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Classical Conditioning: A Simple Exploration through Ivan Pavlov

Ding!Ding! You hear the school bell ring and it is lunch break, you immediately open your tiffin box and start eating. Why do we automatically open our tiffins to eat as soon as the bell rings? This association of the lunch break bell sound and the act of eating is what Ivan Pavlov called classical […]

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Health

Is It Possible To Work With Schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which a person’s thoughts are distorted that makes them interpret the reality in a different or an abnormal way. Schizophrenia impairs the daily life functioning of an individual and could even make a person specially abled as it may lead a person to experience hallucinations, delusions and even distorted […]

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Health

Understanding Aphasia: Types, Causes and Treatment

At the young age of 30, Louis Victor Leborgne began having epileptic fits and speech impediments. After being admitted to the hospital, he spent the rest of his 21 years of life there. But there was something that made Leborgne different from all the other patients at the psychiatry division- he could only speak one […]

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Therapy

15 of the Best Couples Therapy Techniques to try

Couples therapy is a form of therapy that aims at solving interpersonal conflicts and issues arising between you and your partner. It involves the therapist acting as a mediator between romantically involved individuals to form a communication bridge that was previously missing. Studies published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, it can be […]

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Awareness

The Darker side of Our Emotions

People sometimes use sentiments, moods, and emotions interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. Emotion is described as “a complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements” by the American Psychological Association (APA). People respond to issues or circumstances that they think are relevant based on their emotions. Subjective experience, physiological reaction, and […]

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Self Help

How Radical Acceptance can make life easier to live

We all have bad days, don’t we? Days when you think God is out there testing your patience. Like when you have just broken up with your partner, lost a job, failed an exam etc. these are all difficult situations for us, and to deal with this usually we bargain, complain, and cling to the […]

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Positive Self Help

The Power of Vulnerability

Kaira’s character from the movie ‘Dear Zindagi’, played by actor Alia Bhatt, is seen at the beginning of the movie as someone who has a guard up and is scared of showing her real self to those around her. But throughout the movie, we see her become increasingly vulnerable- this sets the tone for her […]

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Awareness Self Help

15 proven Tips for Better Sleep Hygiene

The concept of sleep hygiene first caught on when Peter J. Hauri coined the term in 1977 whilst formulating a set of rules to achieve better sleep. Good sleep hygiene can lead to many psychological, physical, and behavioural benefits. Some tips to aid you in maintaining good sleep hygiene backed by scientific evidence are as […]

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Life Style

The Psychology of Temptation

Temptation is the term used by people so often to express the feeling of craving, when they want to do something or have something specific for themselves, even when they know they should avoid having or wanting it as it is the best option for them. We’ve heard people saying “This desert looks so tempting” […]

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Awareness

The Onion Model: Understanding the Psychology of Human Personality

Curry developed and designed a model to understand the complexities of human personality. This model is known as ‘The Onion Model’ of personality. It is also referred as the Onion Theory or the Layers of Personality Model as well. This model helps in understanding and comprehending the different layers of personality of an individual. How […]

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