Researchers recently reported that optimism may not be as rosy as once thought. In fact, optimism may actually be due to a brain malfunction. How is that for a glass-half-empty view of the world?
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at University College London enrolled 14 volunteers to evaluate optimism in the face of bad ...
Date Posted: November 4, 2011
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Loneliness is not only heartbreaking, it breaks up a normal night's sleep, a new study shows. Researchers say compromised sleep may be one pathway by which feelings of loneliness adversely affect our health. "It's not just a product of very lonely ...
Nov 3
GOSINGAPORE - To help parents make better decisions on which school is best for their special needs children, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has come up with a set of guidelines for professionals to provide consistent advice to them. The ...
Nov 3
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Contrary to many people's instincts, money spent on others gives more happiness than money spent on themselves.
This is not a radical idea which will blow your mind with its incredible newness. Far from it. But because it's advice that sometimes ...
Nov 2
GOIn times of stress, we're often encouraged to pause for a moment and simply be in the 'now.' This kind of mindfulness, an essential part of Buddhist and Indian Yoga traditions, has entered the mainstream as people try to find ways to combat stress ...
Nov 2
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We hear it again and again, that the best things in life aren’t things. Yet we keep buying stuff. So much stuff that to contain it all Australian homes – at typically 215 square metres – are now the biggest in the world, even bigger than the ...
Nov 1
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Jonathan Kaplan says that sometimes we can find the best mindfulness coaches right at home. “Pets and children have an uncanny ability to live fully in the present moment, thus they can serve as ‘mini mindfulness masters’ to guide our ...
Nov 1
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Do you ever long to take a break from your life? Are you sometimes so tired of managing its daily stressors that you find yourself wanting to pitch your entire existence, move somewhere else, and start your life again? Do certain relationships ...
Oct 31
GOIndividual beliefs don't stay confined to the person who has them; they can affect how a society functions. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, looks at 57 countries and finds that ...
Oct 31
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The ability to dream is a fascinating aspect of the human mind. However, how the images and emotions that we experience so intensively when we dream form in our heads remains a mystery. Up to now it has not been possible to measure dream content. ...
Oct 29
GOWhat is an adhd coach? The role of a football coach is pretty clear to most of us, and the idea of specialized coaches is not altogether unfamiliar - voice coaches for example. More recently, the fields of executive and life coaching have ...
Oct 29
GOUh-oh. Here comes temptation -- for a dieter, it's a sweet treat; an alcoholic, a beer; a married man, an attractive, available woman. How to defeat the impulse to gratify desire and stick to your long-term goals of slimness, sobriety, or ...
Oct 28
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"Parents, carers and early years educators shouldn't underestimate the importance of interacting with young children through jokes and pretending," researcher Dr Elena Hoicka points out. "Spending time doing this fun stuff with kids helps them learn ...
Oct 28
GOIndividuals who practice religion and spirituality report better physical and mental health than those who do not. To better understand this relationship and how spirituality/religion can be used for coping with significant health issues, University ...
Oct 27
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"The teen years tend to foster fear: fear that our child will fail, over-experiment, embarrass us [and] become depressed," according to John Duffy, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist and author of the book The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for ...
Oct 27
GOMaybe they just didn't hear you. Or maybe they heard you just fine and have decided that you're an idiot, not even worth responding to. Maybe they got your message but are simply too busy to respond. Maybe they're just quietly thinking it over ...
Oct 26
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