. ADHD symptoms are often noticed at a young age and more apparent when children start school. […]
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Concentration Problems: Symptoms, Causes, and Tips
Problems concentrating isn’t only something that happens to kids- many adults find themselves struggling to concentrate, and we’ve probably all had moments where, no matter […]
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Why Does Your New Year’s Resolution Fail And What To Do About It
As the new year approaches, many people find themselves tallying up all of the things that they didn’t accomplish this year, and making lists of […]
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Adult ADHD- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Adults
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Language Disorders and Speech Disorders: Types and Symptoms
Language disorders and speech disorders are used to describe when a person has a specific difficulty with communication or other areas related to communication, like […]
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Tongue Twisters and Communication: How the Brain Learns Languages
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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Brain plasticity; Rewiring the brain
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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Brain based learning: What is it and how to apply it
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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Metacognition: Thinking About Thinking Improves Learning
Metacognition. Have you ever analyzed the strategies you use for learning new information? Do you read the information out loud several times? Or do you […]
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Too Much Coffee? How Caffeine Affects Your Brain
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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Dysthymia: Persistent Depressive Disorder- What is it and Symptoms
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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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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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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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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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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Cognitive Reserve: What it is, Aging, Alzheimer’s and How To Improve It
We often talk about cognitive reserve when referring to someone who takes care of their brain health, who has the ability to decrease cognitive decline […]
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder In Children: How To Spot It?
Every child and adolescent reacts to difficult situations in their own way according to different factors. Some of them may include: character, genetics, education and culture. […]
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Money doesn’t buy happiness; or does it?
We’ve all dreamt about winning the lottery. We day dream about what we would buy with our winnings. While spending our winnings, basking in the […]
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5 Reasons to Hold A Post-Retirement Job: Life After Retirement
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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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! Although […]
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Endless Possibilities: How Technology Affects Your Brain
In the current times, technology affects your brain in powerful ways that shape who you are as a person. This is especially the case for […]
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Sex differences in the brain: Is there a male and a female brain?
For many years, science has tried to explain how women and men are different beyond sexual traits. On this matter, research continues on how sex differences […]
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Pregnancy and the brain: How does it change you?
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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How to Improve Your Short-Term Memory: Study Tips to Remember Everything
If you want to improve your short-term memory, look no further for some ways to help you out. Your short-term memory is what allows you […]
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Not Sure If You Should Take The Leap? Cognitive Benefits of Learning Foreign Languages
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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10 Simple Exercises to Improve Executive Function At Home
Recent studies have been able to shed some light on executive functions, their importance, and how they can be trained. In this article, psychologist Cristina […]
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Fighting Fear: Living with Panic Disorder
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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What Is Bipolar Disorder? Normalizing Mental Illnesses
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 can change your brain? Find out how it relates to brain shape
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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Emotional memories: How emotions help you remember
Have you ever wondered why are there situations you can remember better and more vividly than others? How you might even experience an intense emotion […]
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Limbo With the Functions of Your Limbic System
Your limbic system is one of the most essential parts of the brain that help you live your daily life. The functions of your […]
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Optimism vs. Pessimism: Which is better for your health?
The way we view the world can say a lot about our mental and physical well-being. It can influence the people we interact with, the […]
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Benefits of exercise on the brain: How does exercise help?
You’ve probably heard before how the brain is “like a muscle” and just like our other muscles, we need to exercise it regularly. But how […]
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10 Percent of Brain Capacity: Is It True?
It’s a myth that commonly appears in advertisements, books and movies: humans can only use 10 percent of brain capacity. But is this really true? Is […]
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What’s the Difference Between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist? Who Should You See?
Many people are unsure of who they should see when they’re going through a rough patch. Do you go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist? […]
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Are You Ready To Make A Change? Tips for How To Start Working Out
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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The different types of neurotransmitters: What are they?
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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Brain Gym: 16 Activities That Will Help Your Brain Stay Younger
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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