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Alien Hand Syndrome: The Mystery of Uncontrolled Movements

Imagine you connect your Bluetooth speaker to your mobile and start listening to your favourite songs. Suddenly, the speaker starts to play random songs. Those are songs that you don’t have on your mobile. You try to switch songs on

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How Brain Rot is silently ruining our lives: A Psychological Perspective

Social media has become omnipresent in the lives of every digital-age citizen through interaction, information consumption, self-perception, and perception of others. While platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok have revolutionized communication, they have also introduced new psychological challenges. The

Self Help

We all need to (and can) get back on our feet after facing an Academic Failure

The current scenario of academics in India is rife with cutthroat competition and greatly unpredictable. From increasingly challenging competitive exams ranked among the ‘toughest in the world’, to paper leaks, students are surrounded by difficulty and uncertainty. These can take

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Study Reveals Potential Link Between Multiple Sclerosis and Reduced Alzheimer’s Risk

A recent study published in Annals of Neurology has uncovered a promising link between multiple sclerosis (MS) and a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Conducted by Dr. Matthew Brier and his team at WashU Medicine, the research was inspired by

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Calm Your Nerves: Dietary Changes for Reducing Anxiety

Anxious about your upcoming exams? Oh, that’s fine. You’ll do well. Is your mother sick? So you’re afraid something might happen to her? Don’t worry. Things will get better. Worried that you might be late for your first interview if

Awareness

Is Delulu the Solulu?: Delusions and Genz

“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.” Christian Bovee This Christian Bovee Quote from centuries ago echoes the sentiments of Gen-Z social media users who proudly describe themselves

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Neurotransmitter Switch May Trigger Autism Symptoms

A recent study from the University of California San Diego has investigated how changes in neurotransmitter levels during early brain development might be associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The research, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy

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The Psychology Behind Hoarding Behaviour

Hoarding is relatively common; we all know someone with a garage full of random trinkets and things that seem of little use; however, there is a certain point where hoarding becomes an issue. For this reason, Hoarding Disorder has been

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Addiction vs Compulsion

Addiction refers to a persistent and intense urge to use a psychoactive substance or engage in a behavior which produces natural rewards, barring its detrimental consequences. An individual when consumes a particular substance or engages in an activity, activates the

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Self-Isolation & Healing from it

Self-isolation can be defined as a state or condition in which the person prefers to stay away from others, for a certain period, willingly. It can be exercised by means of not attending social events, family or friends together or