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When ‘Rest’ Isn’t Rest: How the Default Mode Network Fuels Overthinking

Consider a person whose mind is racing while in a quiet room after a long day. Their body is still while their mind runs. They’re not trying to map out their grocery list or think of a moment of good fun;

Research

Why Chronic Pain Persists: The Brain’s Hidden Pain Mechanism Revealed

A team of researchers and neuroscientists recently identified a new function of the human somatosensory cortex. It is a circuit inside the human brain that only activates after people get injured by something. However, the best part about this research was that

Awareness

Melanie Klein’s Object Relations Theory: How Early Loss Shapes the Infant Mind

From the first few weeks of existence, before we have developed an ability to use language or recall the past, something significant is happening. A baby cries and waits for comfort to be provided or for nothing at all to happen. The

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Interoceptive Prediction Error in Panic Disorder: The Hidden Mechanism Behind Panic Attacks

Sheetal is a 21-year-old B.Tech graduate student. She is currently in her 4th year and is focused on bagging a placement. Twelve companies have already completed their interview for the placements, out of which Sheetal was not even eligible for

Research

How Acetylcholine Controls Dopamine: New Insights from Neuroscience

A recent study conducted by the neurobiologists of New York University studied the movement of dopamine and the way in which it manages different functions inside the brain. For years it has been a continuous struggle for the scientists to explain

Relationship

Digital Intimacy: Redefining Human Connection in the Digital Era

​Human beings are connected. The necessity to establish emotional connections with other people was already discovered long before smartphones, social media, and video calls. It was identified by the British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1969). His Attachment Theory suggested

Social

The Psychological Impact of Digital Socialisation on the Next Generation

The next generation is growing up in a world where they can communicate with people across the world in several ways, rather than through physical meetings.  They can use social media, online games, messaging apps and virtual classrooms to meet many

Health Technology

Culturally Sensitive Digital Mental Health Tools for Indian Adolescents

The mental health of adolescents is the biggest crisis in Indian culture. We didn’t notice the concern about mental health and well-being until the covid crisis. Today, estimates suggest that 7-14 % of adolescents in India face mental health challenges(UNICEF,2023).

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25 years Old Woman Administered Euthanasia after Legal Battle Against her Parents

25 years old, Noelia Castillo Ramos from Barcelona, passed away with the help of voluntary euthanasia on March 26, 2026. Euthanasia is a process that hastens the process of death to avoid suffering. Active euthanasia involves the administration of lethal

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University of Hyderabad Joins Global Study on Farmer Mental Health and Climate Change

Farmers across India face growing psychological strain as temperatures climb. Now, researchers at the University of Hyderabad are stepping into a global effort to understand this shift. Heat waves stretch longer each year, pressing harder on those who work the land.