How do people typically respond to traumatic stress? What is the best way to support someone in a traumatic crisis? Johan Cullberg, a Swedish professor in …
The dead man’s solution is to have goals that could be achieved by a dead man, such as having no pain or no more terrible …
It can be tough to learn from experience. Experience may frighten us, weaken us or make us self-doubt, but it may also make us stronger. What …
It is annoying not to be able to recall stuff you have just learned, heard about, or witnessed. Imagine you look through all of your …
When we make decisions or judgments, we often use mental shortcuts. The purpose of mental shortcuts is to ease the “cognitive load” of making decisions. Mental …
This topic has received much attention over the years, and we all have our assumptions about it, but what does psychological research tell us about gender …
“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is; it is so inestimable a jewel that, if a tyrant would give his crown for an hour’s slumber, it cannot be bought; of so beautiful a shape is itRead more“The Beauty of Sleep (Quote)”
Much evidence has associated dopamine with the brain’s reward system. For this reason, dopamine has been called the “feel good” or pleasure chemical. Stimulation of …
Why do men and women sometimes find it so difficult to communicate? Do they communicate differently, or is that just a stereotype?
