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Research

B-Cell Depletion Enhances Protective Gut-Derived Cells in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disability of long-term inflammatory illness in which your own immune cells mistakenly cause damage to myelin, the insulating sheath on nerves in your brain and spine. Treatments that temporarily deplete a type of B cell

Relationship

Body Image and Sexual Confidence: How Self-Perception Shapes Intimacy 

The concept of intimacy is not only about physical closeness but also about psychological comfort. The body image of a person is their perception of their physical appearance, which is subjective in nature and plays a very important role in

Awareness

Hysterical Blindness: Symptoms, Causes and Intervention

When the Mind Shuts Down Sight, Darkness comes, though the eyes that work just fine. Take this scenario: one morning, sight vanishes without injury, with no physical cause at all. The scans show nothing: no tumours, no lesions, no broken

Awareness Education

World’s Largest Psychological Association: The Birth of APA 

Have you ever wondered who decides what counts as “real” psychology? Who accredits the program that trains your therapist, or sets the citation style you use in every single one of your assignments? Chances are, somewhere behind that answer is

Education

The Peter Experiment and the Psychology of Fear

Have you experienced being scared and panicked as you narrowly dodge a speeding car while driving, and a similar reaction to something as “irrational” as a dog or a spider? To our nervous system, both events are identical; it senses

Awareness Self Help

Most Powerful Ways Neuroplasticity Changes the Brain

Think about learning how to play the guitar, having been convinced for years that you do not possess any musical abilities, conquering your fear through therapy, or recovering your mobility due to a brain injury. Even though these examples do not

Awareness Self Help

How to Set Healthy Boundaries Without Feeling Guilty

Has there been any time that you have done things against your will out of guilt for having to refuse? For example, imagine agreeing to work late after an already exhausting day or saying yes to a friend’s request despite

Relationship

Understanding Toxic Relationship Patterns in Men and Women

Imagine receiving a text from your partner, and instead of feeling excited, you are feeling anxious. You begin wondering whether they are upset, whether you said something wrong, or if there is any new argument incoming. What once felt comforting

Relationship

The Neuroscience of Good Conversations: How Neural Synchrony Builds Connection

A hyperscanning research study shows what occurs in both brains when people are really connected and why someone across from you is more important than you believe.  Think back to when a discussion truly made people feel understood. Not merely

Health Parenting

The Psychology of Early Intervention in Child Development

Children’s first five years of life are a unique period of development. This is a developmental period when the brain is growing faster than at any other time in life, with the formation of about one million new neural connections every