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What Makes a Song Catchy? Psychology, Personality, and the Brain

The experience of having a song stuck in your head—known as an earworm—is one of the most common and curious quirks of the human mind. It affects between 88% and 98% of people. And what’s more fascinating? This phenomenon shows

Health

How to Care for Someone with Alzheimer’s: Psychology Backed Tips

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease is a journey filled with love, patience, and many challenges. It affects everyday life in small and big ways, as memory, thinking, and behaviour change over time. Caregivers not only need emotional strength, but

Life Style

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

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

Awareness

Coping or Escaping? Social Media as a Coping Ā Mechanism Ā 

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

Health

How to Keep Your Brain Healthy: Tips from Neuroscience

It was just a week after her 68th birthday when Meera forgot how to get home from the nearby grocery store, which she had walked for over thirty years. When her son found her sitting on the pavement, confused and

Awareness

How Core Beliefs Shape Our Perspective and Behaviour

Think of moving through life with a pair of invisible spectacles that colour every experience, relationship and choice. These “spectacles” are our core beliefs—unconscious assumptions about the self, other people and the world. Often developed during childhood, they work below

Relationship

Why You Might Be Settling for Less in a Relationship – and How to Stop

Just like in Migration, maybe you’re staying in the pond when you were meant to fly. In the amazing movie Migration, the family of ducks lives in the pond. The father duck is being a helicopter parent, afraid of challenges

Education Health

Recognizing Cognitive Biases in Mental Health Diagnosis

Imagine sitting in the office of a therapist, feeling vulnerable and open, ready to receive help and healing, to receive a diagnosis that doesn’t quite capture your experience. That discrepancy is sometimes more than a matter of misunderstanding; it might

Relationship

7 Subtle Signs your Relationship is stealing your Peace of Mind, According to Psychology

Ever observed how your energy changes in the presence of particular people? That friend whose calls you hesitate to answer, or the family member whose visits leave you mysteriously drained. Our interactions have a huge impact on our mental landscape

Life Style

Psychology Identifies 8 Behaviours Common in Nighttime Overthinkers

Do you ever realise you’re overthinking at that moment? But felt helpless at that moment of overthinking. Nighttime overthinking is the most annoying thing. You are trying to turn off your mind and body, but it is coming to the