A rock'n'roll myth has been debunked by researchers who discovered drugs don't spark creativity. The University of Essex and Humboldt University of Berlin psychological study has revealed narcotics are the least effective ...
Mar 28, 2023
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The first national study to examine age patterns in daily stress across a 20-year time span showed that for most Americans, stress decreases as we age.
Mar 27, 2023
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Many psychological studies rely on participants to give up their time to take part in experiments or complete questionnaires. They take part because they get paid or because they are required to as part of their university ...
Mar 14, 2023
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An American man developed an Irish accent following treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. The man was in his 50s and had never been to Ireland.
Mar 1, 2023
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Tapping into the dark side and using anxiety and anger can spark more success than fun and relaxation—but at the cost of your health. The multi-national research led by The University of Essex has uncovered how the mind ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Many fears develop during childhood. And the scientific literature is quite clear: learning to fear through observation is common especially in children who take their parents as models and learn to fear a stimulus without ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Movies, books and podcasts have popularized the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, but they also have contributed to the longstanding myth that women are incapable of committing such heinous crimes. ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Core symptoms of anxiety and depression were more common among younger generations compared to older age groups during the COVID-19 outbreak—with the gap between young and old widening further during the pandemic, according ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Up to one in five adults with a history of poor mental health reported they were "much worse off" financially a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to one in ten of those who had never had psychological problems in ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Music is the language of emotions, arousing and regulating our feelings. For example, research has shown that college students listen to music 37% of the time, and it fills them with happiness, elation or nostalgia during ...
Jan 5, 2023
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