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More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 23, 20211 min read
How to Hallucinate (Without Drugs)
I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as...
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Phil Harris
Jun 23, 20214 min read
Grey Pride
Legend has it that Marie Antoinette's hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate --...
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Phil Harris
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Night Owl or Lark? Personality Traits Predict Sleep Patterns
The link between the different hierarchies of personality, sleep patterns and even genetics has been discovered by researchers from the...
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Phil Harris
Jun 8, 20213 min read
How Memory Fades
What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over...
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Phil Harris
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Emotional Intensity Harder to Read
A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person's emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on the...
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Phil Harris
Jun 7, 20214 min read
Sleep Patterns Lift Depression
Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person's risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a sweeping new genetic study published...
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Phil Harris
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Narcissists: New Insights
Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Its...
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Phil Harris
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Perfect Parents & Burnout
It's a first: approximately 100 scientists in 42 countries joined forces to learn about the incidence of parental burnout. They found...
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Phil Harris
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Strengths-Based Approaches Work
The unpredictable nature of life during the coronavirus pandemic is particularly challenging for many people. Not everyone can cope...
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Phil Harris
Mar 7, 20213 min read
Micro-Dosing: All in the Mind?
Positive psychological effects associated with taking small doses of psychedelic drugs are likely the result of users' expectations,...
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Phil Harris
Mar 7, 20213 min read
Ritual Reduces Loneliness
f you dunk a tea bag repeatedly into your mug or open a cream-filled cookie to lick the filling, you might find coping with pandemic...
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Phil Harris
Mar 7, 20213 min read
Wisdom vs Loneliness
Research over the last decade has shown that loneliness is an important determinant of health. It is associated with considerable...
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Phil Harris
Feb 24, 20213 min read
ADHD & College Achievement
According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...
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Phil Harris
Feb 24, 20214 min read
Fanatics Brains Unmasked
Researchers have mapped an underlying "psychological signature" for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or...
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Phil Harris
Feb 19, 20213 min read
Personality & Life Expectancy Linked
Ground-breaking research led by University of Limerick has revealed for the first time that the immune system directly links personality...
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Phil Harris
Feb 19, 20213 min read
"Frenemies": Bullying Re-examined
Teens who bully, harass, or otherwise victimize their peers are not always lashing out in reaction to psychological problems or unhealthy...
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Phil Harris
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Beyond Childhood Adversity
It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the...
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Phil Harris
Jan 31, 20214 min read
Perfect Diagnosis of ADHD
A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as...
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Phil Harris
Jan 19, 20214 min read
Adaptability the Key to Depression?
The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn...
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