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“Laughter can benefit your physical wellbeing,” according to the American psychologist William Fry, the father of gelotology, which is the study of laughter, in an article by Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky for Psyche. He refers to laughter as “internal jogging,” and for good reason: “A recent study found that it had a similar effect as exercise on […]
“When we experience negative emotions and try to analyze our feelings, we often zoom in narrowly on the experience to the exclusion of other ways of thinking about the event that could lead us to feel better,” Liz Greene wrote in an article for Nautilus. “This leads us to get stuck in a negative cycle […]
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Behavioral scientist Jon Levy “shares the surprising science behind becoming influential and how we can use this approach to elevate our status and connect with the top industry leaders across our culture.” Use our Amazon affiliate link to purchase his book: You’re Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence Watch his TED talk here:
In a new study, researchers looked at health records from 260 outpatient clinics and four hospitals across New York City between March 3 and May 31, 2020, looking for correlations between existing conditions of the mind, including schizophrenia, mood disorders and anxiety. They were able to rule out mood disorders and anxiety, however, they found […]
That musky scent so many people adore about the rain when it first begins to fall is apparently not the raindrops at all. Instead, there is a complex array of soil organisms and their by-products that give rain its distinctive smell. Tim Logan wrote in a piece for The Conversation that a naturally occurring soil […]
Today, the average fish only has fins, but paleontologists have discovered that in the remote past, about 380 million years ago, at least some fish had fingers. The digits on these ancient fish were rudimentary, but apparently functional, as they include finger bones, similar to vertebrates that came later. “We have made a major breakthrough […]
It may be that there are hidden truths in the idea embodied in the Disney song, “Whistle While You Work.” A new study examined by Martin LaMonica for The Conversation showed that what music people listen to while performing various tasks can have a significant impact on productivity. The study found that “participants who listened […]
According to a new article by Holly White for Scientific American, “Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may bring with it an advantage: the ability to think more creatively. “Three aspects of creative cognition are divergent thinking, conceptual expansion and overcoming knowledge constraints. Divergent thinking, or the ability to think of many ideas from a single starting point, […]
An article on Vice said that “in 2018, a study led by a researcher named Vera Morgan at the University of Western Australia looked at nearly half a million children born between 1980 and 2001,” and none of the kids studied who were blind from birth ever developed schizophrenia. “Pollak, a psychiatrist and researcher at […]