Social Capital: Everything you need to know
Social capital is a collection of people networks and relationships connected by shared norms/ideas, values, and behavior that facilitate co-operation & growth. These networks are …
Cyberchondria: Health Anxiety by Googling Symptoms
Free online access to quality health information is nothing short of amazing, but it does create an unfortunate problem. What is health anxiety? When it …
How Food Portions Affect Eating Habits (The Portion Size Effect)
According to WHO, with over 300 million people deemed clinically obese, obesity[1] has reached epidemic proportions. We are in a ‘weight-watching’ culture where we give …
10 Easy Tips to Boost Memory & Delay Cognitive Decline [Reviewed]
Many of us want to improve memory for many reasons – to get more out of life, move ahead in jobs, ace exams, counter memory …
Infinite Benefits of Mindfulness: Panacea for Cognition & Life? Not exactly.
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 …
The psychology of Love, Relationships, Attraction & Romance
Relationships play a crucial role in our lives. Some could be rather short-term and insignificant, like interactions with a shop-keeper or a receptionist, while some …
What’s your attachment style? Insights from Attachment Theory
Do you sometimes wonder how some of your friends feel calm and secure in their relationships with others, while another friend can’t seem to get …
Kids reason that Caged Animals are Owned but Free ones aren’t
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 …
What is anger and how can we manage it?
Summary: We experience anger, an emotion based on the intent to cause harm, to bargain for better treatment from others. We have a welfare trade-off …
Spontaneous cognition (mind-wandering): How random thoughts and daydreams emerge from the brain
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 …
22+ Verified Psychology Facts and Brain Trivia
Here is a curated list of verified psychology facts and misc. trivia about the brain, mind, and behavior. Have fun reading and learning about your …
Musical Earworms: Why songs stick in the head & how to dispel them
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 …
The Coronavirus Mental Health Crisis and its Psychological impact: Research Insights
This article is a summary of recent studies done on the psychological burden and mental health issues emerging from the pandemic. It’ll be updated as …
How Empathy Fails Us: In-group/Out-group Negativity & Emotional Burn-Out
Empathy is generally regarded as a valuable skill in managing and nurturing social and professional relationships. It’s central to helping others and improving social dynamics. …
7 Proven and Practical Emotional Regulation Skills & Techniques [How-To]
We all experience emotions with a huge subjective component. Most of us can recognize the emotions we experience, and sometimes we don’t know what to …
You Procrastinate Because Of Emotions, Not Laziness. Regulate Them To Stop Procrastinating!
There are two trains of thought – One leads to procrastination and one leads to motivation. And somewhere in between, there is a junction called …