The Mind and Body Together Lean Towards Truthiness
The results of a study seem to suggest that the human body thinks and acts at the same time, following an intuition which leans towards positive answers.
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Making Friends With The Cat: Anthropomorphism Is Good For You
New research from the University of Chicago suggests that anthropomorphism — giving human characteristics to animals, things, or supernatural beings, and forming relationships with them — helps people deal with loneliness.
Self-Focused Religious Beliefs — Poorer Mental Health?
Are young people taking up, or making up, new forms of spirituality uniquely concerned with self-fulfilment? Does this lead to individualism at the expense of society and their own mental health? Or is this a scare story which gets cause and effect mixed up?
Fatalists Doomed to Cheat?
It seems that conscious choice and the exercising of responsibility are good for us — physically, psychologically, and even, according to new research, morally. Apparently, those who have a strong belief in their own power and influence over events are less likely to cheat, lie and steal.
Research on Termination of Therapy: Too Much or Not Enough?
Interesting research results indicate that sixty percent of private practice dynamically oriented psychotherapy clients feel that their therapy either lasted too long or ended too soon. Is it the case that money, or patience, run out?
Putting Your Cyber Face On
Using Facebook is like being back at school again. Except that you are trying to please the whole world at once…
Act Now, Regret Later?
Many carry out the pretty irrational act of buying Lottery tickets out of “anticipatory regret”: those who choose the same set of numbers simply cannot bear the thought of their coming up one day when they hadn’t bought a ticket. Anyone out there carrying on doing the best they can in a dysfunctional relationship with a similar mindset?