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5 Psychological Strategies to Ease Your Child’s Anxiety Before a Dental Checkup

A trip to the dentist terrifies many children. For a young mind, a clinic offers a harsh mix of psychological triggers, like strange sights, clinical smells, bright lights, loud noises, and a complete invasion of personal space. Doctors call this fear

Industrial

Why Promotions Don’t Always Increase Happiness

For years, you’ve been putting in extra hours, meeting deadlines, and foregoing weekends with family. All of it has been for that promised promotion. And today’s the day. You’ve been congratulated, there’s a hike in your paycheck, and a shiny new

Research

Is Comforting Others Innate or Learned? What Psychology Research Reveals

The research paper titled “Comforting Others Is a Cultural Trait, Not a Universal Instinct” describes how individuals belonging to different cultures comfort those close to them when they feel distressed. The significance of this issue arises from the fact that

Awareness

Digital Identity vs Real Identity: How Social Media Shapes Who We Are

Imagine you are meeting someone new with whom you have been frequently communicating online. This is the very first time you are meeting in person, and you are feeling like you already know them, their hobbies, favourite colour, achievements and

Awareness

The Psychology Behind Self-Medication

Have you ever diagnosed yourself, or have you ever self-medicated, only because you didn’t want to visit your physician or because the health issue was minor? Many individuals give many reasons behind self-medication. They will either take the medicine from

Awareness Health

Patient H.M.: The Man Who Could Never Form New Memories

For over half a century, each morning, a man would get up and think, “Oh, it’s still 1953”. He didn’t even recognise himself in the mirror; he was expecting to see a young man, not an old man! He was able to

Research

New Study Discovers 74 Genetic Locations Linked to Anxiety

Most people around the world deal with anxiety problems, though science hasn’t pinned down exactly why they happen inside the body. What stands out here is how massive amounts of genetic information reveal that tiny shifts in DNA, when gathered

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Is It Okay to Laugh at That? The Science of Dark Humour

Have you ever encountered that stand-up comedy video in which the comedian says, “We are the only country in which we find garbage in a garden and a baby in a garbage bag”? Well, that is an oops moment where

Technology

Is Digital Burnout the New Workplace Crisis? Causes, Effects, and Prevention

It begins with a notification.   A quick email after dinner. Managing the work till midnight. Setting reminders on the calendar for the presentation submission on Monday. Initially, all of these little actions seem adjustable and harmless. However, with time, the

Education Research

Why In-Text Citations and References Matter in Research Writing 

Every piece of research has a story associated with it. A story of years of investigation, literature review, data collection, analysis and eventually presentation. A story where innumerable times the research was drafted, rejected and drafted again. However, imagine you spent