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Think you're the same person every day? This brain experiment says otherwise | BBC Science Focus Magazine
High IQ People Almost Always Have These 11 Odd Habits That Make Them Stand Out From Everyone Else You probably know someone, or maybe even yourself, with a list of quirks that runs about a mile long. What you may not know is that there are several …
Nike’s new neuro shoes are probably a placebo – so what? | Psyche Notes to Self
Having a history with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), I’ve long found it fascinating and, in a way, reassuring to read about the disorder’s many guises. The anxious thoughts and compulsive responses to them follow a common script, but the specifics vary.
The ‘meta’ trait that could change your entire personality | BBC Science Focus Magazine
7 hours ago A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected. The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular …
From sports to business, mental imagery can boost outcomes
https://www.youtube.com/embed/X0W7V2fWJzA Can ‘visualising’ successes really lead to better outcomes? In this short from BBC Ideas, Radha Modgil, a doctor and presenter, Ashley Pople, an economist at the University of Oxford, and Jennifer Cumming, a sports psychologist at the University of Birmingham, draw on their areas of expertise to explain mental imagery methods backed by research.
A memory hack to help you face your fears
Marina Cavusoglu/Getty Images Marina Cavusoglu/Getty Images If there’s something you’re especially afraid of, you’ve likely heard that the worst thing you can do is to keep avoiding it. It’s only by confronting your fear and learning that it’s safe that you can overcome it – which is actually the basis of ‘exposure therapy’. The problem is, as I’ve discovered, the benefits of exposure can wear off, or you can have a bad experience that brings all the negative associations rushing back.
Every choice has an energy cost. Learn to manage your budget
The Ukrainian boxing champion Usyk’s recent claim that ‘discipline is better than motivation’ was psychologically astute by Christian Jarrett In logic, validity is prime. If you want to make valid arguments, or sniff out invalid ones, here’s what you need to do by Robert Trueman Breathing was once a natural reflex. How did it become a high-stakes biohacking ritual taught by wellness celebrities?
Motivation is good, but discipline is better
Oleksandr Usyk walks away from defeated Daniel Dubois, 19 July 2025 Photo by Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters Oleksandr Usyk walks away from defeated Daniel Dubois, 19 July 2025 Photo by Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters In July this year, the Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk, aged 38, became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world – for the second time! Combined with his 2018 undisputed cruiserweight title, this collection of accolades across weight classes is...
From cave art to subatomic sketches – how drawing has accelerated human progress | Psyche Videos
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AF3XJT9YKpM?start=233 In this riveting dive into cognition, meaning-making and human progress, Judy Fan, an assistant professor of psychology at Stanford University, explores how we transform abstract concepts into real-world innovations.
Como seu nome afeta sua personalidade
Você já pode ter refletido sobre as diferentes maneiras como foi sua criação: se seus pais foram acolhedores ou rigorosos, generosos ou agressivos. Mas talvez você não tenha pensado muito sobre as consequências de algo particularmente importante que eles deram a você — seu nome. Os pais muitas vezes ficam angustiados na hora de escolher o nome dos filhos. Pode parecer um teste de criatividade ou uma forma de expressar suas próprias personalidades ou identidades por meio da criança.
Como seu nome afeta sua personalidade
A primeira informação que estranhos aprendem sobre a maioria das pessoas é o nome - e ele pode ter um impacto surpreendente na forma como os outros nos percebem. Você já pode ter refletido sobre as diferentes maneiras como foi sua criação: se seus pais foram acolhedores ou rigorosos, generosos ou agressivos. Mas talvez você não tenha pensado muito sobre as consequências de algo particularmente importante que eles deram a você — seu nome. É + que streaming. É arte, cultura e história.
Como seu nome afeta sua personalidade
Você já pode ter refletido sobre as diferentes maneiras como foi sua criação: se seus pais foram acolhedores ou rigorosos, generosos ou agressivos. Mas talvez você não tenha pensado muito sobre as consequências de algo particularmente importante que eles deram a você — seu nome. Os pais muitas vezes ficam angustiados na hora de escolher o nome dos filhos. Pode parecer um teste de criatividade ou uma forma de expressar suas próprias personalidades ou identidades por meio da criança.
Steven has a rare insight into faces – because he cannot recognise them | Psyche Videos
https://player.vimeo.com/video/574999205 ‘Faces are important. I know this because they are absent to me.’ The Scottish artist and filmmaker Steven Fraser discovered that he had prosopagnosia – the clinical term for face blindness – during an assessment for autism. This clarifying moment helped him understand years of disorientation, including the anxiety of everyday interactions and feelings of isolation that often followed.
Why the mental health awareness movement needs more precision and fewer vibes
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xH5IM2fnCg8?start=18 By and large, the rise in public conversations about mental health over the past decades has been a positive development, says Lucy Foulkes, a psychologist at the University of Oxford and former Psyche editor. However, certain aspects of the mental health awareness movement – including imprecise, inflated and even flippant language, as well as the proliferation of non-experts using psychology-speak – are causing genuine societal harm.
There’s joy in doing a job right. Just ask this artisanal pencil-sharpener
https://player.vimeo.com/video/60718161 ‘A lot of people think they know how to sharpen pencils, but… they don’t really.’ Such is the view of David Rees, a self-styled ‘artisanal pencil-sharpener’ who, at the time of this short film’s release in 2013, had sharpened some 1,500 No 2 pencils for paying customers.
There’s a nourishing calm in quietly wandering, far from goals and distractions
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oSb0-HUlOvY How do you move through the world? With a plan and destination in mind, headphones or a car stereo drowning out the world, perhaps?In this short film, the filmmaker Mykhailo Bogdanov makes a compelling case for allowing oneself to wander as a means of tuning into the thoughts that percolate when goals and distractions are absent.
How slow breathing calms down your brain
Photo by Westend1/Getty Images Photo by Westend1/Getty Images Just breathe! When you’re gripped by anxiety, hearing this well-intentioned advice can be infuriating. Compared with the power of my body’s fight-or-flight response, the notion that I can find calm by tuning into my breath feels almost fanciful. But recently I came across a study in Scientific Reports that caught my eye because it showed that slow breathing makes a difference not just to how people feel, but to their brain activity.
High in the Alps, Kathleen takes extraordinary steps to keep a pet safe through the winter
https://player.vimeo.com/video/1099807328 A small slice of life set in the Austrian Alps,this short documents the extensive annual routine of care that Kathleen Svatek dutifully provides for a 23-year-old Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) named Tony. This notably includes Tony’s months spent in a vegetable crisper, where he hibernates at a stable temperature, safe from unpredictable winters.
Are you saying ‘thank you’ too effusively?
Photo by Dusan Petkovic/Getty Photo by Dusan Petkovic/Getty I was taken aback a few years ago when an article went viral admonishing its readers for sending so many ‘thank you’ emails – we’re all struggling with overflowing inboxes, it claimed, and insisting on replying ‘thank you’ all the time, while polite, just adds to the collective burden. Guilty as charged, I thought at the time. According to a recent paper, there’s another reason to go easy on your gratitude.
Caregivers have more youthful brains
Photo by Westend61/Getty My twins turned 11 the other day. I’m thankful the endless nappy changing and interrupted nights of their infancy are in the distant past. But there are new stresses, such as becoming an on-call chauffeur – to parties, sleepovers and sports clubs. Then, as now, the end result is similar: I’m frazzled most of the time. Ask me to guess and I’d say that being a parent has probably accelerated my brain age.
Being a dad has made my brain younger
Photo by Westend61/Getty Images Photo by Westend61/Getty Images My twins turned 11 the other day. I’m thankful the endless nappy changing and interrupted nights of their infancy are in the distant past. But there are new stresses, such as becoming an on-call chauffeur – to parties, sleepovers and sports clubs. Then, as now, the end result is similar: I’m frazzled most of the time. Ask me to guess and I’d say that being a parent has probably accelerated my brain age.
Near-death experiences: Conversations with the Creator?
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A way to enjoy more positive mental images
To grasp the power of this lauded quality, think of it less as a mountain than as a flexible, even playful way of seeing by Michael Uebel A film by Carly Jakins and Jared Jakins For me and many others, contemplating death has clarified what matters.
Don’t fall victim to the Peter Principle
NOTE TO SELF WORK AND VOCATION Photo by ER Productions/Getty Images Photo by ER Productions/Getty Images It’s fun stumbling upon psychological concepts in unexpected places. I remember first learning about the Johari Window (an obscure framework for thinking about the limits of self-knowledge) in the Robert Galbraith novel The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013). It happened again the other day.
I’ve cut brains in half, excised tumours – even removed entire lobes. The illusion of the self and free will survives it all | Principia Scientific Intl.
Written by Christian Jarrett on February 25, 2025. Posted in Current News In 1921, the illusionist P T Selbit performed a magic trick that has since become a classic: he sawed his assistant in half. We’ve all seen it done dozens of times. We know it’s not real. Yet, we’re fooled every time. The deception appears impenetrable. I can relate. As a brain surgeon, I’ve performed a similar trick. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that brain surgery is a hoax. Our surgeries are not shams.
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Actividades para fomentar la empatía y la bondad en los niños
El neurocientífico Christian Jarrett, editor de Psyche, nos enseña en las páginas del libro ‘Conviértete en quien quieras’ (Hestia, 25,60 euros) claves que podemos aplicar con nosotros mismos, como personas adultas, y también en la crianza de los hijos. Ya te contamos qué estrategias para manejar las emociones que podemos inculcar a los hijos comparte en este libro, y ahora hacemos lo propio con las actividades que podemos fomentar en nuestros peques para que desarrollen la empatía y la bondad.
Cómo enseñar a tu hijo a manejar sus emociones, controlar su carácter y cambiar su personalidad, según un neurocientífico
El reconocimiento y gestión de las emociones es una de las prioridades de muchas familias que quieren educar a sus hijos e hijas de forma positiva y respetuosa. Incluso en entornos tradicionales a nivel educativo, la parte emocional ha ganado peso gracias a la divulgación sobre esta cuestión.
Ikigai is a huge predictor of a longer, happier life. Here’s how to find yours
Lifestyle 5 hours ago So That’s Why Your Skin Gets Crepey As You Get Older HuffPost - Dana Rose Falcone • 5h Dermatologists reveal what contributes to the condition, how to prevent it and whether any over-the-counter products actually work to eliminate crepey skin. Crepes may be delectable, but crepey skin? Not so much.
Conviértete en quien quieras: la ciencia que revela cómo transformar tu personalidad
La idea de que la personalidad es algo fijo y permanente ha sido desafiada en los últimos años por investigaciones que sugieren lo contrario. Lejos de ser inmutable, nuestra personalidad es más maleable de lo que podríamos pensar. Esta noción abre un abanico de posibilidades: ¿podemos realmente convertirnos en quienes queremos ser?
Here's the best way to respond to a compliment, according to science
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How embracing your shadow self could boost your creativity and resilience
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Introverts use more concrete language than extraverts
Your personality is revealed in the way you speak, according to new research. Introverts tend to use more concrete words and are more precise, in contrast to extraverts, whose words are more abstract and vague. Many previous studies have looked at the links between personality and language, but usually this has been about the content of what different personalities choose to talk about.
'Active' optimists live longer, happier lives. Here's how to become one
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Why you're reluctant to ask for help... and how to get over it
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When does collecting become hoarding? A psychologist explains
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How to stop taking things personally, according to a psychologist
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The reminiscence bump: Why the memory of your first kiss is so vivid
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Are emotionally resilient people also skilled at soothing others?
Research on the social side of emotion management is showing what’s distinctive about it – and its benefits for all involved We all experience emotions, but we certainly don’t all handle them in the same way. Some people are sensitive and ride frequent ups and downs. By contrast, others are gifted with a thick skin and an even temperament. In the psychological jargon, they are highly skilled at emotional regulation.
Here’s what makes your emotions more infectious to others
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Here’s why you’re terrible at making new habits - and how to finally make them stick
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4 simple ways to finally stop catastrophising, explained by a psychologist
16 hours ago A four-step method used by Navy SEALS and pro athletes to reduce anxiety and build confidence. Anxiety is a perfectly normal reaction to a perceived threat. When you feel your heart beat faster and you're short of breath, those are signals that your "fight or flight" response is operating as it …
How to beat anxiety: 8 simple, concrete strategies to take control of your mind
Magnesium 4 days ago Which Type of Magnesium Is Best? Health.com - Jillian Kubala, RD • 4d Magnesium is a mineral that’s involved in a number of critical processes in the body, including energy production, glucose metabolism, the regulation … NFL 2 days ago Giants legend Mark Bavaro reveals fight for his life: ‘I wished somehow I would just die’ New York Post - Gary Myers • 2d The following is an excerpt from “Once A Giant” by Gary Myers, which is being released on Tuesday.
Five ways to take control of your dreams
A vivid dream is like a free virtual-reality experience, no expensive headset required. While your body lies tucked up in bed, your mind can take you to exotic lands and introduce you to amazing characters. If you’re lucky, you might even be granted fantastical powers, such as the ability to breathe underwater or walk through walls.
Can you really tell if you’re being watched? The bizarre science of psychic intuition, explained
Walmart is facing fine or suspension for illegal move at its self-checkout – and all parents should be aware
Why elevator rides with strangers are painfully awkward, according a psychologist
Polyamory, a lifestyle where people have multiple romantic or sexual partners, is more prevalent in America than most people think. According to a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, one in nine Americans have been in a polyamorous relationship, and one in six say they would like to try one.However popular the idea is, polyamory is misunderstood by a large swath of the public and is often seen as deviant.
How to embrace a midlife crisis, explained by a psychologist
How to handle a defensive personality, according to a psychologist Here's why some people get so defensive, and how to avoid hurting someone's ego. As flawed beings with fragile egos making our way in a hostile, unpredictable world, psychologists have long recognised that we cope by deploying psychological defences. These often take the form of self-serving cognitive biases.
How to handle a defensive personality, according to a psychologist
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Odkryj w sobie potencjał zmiany | Christian Jarrett
Odkryj w sobie potencjał zmiany - recenzja przedpremierowa „… W rzeczywistości sam pomysł, że bardzo dobrzy ludzie stają się całkowicie źli, jest zbytnim uproszczeniem. Wszyscy codziennie stajemy w obliczu zmagań toczących się między krótkoterminowymi impulsami, naszymi podstawowymi pragnieniami z jednej strony, a wzniosłą moralnością i długoterminowymi aspiracjami z drugiej …” Lew Tołstoj mawiał, że „Każdy myśli o zmianie świata, ale nikt nie myśli o zmianie siebie…”.
We are failing people with severe mental illness. What can we do?
Myra hears violent and upsetting voices that nobody else can hear; she struggles with hygiene and remembering to change her clothing. Unable to achieve employment, she receives a paltry monthly welfare payment that she spends almost entirely on rent. For that, Myra has access to a lice-ridden shared room in a private-market boarding home where fights break out regularly.
Qué son los sueños lúcidos y cómo un grupo de científicos aprendió a introducirse en ellos
Los multimillonarios ya están volando al espacio y la computación cuántica está a la vuelta de la esquina. Y a pesar de ello, uno de los aspectos más familiares de la naturaleza humana continúa siendo una frustración para el estudio científico: los sueños. Hay muchas teorías, pero la verdad es que realmente no sabemos mucho sobre los motivos y la forma en que soñamos.
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