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© STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images A large British study suggests that living with others, whether another person, or even a pet, may slow down the decline in cognitive skills that tends to come as people age. Cognitive decline in older adults is a major public health issue, with almost 10% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older estimated to have dementia, and…
Adobe Stock As a clinical psychologist, I often have clients say they are having trouble with thoughts “on a loop” in their head, which they find difficult to manage. While rumination and overthinking are often considered the same thing, they are slightly different (though linked). Rumination is having thoughts on repeat in our minds. This can lead…
These days, we’ve got photographic evidence of our memories just about everywhere we turn. But what about the memories that can’t be called up at the touch of a button or the turn of a page? That’s the case for entire older generations, and one global research project is using artificial intelligence to create images of the memories of early-stage dementia patients. It’s a futuristic technology that recalls the past. (Listen to Podcast)….
When my son was two years old, he slipped and hit his lip on the bathtub. I initially thought he was fine, as he didn’t cry very much, and there wasn’t a lot of blood. However, in the next few days, as his lip started swelling up and he developed two black eyes, I realized he was hurt much more seriously than I initially thought. As it turned out, this high pain tolerance, combined with his hyperactivity, were some of the early signs that my son is hyposensitive.
As Ethan Kross, an American experimental psychologist and neuroscientist, will cheerfully testify, the person who doesn’t sometimes find themselves listening to an unhelpful voice in their head probably doesn’t exist. Ten years ago, Kross found himself sitting up late at night with a baseball bat in his hand, waiting for an imaginary assailant he was convinced was about to break into his house.
In school, the many benefits of reading were often preached, and the one that always stuck out to me the most was the argument that reading fiction increases empathy. It makes complete sense: reading fiction exposes you to the narrative, thoughts, feelings and experiences of someone else, real or not.
How Scammers Use Psychology To Create Some of The Most Convincing Internet Cons Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defenses of their targets,...
Getty/Metro.co.uk I’m ashamed to say that when my husband told me he was terrified of cooked eggs, I mocked him and made jokes, from pretending that there was an egg in something he had just bitten into and waving my egg-based dishes under his nose.
getty Anyone who has been in a long-term marriage or partnership can tell you it’s a long and windy road. Sometimes, things go as smooth as can be. Other times, it can feel like nothing is working.…
This simple reframing of how I view myself feels pretty significant’: Jamie Waters. Photograph: Pål Hansen/The Observer Dr. Nate Zinsser, a top US army psychologist renowned for helping lieutenants…
Getty Arguments are a natural part of marriage. They’re necessary to push one another, to settle disagreements, to make feelings known, and arrive at the best solutions. But, of course, not all arg…
Heathrow airport, London, 2019. Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters Can you recall a time when your workplace was especially busy, and no one seemed to have a chance to take a breather? Even if you wer…
Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defenses…
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Rest – we all need it, but it’s not always easy to come by. Whether it’s catching up on work, helping family, seeing friends, working out or doing chores, something always seems to get in the way. And, to make matters worse, for women, it can often be extra tricky to carve out time for ourselves to simply rest. A 2024…
GETTY Why do some companies enjoy accelerated and sustained growth in defiance of supply-chain glitches, rising inflation and political disruption? Are they just lucky? After analyzing 30,000 businesses and millions of leaders over a 15-year period, business model expert Christopher Skinner believes he has the answer. It doesn’t involve capital, a stellar business plan or genius marketing.…
Depression HelpJeff Zuckerman and his wife had been married for 30 years when she started battling bipolar disorder and depression. She had her first monthslong manic episode in the spring of 2015. Immediately after, she was thrust into a severe depression. The health crises rocked the couple’s marriage.
(Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images) Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, uni…Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, universal non-verbal communication system that comes to life when we gesture without talking. The study of children aged 3 to 12 years old was led by Şeyda Özçalışkan, a psychological scientist at Georgia State University in Atlanta and native Turkish speaker who studies language development in different types of learners and different language speakers.
Emilio Duro in one of his best-known conferences called “Optimism and Enthusiasm” says that 99% of everything we worry about are things that have never happened to us nor will they ever happen. If we think carefully, it is true, because much of our suffering and its causes are in our brain, and what really happens is that we are afraid to suffer.
Development Psychologist: These 3 Little Words Can Increase Both Your Kids’ IQ and Their EQ Getty Images As anyone who has spent any time around little kids can tell you, they’re a font of questions. Being with young children means being barraged with an endless series of “whys” and “hows.” This...
Vicky Leta Recovering from trauma is hard no matter when it happens. However, if adversity happens during childhood, it can be especially hard to overcome. Unlike adults, children have very little control over their environment.
Getty Images Healthcare is broken. Chronic diseases are eating up an increasing share of healthcare resources in every healthcare system across the world in ways that are not sustainable. Yes, ther…
It’s normal to have negative thoughts – but when these thoughts become automatic, they can become a problem. Here, an expert explains the psychology behind ‘automatic negative thoughts’ and how to …
Not everyone excels at reading people naturally. When you first meet someone new, how long does it take you to suss them out? According to research, first impressions are made within 7 seconds. Bei…
There’s a fine balance between confidence and humility. STUDIO GRAND WEB/Shutterstock Parents today spend more time with their children than ever before. Yet, at the same time, they worry more than…
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