Algorithms run our world in many ways, from cars to social networks, and even medical recommendation. The researchers in the study below asked whether people would rather trust another person or an algorithm, and the results may be surprising to some, while not to others, but they are relevant to anyone, particularly those with an […]
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COVID has changed the world, and some of these changes will reverberate long after the pandemic has passed. Eating patterns are very basic to everyday life and they are by no means an exception. Psychological distress, stress management, financial difficulties, and abrupt schedule changes may have contributed to disordered eating during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Helpful
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Corporal punishment of children is, fortunately, a practice that is becoming rarer in the world. For the science to back up this trend, the following article may be of interest. The author’s findings suggest that spanking may alter neural responses to environmental threats in a manner similar to more severe forms of maltreatment. https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13565
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There is a new study on the possibility of disrupting the reactivation of trauma memory, which may be of interest to everyone interested in trauma and trauma therapy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00825-5
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Since communication and mental health are tightly interlinked, this article may be relevant to anyone interested in COVID-19, social distancing, and their effect on communication and mental health: COVID-19 and Social Distancing: Impact on Communication, Learnability and Mental Health
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This article may be interesting for anyone who is interested in understanding social anxiety: Response Inhibition, Cognitive Flexibility and Working Memory in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
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Using computer programs to model psychosis can give us greater insight into the nature and development for psychosis. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210401151253.htm
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Communication can be bliss. We fulfill our needs through communicating with others, and it helps if our way of communicating with others is aligned with our needs, values and aspirations. However, too often we do not pay much attention to communication. We might see that something is not working on the job or in a
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Hope is something we feel we need when we don’t have it. Most of the time, we would not even think about it. But the fact that we feel a desperate need for it when fortune seems to have turned against us, shows that it has a powerful role to play psychologically. And, it is
We all want to feel good. Over the years, I have never seen someone who truly wanted to feel bad, but only people who were too afraid to commit to feeling good. Yet one of the reasons why feeling good matters is that we are more creative and innovative when we are in a good
