Psychological Science & Research Insights
There is a lot of talk about the benefits of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation. It’s almost common knowledge that mindfulness can positively affect our emotions …
Read moreInfinite Benefits of Mindfulness: Viagra for Cognition & Life
There is a general stereotype that intelligent or super-intelligent people are childish or immature. Why is that? Apart from the fact that some people appear …
Read moreWho appears intelligent? Why are some of them childish?
Summary: A new study argues that children reason if an animal is owned or not based on how much control the owner has on the …
Read moreKids reason that Caged Animals are Owned but Free ones aren’t
Are you the humorous one in your social group? Do you try to be funny? I know I try. But let’s be honest, those puns …
Read moreThe psychology of Humor or “how to kill a joke 101”
We seek meaning. We seek certainty. We seek explanations. Meeseeks purpose. People want to make sense of the world on almost every level of experience. …
Read moreSense-Making: How We Make Sense Of The World & Find Meaning
An interesting theory in psychology called the self-construal theory describes how we place ourselves in society. The self as a concept is quite vague, and …
Read moreSelf-construals in social psychology: Finding the self in society
What is cognition? Cognition refers to all mental processes that lead to thoughts, knowledge, and awareness. The underlying processes are called cognitive processes. They govern …
Read moreCognition 101: Executive functions, Cognitive processes & abilities
With a loose definition of the word universal, a number of words from many languages are almost universally understood. We learn many words across multiple …
Read moreDo Universal Words Exist? From evolution to cognates & iconicity
In this round-up article, I’m going to highlight only the key insights from psychology that will help you use your brain at its highest potential …
Read moreHow To Use The Brain to improve Life, Skills, Expertise & Thinking
Why do random thoughts pop into the mind? Why does the mind wander? Why do we daydream? Why do we get random creative or depressive …
Women perform better on math and verbal tests at higher temperatures while men perform better at lower temperatures, according to a laboratory study on German …
Read moreWomen typically do mental tasks better in warm rooms: Heat affects cognition and equality
Earworms are those bits of songs that crawl through your mind and find a home in the middle of nowhere and everywhere. You know you …
Read moreMusical Earworms: Why songs stick in the head & how to dispel them