Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Eric Stann
Before age 10, children with autism struggle with ability to block out visual distractions and focus on a specific task, research finds, and would benefit from intervention to address this.
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- Written by: Hannah Hickey
Coyotes can habituate to humans quickly and habituated parents pass this fearlessness on to their offspring, research finds.
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- Written by: Alexis Blue
When humans make certain types of mistakes, their pupils change size, according to new research.
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
Have you ever noticed that when you are impatient, frazzled, and upset, things go worse, and when you are relaxed, patient, and trusting, things go better. Thinking and acting with faith changes the results you get. When you find yourself in a situation in which you seem to have no control, point your thoughts toward peace, and the universe responds.
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- Written by: Yasmin Anwar
Sleep-deprived people feel lonelier and less inclined to engage with others, avoiding close contact in much the same way as people with social anxiety, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Christian Jarrett
Abraham Maslow was the 20th-century American psychologist best-known for explaining motivation through his hierarchy of needs, which he represented in a pyramid.
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- Written by: Jared Wadley
When meerkat mothers feel stressed, it alters the growth and behavior of their daughters in a way that makes them more likely to help mom at their own expense, a new study shows.
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- Written by: Lionel Fifield
How many of you have felt stress, anger, resentment, and a range of other emotions when you felt that somebody had not given you what you thought they should have given you. Some of us have a deep-seated belief that...
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- Written by: Julie K. Staples and Daniel Mintie
In recent decades researchers have made great strides in understanding physical pain. It now seems that we experience much of the physical pain we do because our brains calculate that this sensation is important to our overall security and survival. Pain protects us from potential damage, or motivates us to attend to and repair damage already done.
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- Written by: Alison Fernandes
When we think of the future, it very naturally seems to be ‘open’ – a realm of unfixed possibilities, awaiting the choices we make now. But are we right to think about the future this way?
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- Written by: Harrison Tasoff
Thinking of the well-being of our romantic partners before our own may be hard-wired in our brains, according to new research.
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- Written by: Sarah Garfinkel
Have you ever been startled by someone suddenly talking to you when you thought you were alone? Even when they apologize for surprising you, your heart goes on pounding in your chest.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
Recently, for the first time, I planted zucchini in my garden. At first I thought people had exaggerated... But now I have discovered something. You may check your garden in the afternoon and see some small...
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- Written by: Kurt Greenbaum
Dynamic pricing can generate unintended consequences by changing the behavior of customers, according to a new paper.
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- Written by: U. Melbourne
New research outlines a four-step plan to develop students’ connection to their learning environment and achieve an ideal state for learning: “flow.”
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- Written by: Ashley Morgan
Toxic masculinity remains a pervasive issue, impacting both men and women in various ways. While traditional views of masculinity often glorify aggression and dominance, contemporary discussions, spurred by movements like Time's Up, challenge these norms and call for a more inclusive understanding of masculinity that allows for emotional expression and vulnerability.
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- Written by: Susan Campbell, Ph.D.
A good way to let go of unconscious beliefs and to see yourself more honestly is to examine the secrets you keep from others. Consider this: the fact that you have secrets is the same thing as affirming, "If people really knew me, they wouldn't accept me".
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- Written by: Susan Campbell, Ph.D.
Exploring the secrets we keep can reveal unconscious beliefs and fears that hinder authenticity. By sharing these secrets in a safe environment, individuals can experience healing and acceptance. Exercises designed to confront and integrate these fears can foster transparency and promote deeper self-acceptance, ultimately leading to a more genuine way of living.
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- Written by: Jenny Graves
There are many cultural and social factors involved in making a baby into a man or a woman. But biologically speaking, sex starts when you’re just a tiny group of cells in your mother’s uterus.
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- Written by: Guy Joseph Ale
When we learn a new skill and continue to practice it, our brain cells establish connections that solidify that new activity in our muscle memory and in our body. That’s how later on we can do that activity repeatedly without paying attention to it. The flipside of this is that to unlearn a habit that’s become ingrained in us we have to demolish that network of connections
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- Written by: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
Our most recent run of luck influences our high-risk choices at the poker table or in our everyday lives, a new study suggests.
