Tag: psychology
Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
The brain operates optimally when it toggles between focus and unfocus, allowing you to develop resilience, enhance creativity, and make better decisions too.....
Can Lucid Dreaming Help Us Understand Consciousness
The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. ..
How To Talk to Someone Who Always Gets Defensive
Maybe you’re talking with your spouse. Or friend. Or brother. Or colleague. Whoever it is, you know that no matter how carefully you say something, the words won’t get through. They’re just so damn defensive.
Shuteye and Sleep Hygiene: The Truth About Why You Keep Waking Up At 3 a.m.
Alice Gregory, a psychology professor at Goldsmiths, University of London and the author of Nodding Off, says it’s quite normal to wake up during the night.
Good Vibes Are Contagious
Emotions even spread virtually. Another study, aptly titled “I’m Sad, You’re Sad,” found that if you are in a negative mood when you text your partner, they are likely to pick up on it and experience a lower mood state themselves.
Why Every Business Leader Should Make An Empathy Plan For 2022
Stress is defined by Merriam-Webster as “something that causes strong feelings of worry or anxiety,” stress has been rising in Americans for years. But now it seems to have become the prevailing emotion of the 2020s.
What Is Emotional Intelligence? Here’s the Simple, Easy to Understand Answer
Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, understand, and manage emotions. Researchers and practitioners may divide it into different facets
Social Psychologist Amy Cuddy on How to Find Power and Confidence in a Crisis
In times of crisis, don’t look to the past or the future for answers. That’s according to social psychologist and behavioral science expert Amy Cuddy.
Why Having Too Much Free Time Might Actually Be a Bad Thing
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, having too much discretionary time is “linked to lower subjective well-being.”