Stress ‘changes brains of boys and girls differently’
Source: BBC Very stressful events affect the brains of girls and boys in different ways, a Stanford University study suggests. A part of the brain linked to emotions and […]
Waterfall with soothing music
Relaxing music with nature sounds of forest and zen waterfall for relaxation, sleeping, meditation music and yoga. Relaxing rainforest music with birds and water sound nature meditation and nature background […]
Religion may be a miracle drug: Column
Islam and Psychology: A Collection of ArticlesSource: USA Today By Tyler J. VanderWeele and John Siniff Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning. If one […]
Teen Depression and Anxiety: Why the Kids Are Not Alright
Source: Time By Susanna Schrobsdorff The first time Faith-Ann Bishop cut herself, she was in eighth grade. It was 2 in the morning, and as her parents slept, she sat on […]
The mind games that helped win WWII What did the British government learn from Mein Kampf?
Source: BBC By Fiona Macdonald Secrets and spies The word ‘propaganda’ might suggest some form of misinformation – yet in boosting morale during World War Two, the British government had […]
5 Ways to Deal With a Psychopath
Source: Time By Eric Barker Eric Barker writes Barking Up the Wrong Tree. Experts bet you encounter a psychopath more often than you think I know what some people are thinking: I’m never going to deal with psychopaths. This is just more sensational clickbait junk. Wrong. The experts are betting you […]
Positive thinking can make you too lazy to meet your goals
Source: BBC By Renuka Rayasam 12 October 2016 About fifteen years ago, when entrepreneur Michael Stausholm started a business with a friend, his partner painted a rosy picture of the […]
An ex-FBI interrogator’s tips on handling debate lies
Source: BBC Debate season has arrived, giving fact-checkers plenty of work. Plenty of half-truths (and outright non-truths) were uttered during the Clinton-Trump debate last week, and Tuesday’s Kaine-Pence head-to-head saw […]
Why We’re Addicted to Email—And What to Do About It
Source: Time By Jocelyn K. Glei Jocelyn K. Glei is an advocate of mindful productivity and the author of Unsubscribe In today’s digital world, we’re often expected to be on email […]
The hidden forces shaping your IQ Experience can alter your intelligence in mysterious ways
Source: BBC By David Robson James Flynn is worried about leaving the world to millennials. As a professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand, he regularly meets bright […]
Donald Trump said 34 false things at first presidential debate
Source: Toronto Star Trump continues his pattern of unprecedented serial lying while Hillary Clinton makes four false claims. WASHINGTON—Again, there was no contest: Donald Trump was by far more dishonest than […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]
This Interactive Virtual Reality Experience Relaxes You in Minutes
Source: Time Imagine leaving a stressful day behind and slipping into a magical forest of calming lights and sounds. That’s the vision of LUMEN, a relaxing virtual reality experience that […]
The Morning Ritual That Helps Tony Robbins Stay Positive All Day
Source: Huffington Post Here’s how the life coach begins each day with such positivity. Tony Robbins is a positive person ― indisputably so. As a life coach, the “I Am […]
How others warp you memories
Source: BBC By David Robson 20 September 2016 When we think of our memories, it’s natural to imagine a kind of personal library, a bit like Sherlock Holmes’s memory palace, […]
In the name of freedom, porn is trashing our lives
Source: RNS By Tahir Nasser (RNS) After last month’s spectacle of armed policemen forcibly undressing a Muslim woman on a beach in Nice, France, I wrote a column titled “When did modesty become a dirty word?,” arguing the positive, Islamic case for modesty of dress and behavior for men and […]
Christian fundamentalist schools ‘performed exorcisms on children and beat pupils in religious rituals’
Source: Independent By Siobhan Fenton Social Affairs Correspondent @siobhanfenton Exclusive investigation reveals serious concerns about how children taught at Accelerated Christian Education in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were treated, as ex-pupils claim exorcisms […]
Can you work yourself to death?
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 13 September 2016 The Japanese have a knack for inventing words – and there are some that every self-respecting office worker should have in their […]
Science Explains Why Anxiety Can Be So Hard to Treat
Source: Time By Alice Park New findings in this animal study could lead to better drugs Anxiety, and more broadly, stress, is a common part of everyone’s lives, and for […]
Clues to your personality appeared before you could talk
Source: BBC By Christian Jarrett 9 September 2016 Your personality has been sculpted by many hands. Your genes, your friends, the schools you attended, plus many other factors, will all […]