Prosopagnosia: Inability To Recognize Loved Ones
Prosopagnosia or face blindness is quite a devastating condition. Imagine, suddenly finding yourself at a position where you are unable to recognize your family and […]
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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.
OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Danger of Repetitive Behaviors
OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Knock-knock-knock. You knock 3 in a steady manner. Every single wooden piece of furniture in your room needs to be knocked. […]
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Child Hyperactivity: What it is, causes and how does education play a role?
Sometimes we find “unruly” and restless children in the classroom, whose grades keep getting worse and disrupt the class any chance they get. They can’t […]
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What Is Early Onset Dementia? Signs And Symptoms
Early onset dementia. Imagine you are at your friend’s 50th birthday gathering and you forget everyone’s name, how you got there and where you are? […]
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Placebo Effect: What is it and how does it work?
The medical and scientific community has recognized the placebo effect for many years. For a person that is not involved with science, the phrase might […]
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Optogenetics: An all powerful revolutionary technique?
Optogenetics is a new form of stimulating and controlling cells in the living tissue. Research is advancing in ways that we have not thought imaginable […]
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Benefits of exercise on the brain: How does exercise help?
You’ve probably heard before how the brain is “like a muscle” and just like our other muscles, we need to exercise it regularly. But how […]
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Microsleep: What is it, symptoms and dangers of sleep deprivation
Microsleep is such a common that many don’t even realize the real-life dangers of it. It is one thing to doze off in class for […]
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Nail biting: Everything you need to know to stop doing it.
Nail biting habit or onychophagia is one of the most common nervous problems. Do you want to stop biting your nails forever? In this article, […]
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Bedwetting: Find out why does your child still wet the bed
Your child over 5 years old is still bedwetting? It is a problem that we should try to tackle as soon as possible. Discover in […]
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Phantosmia: A Complete Guide to Smell Hallucinations
Phantosmia is when one senses a strong odor that isn’t there and is also referred to as an olfactory hallucination. Phantosmia can be brought on […]
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Metacognition: Thinking About Thinking Improves Learning
Metacognition. Have you ever analyzed the strategies you use for learning new information? Do you read the information out loud several times? Or do you […]
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Childhood Development Stages: Learning and Development
“Crawl before you walk, walk before you run!” When it comes to childhood development stages, this phrase is certainly true. Before children learn to talk […]
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Tourette’s Syndrome: Complete guide to understanding and treating it
Tourette’s syndrome is a type of tic disorder that severely incapacitates the person. What usually draws attention are the cases in which these people repeatedly […]
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Types of hormones: People are pure chemistry
Types of hormones. What are hormones and what functions do they have in our body and brain? Why are these substances so important? Humans are […]
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Benefits of crying: Why do we cry? Discover 9 psychological benefits
Benefits of crying. Why do we cry? Is crying unhealthy for you? We cry for joy, for emotion, for love, for sadness, for pain, for anger, etc. […]
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Acute Stress: Are You Controlled By Your Nerves?
We face stressful situations in our day-to-day that cause behavioral and emotional problems. These problems caused by stress usually go away on their own, but […]
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Coprolalia: The reason behind involuntary profane outbursts
Obscene language is a big part of everybody’s daily lives – whether we like to believe it or not. Perhaps you banged your toe against the […]
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Psychotic Episode: What is it, causes, awareness and more
A psychotic episode is an incident in which reality judgment is severely affected. It not only appears in the course of a serious illness, such […]
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Vascular Dementia: Causes, Symptoms and Prevention
The term dementia is familiar to everyone, however, what is Vascular Dementia? Throughout this article will explain what is this type of dementia, its causes, […]
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Emotional Intelligence Test: 24 questions to measure your EQ
Emotional Intelligence Test. “Your IQ affects only 20% of your work and professional success, but emotional intelligence affects an 80%” Do you dare to take […]
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Emotional Intelligence: What is it, interpretation models and controversies.
Emotional Intelligence. Mark and John had a fight with their boss. When each of them got to their homes, Mark started yelling at his kids […]
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Acrophobia: What is it, symptoms and how to get over it?
Acrophobia. Are you afraid of heights? Do you feel unable to observe a landscape from the top of a mountain? Are you horrified when you […]
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Creative Thinking: What is it and how to improve it
Creative thinking is the ability to think in new and original ways. It means straying from traditional ideas and creating alternative solutions. Learn about the […]
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