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Relationship

What Makes Love Last? The Science Behind Relationships That Work

Most people think successful relationships are about finding “the one,” never fighting, or keeping the spark alive forever. But four decades of research involving thousands of real couples tell a different story: love that lasts isn’t about luck—it’s about skill. Skills are simple but powerful behaviours that help them connect with others on a deep […]

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Entertain

What Makes a Song Catchy? Psychology, Personality, and the Brain

The experience of having a song stuck in your head—known as an earworm—is one of the most common and curious quirks of the human mind. It affects between 88% and 98% of people. And what’s more fascinating? This phenomenon shows up remarkably evenly across cultures and demographics. Recent studies have uncovered the neural basis of […]

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Education Therapy

The Stories They Make up: Analysing Children’s Apperception Test (CAT)

Individuals’ personalities are formed by their consistent actions, feelings, and thoughts (Bergner, 2019). Direct questionnaires are a common method to study personality, but they may not be useful to reveal unconscious thoughts and emotions. To solve that problem, psychologists invented projective techniques, relying on vague and open-ended materials that allow experts to uncover a person’s […]

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Technology

The Risk of Misinformation: Who Gets to Talk About Mental Health Online?

In recent years, the debate about mental health has increased significantly across digital platforms, indicating a greater recognition of its importance in our overall well-being. Mental health awareness has grown into a significant public health concern, sparking discussions that extend beyond traditional professional settings and into the enormous expanse of the internet. Social media platforms have evolved […]

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Education

Rethinking School: India’s Mindful Education Revolution 

The bell tolls. A group of thirty kids rush to the benches, open similar textbooks, and wait for instruction. For millions of Indians, this image represents education. A silent revolution, however, is developing behind this rhythm. Students create rainwater harvesting devices at the Poorna Learning Centre in Bengaluru. While harvesting millet in Puvidham, Tamil Nadu, […]

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Relationship

The Internal Working Model of Relationships: How We Subconsciously Predict Love? 

Have you ever wondered why you’re drawn to certain people, why some relationships feel safe and effortless, while others feel like constant push and pull? Love is often seen as a mystery, something magical that happens when two people “click”. Most of us think love is just chemistry and coincidence, but beneath the surface, there’s […]

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Positive Self Help

How to Cope with Mental Health in Conflict Zones

From our homeland to vast areas of the geographical landscape of the world, war always stands as an issue of extreme mental health challenges and family crisis, especially in third-world countries that deal with the idea of lost hope, homes, and family. Grief settles like a leech and sits with the citizens as collective anxiety […]

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Self Help

How the Brain Constructs Our Sense of Self 

What does it mean to be “you”? Is it the body you inhabit, the voice in your head, your memories or something deeper, more elusive? The sense of self, while feeling natural and seamless, is actually the product of an intricate choreography within the brain. This invisible construction project involves multiple networks, each weaving together […]

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Life Style

How Do We Construct Meaning in Life? A Psychological Perspective

The search for meaning in life is a basic human aspiration, intersecting the desire to find purpose and significance in our situation. This pursuit concerns how people experience their situations and relations and, ultimately, define themselves and their way ahead. The literature highlights that meaning-making is associated with increased resilience, satisfaction, and good mental health […]

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Education

What Is IGNOU’s 240-Hour Internship and Why It Matters for Psychology Students

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the largest open universities in India, offers a range of courses, including the Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology. The MA programme in Psychology aims to provide learners with a sound grounding in psychology and human behaviour by systematically examining a wide range of psychological principles, […]

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