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Information and useful news to keep your brain and body in good health. Interesting articles about psychology, latest discoveries, brain health, interesting facts, nutrition, IQ, memory, etc. Different professionals and specialists help us understand health and how to take care of ourselves.

Are You at Risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder? Know its Symptoms and What it’s All About

May 5, 2018 - Radiyyah Hussein

What is seasonal affective disorder, or SAD? Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression characterized by differences in outdoor seasonal activity. Most people with […]

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Positive emotions: A guide to increase your quality of life

May 4, 2018 - Patrick Agresz

Positive emotions: The pursuit of your favorite activity, hearing a great speech that inspires us or simply laughing with your friends all cause an increase […]

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Stress and Aging: Is Your Stress Aging You?

May 3, 2018 - Puja Sethi

You wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and ask yourself “why do my eyes look so tired? Have I put on […]

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The Halo Effect: 10 Tricks To Successfully Manage It

May 2, 2018 - Alejandra Salazar

The Halo Effect is a phenomenon to which we attribute personality characteristics based solely on the attractiveness of the person. In other words, the handsome […]

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Ambidextrous Brains: How Handedness Affects the Brain

May 1, 2018 - Jacquelyn Brown

Being truly ambidextrous means that an individual is able to use both their right and left hand equally well. The ability to do simple tasks such […]

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Cognitive Distortions: What are they and How to avoid them?

April 30, 2018 - Ainhoa Arranz

What are Cognitive Distortions? What are their characteristics and consequences? What types of cognitive distortions are there? In this article, we will solve these questions […]

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A guide to this type of therapy

April 23, 2018 - Jenna Buono

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contextual therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, to increase psychological flexibility and behavioral changes. Steven C. Hayes is the founder […]

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The human touch: connecting two or more humans

April 20, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Human touch has been important throughout history and is vital to our wellbeing- but, why? What is the human touch and how does it affect […]

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Brain Reward System: A complete guide to our pleasure center

April 20, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Our brain reward system is incredible in how it functions! But what is it and how does it function? How does the brain reward system […]

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An overview on this type of therapy

April 16, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Imagine having emotions that are constantly difficult to control… behaviors that are hard to live with. In this article, we will cover what dialectical behavior […]

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Psychogenic Amnesia or dissociative amnesia: Complete guide to this memory loss

April 13, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Imagine going through an accident and not remembering anything surrounding the accident, including the accident itself. This is what is known as psychogenic amnesia. In […]

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Language Disorders and Speech Disorders: Types and Symptoms

April 12, 2018 - Alejandra Salazar

Have you ever had a hard time pronouncing things, articulating words, mixing up word meanings? These are some aspects or symptoms of language disorders. The […]

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Stress inoculation: Can you train for stress?

April 11, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Imagine a time when you were so stressed out about something, it made everything worse. Welcome to stress inoculation 101! In this article, we will […]

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Somatic Symptom Disorder: An in-depth guide to this illness

April 9, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Ever felt that that migraine was a tumor forming in your brain? Well, if you have somatic symptom disorder, that’s exactly how it is! In […]

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Looking at the Neuron; Its structures and their functions.

April 9, 2018 - Rupinder Bajwa

Cell body. There are around 100 billion neurons in the brain! Neurons are really small, measuring in microns (thousands of a millimetre) The smallest neuron […]

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Why We Need Closure: Your Brain on Grief

April 5, 2018 - Deepti Varathan

“I just need to know what happened.” This is the sentiment of many who have lost someone. After a tragedy like a plane crash, millions […]

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Drug Withdrawal: Symptoms and Treatments

April 5, 2018 - Rupinder Bajwa

Drug Withdrawal Definition: group of symptoms that occur as a result of a decrease or stopping intake of a medication, recreational drugs or substances, to […]

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Sympathetic Nervous System: A guide to understanding how it works

April 4, 2018 - Anna Bohren

Our bodies rush with adrenaline and we get into fight-or-flight mode, which is the activation of our sympathetic nervous system. But what is it? How […]

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Neurodegenerative Diseases: Characteristics, Cures, and Prevention

April 3, 2018 - Alejandra Salazar

Neurodegenerative diseases- What are they? Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by damage to the nervous system, causing cognitive decline and changes in brain functions and how the […]

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