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Health

The Brains of Chocolate Cravers

Neil Petersen       March 9, 2018      Health     No Comment
As you read this post, try not to think about how good a bar of milk chocolate would taste right now. Many people find that it’s quite easy to...
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Research

The Science of Helicopter Parenting

Neil Petersen       March 9, 2018      Research     No Comment
Hover mothers, helicopter parents. Call them whatever you want: we’ve all seen examples of parents who closely monitor their children’s lives – sometimes even as their children stop being...
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Research

How Much Does Having a Growth Mindset Matter?

Neil Petersen       March 6, 2018      Research     3 Comments
Telling kids they’re smart could lead them to do worse in school. That’s the eye-catching finding from work done back in 1998 by a pair of psychology researchers from...
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Research

Does OCD Predict Other Disorders?

Neil Petersen       March 2, 2018      Research     No Comment
We often think of different mental health conditions as totally independent from each other. Depression is separate from anxiety is separate from bipolar disorder, and so on: they have...
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Perception

People Who Read Left to Right Remember Left to Right Too

Neil Petersen       February 28, 2018      Perception     No Comment
How we remember things is partly down to the culture we’re from and the language we speak. Some new evidence for that comes from a recent study published in...
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Emotions

The Mystery of Trypophobia

Neil Petersen       February 27, 2018      Emotions     4 Comments
When asked “how would you draw fear?” a 12-year-old sketches a repetitive pattern of dots. That might seem like an odd choice, but it makes sense when you consider...
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Research

What Stops Men From Seeking Help?

Neil Petersen       February 23, 2018      Research     2 Comments
Probably the most effective thing people can do to improve their mental health is, in fact, to seek help from mental health professionals. But many people who stand to...
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Research

Autism and Special Interests

Neil Petersen       February 22, 2018      Research     2 Comments
People with autism often have “special interests” – topics or activities that they are highly interested in, even obsessive about. These interests can take many forms, but the common...
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Media Psychology

What Do Your Media Habits Say About Your Personality and Mental Health?

Neil Petersen       February 21, 2018      Media Psychology     No Comment
Here’s a shocking finding: going on the Internet might correlate with good mental health. And if you don’t find that shocking, you probably don’t spend enough time on the...
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Research

How Early Can Signs of Schizophrenia Be Spotted?

Neil Petersen       February 19, 2018      Research     No Comment
Most mental health conditions are treated after they appear. Given how incomplete our understanding of the brain is, we can only hope that one day we’ll be able to...
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