Psychology says these 8 seemingly harmless habits are quietly exhausting your brain before the day even begins

Clock math, snooze, rereading texts, rehearsing the meeting in the shower: 8 harmless-looking morning habits that spend your ...
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Psychology Says People Who Still Find Their Way Without GPS Often Have a Sharper Spatial Memory, and Heavy GPS Users Declined Faster Over 3 Years

The blue dot is wonderfully convenient. Your brain, it turns out, may be paying for it. Picture this: a new neighborhood, a ...
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The Psychology of Falling in Love With a Memory

Memory isn’t a recording. It doesn’t work like a filing cabinet. It works more like a painter who keeps touching up the same ...
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Psychology Says People Who Don’t Photograph Everything Often Remember It Better, and a Museum Study Named the Reason

Your camera roll remembers everything. You, it seems, may remember a little less. Picture this: a museum on a quiet afternoon ...
Psychology Today

What Happens to Good Memories After Family Estrangement?

Some of our most complicated memories are also the ones we most want to keep. Here is one of mine, with the father who ...

[Psychology] People who think their memories are accurate | It's not a memory problem. The mechanism by which the brain reconstructs memories every time the…

Even memories you are 'absolutely sure' about are actually reconstructed by your brain every time you recall ...
Psychology Today

Why We Hug and What Makes an Embrace Memorable?

About two-thirds of volunteers remembered a special hug for its positive emotional significance. The main reasons to remember ...
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4 signs someone can't stop thinking about you (psychology)

It happens when you least expect it. A name flashes on your phone, an old friend sends a message after two years, or you ...
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According to psychology, frequently dreaming about a deceased person has a specific meaning (but it is not a bad omen)

Across the UK, people wake shaken after dreaming about dead people and question whether it signals madness, a message or ...

Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges

Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or ...
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You Don’t Have to Decide Between Basic and Applied Science

Allie Sinclair discusses the challenges and opportunities of launching a lab in the current political climate and emphasizes ...

"I remember it clearly" is not evidence: Thinking about "he said, she said" through the psychology of memory

"You definitely said that back then, didn't you?""No, I didn't say any such thing."Have you ever had a disagreement like this with family or at work?In such cases, we tend to think that "one of them ...