Cognitive Psychology
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How Colors Affect Emotional & Physical Health
Research shows that colors affect your emotional and physical health. A color intuitive shares how red, blue, and green affects your brain and body in different ways. more...
How Playing & Watching Hockey Boosts Brain Power
Being an athlete or a sports fan changes the neural networks in the brain and improves language skills, according to new research from the University of Chicago. more...
Sad People Are More Productive
Not only do sad children learn better, but unhappy employees are more productive. Here's the latest psychological research about mood and performance. more...
The Best Way to Deal with Stress
Psychologist Katherine Muller of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine describes two of the best ways to deal with stress: exaggeration and radical acceptance. more...
Thoughts of Death Cause Overeating
If you love watching the news or crime scene investigation shows on TV, you may be eating more & losing less weight. Here's the connection between death & overeating. more...
These foods improve memory, boost cognitive ability and increase brain health. Plus, a healthy brain boosts your immune system, gives you more energy, and fights disease. more...
How to Improve Your Brain Health
A healthy brain not only improves your memory and concentration, it reduces the risk of Alzheimers and other diseases. Here are 10 ways to increase your cognitive skills! more...
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By: Sidney Raphael
A recent study found that apologizing may save a lot of money and trouble. Given these results, many people should reconsider their fear of apologizing for mistakes. more...
By: Cheryn Tan
Short people are often the brunt of jokes and it's not surprising that there is a speculated link between lack of height and aggression, dubbed the Napoleon Complex. more...
By: Cheryn Tan
Height is a desirable attribute in almost every culture, but is it to the extent that tall people are actually more successful in life than their shorter counterparts? more...
Paranoid Personality Disorder Explained
By: Maree Wallace
Personality Disorders cover a wide range on mental health symptoms. Paranoid Personality Disorder is defined by the extreme distrust and suspicion of others intentions. more...
By: Karen Lawrence
Excuses are most often made to shift blame or boost self-image, but some people make excuses to preempt failure. more...
By: Karen Lawrence
Memory retrieval is a cognitive process that can be triggered by sensory, emotional or contextual cues or by asking questions to locate stored data. more...
By: Karen Lawrence
Encoding is the cognitive process that applies attention and associates context and existing knowledge to sensory data to make it more easily remembered. more...
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