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Children better at delaying Gratification are more likely to be better in Academics

Two professors of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Dr Chen Luxi and Jean Yeung published a study on “Delayed Gratification Predicts Behavioural and Academic Outcomes: Examining the Validity of the Delay-of-Gratification Choice Paradigm in Singaporean Young Children” funded

Awareness

Do you know the Mental Health Benefits of Fasting?

Fasting in layman terms refers to giving up food consumption for a certain interval such as a day or two. Intermittent fasting refers to having a coordination between fasting and normal eating. Further there have been a lot of different

Self Help

Harmful Behaviours that are actually Trauma Response

Trauma has become a jargon these days as people on social media platforms are using it frequently not knowing the severity and the spectrum of traits it holds. A prevalent example of a traumatic event can be children being threatened

Crime Education

The Psychology Behind the Last Meal Requests of Criminals

The tradition to give the last meal requested by a condemned before execution person is a part not only of modern penology; this gesture should relate to a ritual enmeshed since human memory. For instance, in the history of food,

Education

A Guide to Trauma Response

In this context, the term “trauma” refers to occurrences that elicit powerful physiological and emotional reactions. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, trauma happens when a person undergoes an emotionally

Life Style

Zeigarnik Effect: Understanding Unfinished Tasks and Mental Persistence

How many times have you found yourself laying half-awake in bed, your subconscious criticizing you for an incomplete task? Anxiety and stress grappling up your head? However, it is doubtful that if you have felt this sense of urgency with

Self Help

Five Tips to Deal with Turning Points in Life

Life is full of uncertainty and challenges. Time throws various obstacles and disturbs the trajectory of life. As put by Wheaton and Gotlib (2009), the continuation of a direction is called a trajectory. It is the result of all the

Life Style

The Psychology of Hunger

We require energy and nutrients for the functioning of our body. And these nutrients in our body come mostly from what we eat. Now what we eat and how much we eat mostly depends on hunger. Hunger is a psychological

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Losing a Soulmate: A Journey of Grief, Loss and Keeping Hope

Grief, the emotional response to the loss of a loved one, is a profound and universal experience. It is a complex and often tumultuous journey through a range of emotions that can deeply affect an individual’s mental health. Let’s uncover

Self Help

How Meditation Changes Your Brain

“He who is mentally concentrated, sees things according to reality.” as the great Gautama Buddha has said. In the hustle bustle of daily life, our mind screams a thousand chants and sings a hundred sonnets. It gets difficult to centre