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Life Style

Why You Feel Sluggish Mid-Year and How to Boost Your Motivation  

As the calendar turns to June-July, many people experience a distinct drop in energy and excitement. This phenomenon is known as the “mid-year slump”, which is characterised by low motivation, performance, and innovation. Understanding the underlying psychological principles and executing

Education

Social Emotional Learning 

Imagine a classroom where children name their frustration without shouting, navigate peer conflict with empathy, and bounce back from failure with resilience. This isn’t a utopian fantasy — it’s the visible outcome of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), a revolutionary approach

Positive Research

Kindness Makes Us Better Together: What a New Study Says About Being Nice

In today’s fast-paced and self-centred world, kindness can seem like an underrated virtue, although we are all well aware that it is a good thing. Smile at a stranger, help someone carry their groceries, and say thank you. It feels

Life Style

Emojis as Nonverbal Cues in Digital Communication: A Psychological Perspective 

Digital text lacks facial expression, tone of voice, and gestures, so people have turned to emojis to fill that gap. Emojis function as paralinguistic signals, visual cues that stand in for real-world nonverbal communication. They depict facial expressions and emotions,

Awareness

The Psychology of Green Spaces: Why Nature Heals the Mind

Take a walk in the park, and you’ll likely feel better, calmer, clearer, maybe even a little happier. But why does this happen? What is it about green spaces like parks, forests, and gardens that seems to restore our mind

Health

Chocolate: Your Brain’s Cheat Code for Instant Mood Repair 

That unexpected craving for chocolate when you’re feeling anxious, tired, or low? It’s supported by interesting brain science, so it’s not just in your head—in fact, it is! Chocolate contains a unique blend of natural materials that interact with the

Awareness

Coping or Escaping? Social Media as a Coping  Mechanism  

Ever caught yourself scrolling listlessly through Instagram after a frustrating day, laughing at TikTok to forget a pending deadline, or ranting on Twitter about a difficult morning? You’re not alone. In a time where our phones are essentially part of

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When Fear Keeps Us from Getting Help: The Overlooked Cost of Medical and Dental Fear

It often starts with something small. A sore tooth. A strange ache. A checkup overdue by a few months. You mean to make the call, but you keep putting it off. The pain lingers, but the anxiety surrounding the visit

Industrial

Understanding the Sunk Cost Fallacy: How Past Investments Can Mess Up Future Decisions 

The sunk cost fallacy is a common trap that affects how we make decisions, whether it’s in our personal lives, at work, or even within governments. This fallacy occurs when people or organisations keep pouring resources into failing projects simply

Education

Narratives of the Mind: Where Literature Meets Psychology

There has been a long-formed relationship between all creative endeavours that a man pursues with their psychology, such as reading and writing. Through studies and research, we have come up with the explanation or reasoning behind this complexity of our