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Rumination: Does Thinking Things All Over Again Actually Help?

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:30:05 +0000

“We think rumination will untangle the knot, but it only tightens it.” Returning to the same thoughts again and again, especially when something feels unresolved or difficult? This kind of thinking process is labeled as rumination in psychology studies. It can feel like a form of problem solving. Many people experience it as an attempt […]

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When the Body Reacts, the Mind Makes Meaning: How Emotions Take Shape

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:53:49 +0000

How Emotions Take Shape Over Time We often talk about emotions as if they simply appear. Anxiety hits. Anger flares. Joy arrives. This makes emotions sound like automatic signals sent by the body — clear, direct, and almost self-explanatory. But psychological research suggests something more nuanced: Emotions or feelings are something that take shape depending […]

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Why Should I Forgive? Forgiveness Helps You Forget and Move On

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 29 May 2014 18:08:27 +0000

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 forgive someone is an effortful activity: to forgive, we need to overcome strong negative emotions and replace these with more positive emotions. This takes an effort, but it […]

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Does Confidence in Your Memory Mean That You Are Correct?

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 07 May 2014 17:42:26 +0000

Confidence in one’s memory is generally believed to be a sign of memory accuracy, but this is not always the case. Some studies have shown a high correlation between confidence and accuracy, while others have shown little to no correlation. New experimental research by Roediger & DeSoto (2014), published in the journal Memory, has examined the relationship between […]

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How Different Colors Carry Meaning and Influence ‘Consumer Behavior’

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:46:00 +0000

Colors carry meanings, and they have an impact on emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. The meanings of colors are produced at an early stage of visual processing which does not require one’s awareness (Elliot & Maier, 2013). The meaning of colors are learned. We have learned to associate different colors with different meanings in a nonconscious manner. In other […]

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The Focusing-Effect: Why We End Up Making the Wrong Decisions

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:22:00 +0000

When we make decisions, we often get very focused on certain aspects of the decision. This article describes this tendency (=the focusing-effect) in detail and the research surrounding it. The focusing-effect (bias) is the fact that people make decisions on the basis of the most pronounced and distinct information they have available in their working memory, […]

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