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Technology

Digital Hoarding: The Clutter we don’t see

In your life, you would have come across certain people, whose digital storage spaces like Google Mail, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc are perpetually brimming with emails, documents, photos, videos and assorted digital information. They would continue hoarding their digital collection

News

New Research Challenges Belief That Big Groups Hinder Teamwork

According to a recent study, flexible social connections improve teamwork, refuting that larger groups hinder cooperation. Researchers observed that in a prisoner’s dilemma game, participants in greater groups cooperated more frequently, despite memory restrictions. According to brain scans, participants’ prosocial

News

Surprising links found between suicide rates, weapon access and violence exposure 

Suicide continues to be one of the primary causes of death among teenagers and conducive research exploring the factors influencing suicide reveal deeper insights into this morbid topic. A research study done on high school students from the USA unveiled a

Life Style

6 Factors that make you less attractive, According to Psychology

Have you ever examined why certain individuals are able to connect with others so easily while others find it difficult? Unexpectedly, the solution is found in subtle psychological aspects that affect how attractive we seem to others as much as in our

Parenting

The Science of Adolescent Egocentrism

Adolescence is a time of major changes in the body, feelings and thinking. Self-focus is often taken to an extreme during this age, something Elkind deduced in 1967 as Adolescent  Egocentrism. Such a concept may shed light on why teenagers

Awareness

Microaggressions Explained: Understanding, Impact, and Solutions

Microaggressions are intentional or inadvertent, short, everyday verbal, behavioural, or environmental insults that convey hostility, disdain, or negative prejudice toward any group—especially culturally marginalised groups. Another type of microaggression is microinvalidation, which is the rejection or negation of someone’s identity or

Awareness

Why We Talk to Objects: The Psychology of Human Connection with the Inanimate

Picture yourself hurrying through your day when your foot is abruptly caught by a chair leg. You mumble, “Why would you do that?” without thinking. It’s more frequent than we may think to talk to inanimate objects, whether it’s to

Awareness

The Upside Down of Binge Watching

Remember the last time you ran from one corner of your house to another and grabbed the remote to switch on the television just in time for your favourite TV show or a special movie premiere? Maybe you still do

Therapy

How Psychologists Turn Therapy Resistance into Progress

Have you ever found yourself escaping questions about your feelings, skipping responsibilities, or avoiding difficult conversations? Perhaps avoiding the situation rather than facing the reality felt less overwhelming. This hesitancy, which is frequently referred to as resistance, is something we

Awareness

Can the Presence of Mental Health Issues Masquerade as Increased Hunger?

Do you often find yourself stuck in a loop of eating even if you aren’t hungry and then feeling guilty about it? Do you often find yourself bingeing on food products rich in sugar during stressful times? Does your body