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Impact of Personality Traits on Cognitive Abilities

Do personality traits affect cognitive abilities? American Psychological Association (APA) agrees by suggesting that organized and self-disciplined people have fewer odds of developing mental illnesses at an older age. The effect of three personality traits, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and extraversion, on

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Organic-Still Panic: Cannabis and its Cognitive Effects

Cannabis is the most widely produced and used illicit drug among humans and it is the third most commonly used controlled substance globally. Its popular use can be attributed to its immediate effect of a pleasant euphoria and a sense

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What Are The Cognitive-Moral Perspectives Regarding The Current Scenario Of Education At Schools In India?

In the dynamics of the contemporary world, it can be seen that the functioning across many areas are conventional. This conventional approach plays a major role where they are equally beneficial and detrimental in some sense due to their inherent

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Cognitive distortions: errors in thinking

I’m sure you all are familiar with the phrase “thoughts become things”. It suggests that whatever we think about the most, we attract that. This concept is perceived to be more of a philosophical theory. Today I’m here to talk

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Is cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) effective for the treatment of Dissociative identity disorder(DID)???

Dissociative identity disorder is a mental disease that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity, and perception”. DSM-5 has defines DID as “a disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession

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Workshop on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: OCD and related disorders – NIMHANS

NIMHANS, The Behavioural Medicine Unit of the Department of Clinical Psychology conducting two days workshop on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: OCD and related disorders on 26th and 27th October 2018. The objectives of the workshop are the Cognitive Behavioral management of Obsessive Compulsive

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Sleep Paralysis: Why People See “Ghosts” 

There are few things more disturbing than waking up to find that your body has concluded it is still asleep. Even though a person can see the room, know the familiar sounds and be certain of their location, they are

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Neuroplasticity After a Stroke: What Research Has Shown About Brain Recovery

A stroke impacts about 15 million people worldwide, and out of those, about 5 million people have permanent damage (World Stroke Organisation, 2022). During a stroke, blood flow to part of the brain is suddenly blocked, either by a blockage

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How Can Detailed Feedback From Robots Hinder Human Learning?

More recently, both the concept of AI tutors and humanoid robots appear destined to be found alongside teachers in the classroom, supervisors on a production floor, and helpers at home; we face an ever-greater decision about the extent to which

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What Makes Someone a G.O.A.T.? The Psychology Behind Greatness

We have all heard the term “G.O.A.T.” used to describe a great player or athlete. But what truly makes someone the Greatest of All Time? Is it talent alone? Or does greatness come from something deeper, such as hard work,