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Your Mind is Stronger Than You Think: Imagining a Placebo Can Reduce Unpleasant Emotions

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By: Vasundhara Source: đŸȘž femme fatale ♀ on X: “gaslighting myself into being happy https://t.co/D4JZaxrB5I” / X (twitter.com) The Surprising Power of Imagining a Placebo Have you ever been handed a pill by a well-meaning friend or relative, only to later discover it was just a sugar pill, with no real medical benefit? That, my friends, is the intriguing world of placebos in action. But that’s the deal right: even though it’s not real medicine, it can still work wonders. Moving ahead, there’s this interesting thing called open-label placebos (OLPs) – where people knowingly take a placebo, fully aware that … Continue reading Your Mind is Stronger Than You Think: Imagining a Placebo Can Reduce Unpleasant Emotions

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Yes, I’m Changing: the effects of reproductive experience on decision-making

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by Hayley Cheok Becoming a mother is a life-changing event – encompassing the journey of pregnancy, the birth process and parenting. It is an experience that brings about remarkable changes to a woman’s self-image and characteristics. Beyond that, it can also change a woman’s brain and consequentially, their behaviours. The short-term effects of reproductive experience on a mother are well-documented and common knowledge. This includes shifts in life priorities and changes in appearance and body. However, there is a lesser known aspect that requires more attention – the long-term impact of reproductive experience on a mother‘s cognitive abilities, such as decision-making.  … Continue reading Yes, I’m Changing: the effects of reproductive experience on decision-making

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To dance at weddings or funerals: How your brain helps you mitigate the social situation

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by Nuruliawati (Nuy) When responding to social situations—and ensuring you are not doing something embarrassing or inappropriate—you most often depend on the situation, such as norms (Chung & Rimal, 2016; Ross & Nisbett, 2011). Let’s look at the example from … Continue reading To dance at weddings or funerals: How your brain helps you mitigate the social situation

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Lack of motivation? Fear of punishment? Why are we procrastinating?

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by Leyuan.Zang “I have to finish my work in 24 hours because I spend much of the time in playing video games or watching soap opera”. “I would rather lie in bed and waste my time than write my paper.” These situations are too familiar for us and the origin of them is same. Obnoxious procrastination ruins everything. But the most frustrating thing is that we all know the harm of procrastination, but we do seldom work to change. In other words, we always struggle before every deadline. So, we want to know what exactly causes our procrastination. Negative stimuli … Continue reading Lack of motivation? Fear of punishment? Why are we procrastinating?

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Approaching the Problem Positively is an Antidote to Your Frustration

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By Nuruliawati (Nuy) People hate losses and will do everything they can to avoid the pain of losing. I believe you also do. As Kahneman & Tversky’s famous Prospect Theory (1979) conveyed, we perceive loss as twice as painful as … Continue reading Approaching the Problem Positively is an Antidote to Your Frustration

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A ‘new’ version of you: A lasting effect of motherhood on decision-making

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by Nuruliawati (Nuy) Pregnancy and birth are not just emotional journeys, such as fluctuating daily moods, but they are also scientifically proven to impact decision-making. A former case study by Pogrebna et al. (2018) suggests that expectant mothers tend to … Continue reading A ‘new’ version of you: A lasting effect of motherhood on decision-making