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Industrial

Why Night Owls Don’t Respond to Antidepressants: The Social Jetlag–Brain Connection

It’s now six thirty in the morning on a Tuesday when the alarm rings loud and clear. The woman who is about to wake up is Maria, an accountant aged thirty-four. She has slept for six hours, but her body

Industrial

5 Stages of Grief Every Entrepreneur Faces After Business Failure

Tiny Speck was founded by Stewart Butterfield to develop a great multiplayer game (Glitch) that ultimately did not have enough users to justify continued development, so the company was closed in 2012. This was a very challenging experience for Stewart

Research

Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease Due to Sleep Deprivation & Sleep Quality

This study examines whether sleep duration and subjective sleep quality are associated with risk for developing Parkinson’s disease (PD). This research is significant because Parkinson’s disease is prevalent among the elderly, and in many people, symptoms like shaking don’t emerge

Research Technology

The Dopaminergic Loop of Predictive AI Feeds: How Algorithms Hijack the Brain’s Reward System

How Logic Algorithms Hijack the Brain’s Reward Structure, and Why Isolation Makes It Worse. Just about every user of TikTok and Instagram Videos, or YouTube Shorts, can probably relate to a certain story. At some point in the evening, a

Education Research

Predictive Processing: Is the Brain Really a Prediction Machine?

Imagine waking up from your sleep and walking to your washroom to get your toothbrush in the usual place. Even before the eyes had fully registered the scene, your brain had predicted where the toothbrush was. However, if the toothbrush

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

Therapy

Retail Therapy: Comfort or Coping? Why We Shop When We’re Stressed

It has not been an easy week for you, and here you are at midnight, browsing through an online store and filling up your shopping cart with things that you don’t even need. Do these instances sound familiar to you? They have

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

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

Positive Self Help

The Fear of Being Average: Why Modern Achievement Pressure Is Hurting Mental Health

A few years ago, success seemed easier to define. For many people, getting a stable job, building meaningful relationships and living a comfortable life were considered enough. Today, however, that definition has changed. It often feels as if being ‘good