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Education

How We “Read Minds”: Implicit and Explicit Theory of Mind Explained

When people learn that you hold degrees in psychology, their first question is often, “So … can you read minds?” This inquiry is sometimes made in jest, yet also stems from a sense of curiosity surrounding the field of psychology due to

Health Relationship

The Psychology of Emotional Granularity: Why Naming Your Feelings Changes Everything

As adults, we do not necessarily have the same amount of common ground. In addition to sharing interests or agreeing upon a preference, having an emotional connection and mutual understanding has become more important than ever before. When forming a friendship, we

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 Psychology Student Syndrome and Psychological Well-Being: A Narrative Review

Academic training in the field of psychology often creates a perception among psychology students that they are emotionally intelligent or psychologically resilient. However, recent research and classroom experiences indicated that these students are indeed vulnerable to unique emotional and cognition-related

Health Relationship

Hypervigilance in Post-Relationship Adjustment: Why the Brain Stays on Alert

Leaving a toxic relationship is supposed to feel like freedom. And in many ways it does, but for a significant number of survivors, freedom arrives accompanied by an unwanted passenger: a nervous system that cannot stop scanning for danger. Doors

Pets

PE(T)ALKS

Daffy: “You humans talk a lot, fight a lot, cry and love a lot too! Well, so do we! We communicate a lot with you and also understand you better than you humans!  How? Here is our story!” According to the

Awareness

Perfectionism as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor

Perfectionism has been found to serve as a risk factor across diagnoses. The unending need to become “better” at something, essentially the ability to do something “better” today than you did yesterday, propels us into a state of perfectionism. Success and perfectionism

Education

Attention Restoration Theory: How Nature Recharges the Human Mind

Mikhil is a 27-year-old corporate employee. He has been working for the past 5 years in his current firm, which is very far from his home. He has to drive almost 1 hour to reach his office. Recently, he has

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Attachment Styles in Surrogate Mothers: An Opinion

Surrogacy used to be morally incorrect and socially strange. Now it’s a standard method of making individuals reproduce in most countries. Couples and individuals get an actual chance at parenting with the help of surrogacy, especially couples who deal with

Positive

Joy on Screen: Exploring Contemporary Buddhism and Positive Psychology

The term “Buddhism” encompasses a wide range of customs, beliefs, and practices that have been embodied in various civilisations throughout history since they first emerged in the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths, the

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The Psychology of Self-compassion in Achieving Long-term Health Goals

Self-compassion has a branding problem. To many health-strivers, it sounds like letting yourself off the hook, lighting a lavender candle, and eating biscuits while your goals slowly but surely die. Yet psychology tells a far more interesting story, and one