New research has shown that when one is asked for his or her opinion on other people, insights into his or her personality will also be revealed.
Date Posted: March 13, 2017
Categories: Personality problems
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Most of our brains naturally age as we grow older. However, there are some people, known as super agers, whose brains look and behave just like those who are decades younger than them. Why are their brains different?
Mar 13
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Have you ever wondered what happens in our brains during a surge of affection? Why do we remember all the minute details of our first dates? Our brains do react to love, and current research looks at some interesting facts about our brains when they ...
Mar 11
Categories: Happiness, Relationships & Marriage
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Most, if not all of us, have experienced nights when we just cannot get our brains to power down. We remain awake, tossing and turning, and it seems like to more we try to sleep, the less able we are to fall asleep. Thankfully, there are ways to ...
Mar 10
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Imagine this: a gameshow participant has to memorise four Rubik's cube puzzles at once, dive into a tank that is filling with water blindfolded, and solve them all before the water engulfs him or her? Just as you think that this is impossible, the ...
Mar 10
Categories: Academic Issues
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Our expectations change the way we feel about things. They craft our moods and subsequent reactions to things. Studies show being grateful is a conscious choice people can make, and if they do choose to be grateful, they will be happier for it.
Mar 10
Categories: Empathy, Happiness
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All of us make requests at time, minor or huge. Others’ likelihood of complying to our request is definitely something that can be increased if one knows the trick to it. New research has revealed that people seems to accede more to requests from ...
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Swearing. Talking in the right ear. Pouring coffee down someone’s throat. These various studies to increase one’s persuasion is fascinating, yet admittedly impractical to perform. New research has revealed an incredibly easy persuasion technique ...
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Ever-lasting love is a romantic and dreamy concept that we all wish for. These love-tinted rose buds are however, fragile and tender. John Gottman here analyses four main things that one should never do in order to keep the love blooming and strong.
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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They say that time changes everything. Impermanence is the only constant and perhaps, even blessing in disguise. New research has further confirmed this as it reveals that people indeed, do change with age.
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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All of us yearn to be understood and cared for. And most of us, at some point in time, wish to understand others - a family, friend, lover. Yet, such innate desire to understand and be understood often result in a labyrinth of confusion as we ...
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Human interactions are often centralised around the formation of meaningful and pleasurable relationships. New research has revealed a simple yet useful technique to injecting waves of happiness into relationships.
Mar 9
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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One quick gateway to happiness is to indulge ourselves in happy memories. New research has shown that we can do so via listening to both happy and peaceful music. What is worthy to note is that the type of happy music we listen to affects the ...
Mar 7
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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New research has shown that we no longer need to hide that pink flush on our faces when we get embarrassed! It has been proven that people who are easily embarrassed are perceived to be more honest and reliable. With these new findings, ...
Mar 7
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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All of us need motivation, whether it is to finish up that assignment, stick to a diet plan or even to wake up on a rainy day. It has been found that competition is one of the best motivators for us to stick to our plans, which will thus allow us to ...
Mar 7
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Recent research has finally proven that there is a correlation between increased brain function and physical fitness. The brains of older Japanese men who are more physically healthy perform similarly to those of men who are much younger than them.
Mar 6
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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