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Psychology of Touch

For most of us, the first nurturing touch we experience is when a mother holds her baby in her arms. A mother’s gentle touch communicates a sense of safety and comfort to the newborn. This early skin-to-skin contact stimulates neural

Health

Common Nightmares and Its Impact on Mental Health

Nightmares are a disturbing dream which awakens you from your sleep and even causes anxiety and fear which may make it difficult to fall asleep again. It is associated with negative feelings which might persist even the following day. They

Awareness Self Help

Addressing Mental Health Stigma and Its Impact on Society

Mental Health is the most concerned and talked about issue in today’s world. People are aware of their mental health and take measures to improve it. But society was not always like this, where people accept some things. Most of

Self Help

Leaving the Couch: 9 Practical Ways to Stop Being Lazy

Within our everyday life, we can attribute ‘laziness’ to low academic effort, bad work ethic or even simply a lack of effort. However, in theory, it can be distinguished from fatigue and other psychological blocks that prevent us from performing

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Psychology Behind Token Economy

A token economy is a type of behavioral management in which an individual receives a reward for engaging in the desired behavior. The technique of physically paying someone for exhibiting particular actions that are set as expectations is known as

Awareness Parenting

Understanding My Child’s ADHD

In the past few months, there have been many cases of children being labelled by their school and/or their parents as having ADHD without a proper diagnosis. This is common among adults as well as using the term ADHD for

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Intellectual Disability: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

The term “intellectual disability” is replaced by “mental retardation” by DSM-V as it has negative connotations, is offensive and raises misunderstandings about the nature of the disorder. Intellectual Disability refers to cognitive deficits in intellectual functioning – intelligence, reasoning, planning,

Education

Why Psychology is Important?

Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and behaviour. As a research-and experiment-based discipline, psychology draws on a rich tradition of psychological theory to shape contemporary methods and procedures. Psychology clarifies human behaviour and enables us to comprehend

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7 Tips to Deal with Midlife Crisis

In the movie, Eat, pray, love the protagonist Elizabeth Gilbert (played by Julia Roberts), goes through a phase where she feels lost and dissatisfied with her occupation and lifestyle. She expresses her longing by saying that she wants to feel

Technology

Cyberpsychology: The connection between human mind and technology

Cyberpsychology, also referred to as internet psychology, digital psychology or web psychology is the field of psychology, which studies the way people use digital or electronic devices like computers, mobile phones, laptop, etc. to interact with others and the emotional