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4 Ways Mindfulness Meditation Improves Well-Being
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Why Should I Forgive? Forgiveness Helps You Forget and Move On
Why should you forgive someone for being unfair? In fact, research shows that forgiveness can enhance psychological well-being, physiological health, and spiritual well-being (Noreen et al., 2014). To...
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Moderate Levels of Stress Enhance Learning, While High Levels of Stress...
A number of studies have examined how stress affects learning and memory, but the literature has shown mixed results. Joëls and colleagues (2006) have summed up the results. In fact, stress may enhance...
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12 Common Irrational Beliefs
Dr. Albert Ellis was a practitioner of rational emotive behavior therapy. During his time as a therapist, he identified 12 irrational beliefs that many people have. Ellis’ definition of an irrational...
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Study: Being in Love is Associated With Reduced Cognitive Control
Everyone who has been in love knows how it feels: “Falling in love is an experience that involves very intense affective and cognitive changes including euphoria and overwhelming joy, increased arousal...
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Can People Hold 7±2 Objects in their Short-Term Memory or What?
Myth: People can hold 7±2 objects in their short-term memory. Fact: English-speaking people can on average hold 7±2 unidimensional objects in their short-term memory. One of the most cited papers in...
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Write Down Your Thoughts to Become More Mindful and Consciously Aware
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The Affect Heuristic: How We Feel is How We Think
Do you feel that your emotions control what you think? Or do you find it difficult to be rational when you are emotional? Consider this example: If someone has harmed you, you quickly arrive at the...
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Does Brain Training Work or is it a Waste of Time? This is What Research Shows
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The Saying ‘I Know How You Feel’ is Flawed, From a Psychologist’s Perspective
Have you ever said to someone, “I know how you feel“? Well, I think most of us have at some point, but do we truly know how others feel, or is it just a saying that we use for better or worse? …...
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Psychology Resources: List of Blogs, Databases, and Videos
Psychology blogs Research Digest by The British Psychological Society: A great concise blog on brain and behavior PsyBlog by Jeremy Dean: A popular psychology blog that covers many areas of... [[ This...
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Social Effectiveness Therapy Beats Social Anxiety, Study Shows
At some point in our lives, we all experience symptoms of anxiety. Public speaking or other unfamiliar situations can provoke natural feelings of anxiety. When these natural feelings turn into... [[...
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Don’t Fear Responsibility Because ‘With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility’
When we hold others responsible, we expect something from, and in order to expect something from others, we must trust and believe in them. We have to believe that they are capable of doing what we......
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The Three Most Basic Psychological Needs, and Why We Need to Satisfy Them
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The Reasons Why People Maintain Negative Self-Evaluations
Why would people maintain negative self-evaluations when they result in a great degree of distress? What purpose do negative self-evaluations have? Do they help us solve our problems, or do they...
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Study: Higher Income is Related to Less Daily Sadness but Not More Daily...
A new large-scale study of over 12,000 participants shows that higher income is associated with less daily sadness but not more daily happiness (Kushlev, Dunn, & Lucas, 2015). Previous research......
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What does it mean to fall in love? “Falling in love is an experience that involves very intense affective and cognitive changes including euphoria and overwhelming joy, increased arousal and energy,...
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Myth: People can hold 7±2 objects in their short-term memory. Fact: English-speaking people can on average hold 7±2 unidimensional objects in their short-term memory. One of the most cited papers in...
View ArticleWrite Down Your Thoughts to Become More Mindful and Consciously Aware
Do you make shopping lists? Do you use your calendar for planning? Or do you otherwise tend to write down your thoughts? Good! Writing things down can help you become more mindful and consciously...
View ArticleThe Affect Heuristic: How We Feel is How We Think
Do you feel that your emotions control what you think? Or do you find it difficult to be rational when you are emotional? Consider this example: If someone has harmed you, you quickly arrive at the...
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