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Optimism, Brooding Rumination and Mental Time Travel in Everyday Life

Optimism, Brooding Rumination and Mental Time Travel in Everyday Life

We all engage in what psychologists call mental time travel. It’s not as futuristic as it sounds. Essentially, it’s just the ability to think about our past and future experiences. While we ...
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/ / Optimism, Positive Psychology, Psychological Capital, Rumination
Ability to Feel Awe May Drive Scientific Thinking

Ability to Feel Awe May Drive Scientific Thinking

Thinking scientifically involves putting forward logical explanations and dispassionately considering the evidence. But underlying scientific inquiry might be a more profound emotion: awe. Evidence for this idea comes from a study published ...
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/ / Awe, Cognitive Psychology, Positive Psychology
Brain Connectivity Is Different in People Who Are Happy With Their Lives

Brain Connectivity Is Different in People Who Are Happy With Their Lives

Does the brain of someone who’s satisfied with the way their life is going look obviously different than the brain of someone who’s not? Possibly so. A new study by researchers in ...
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/ / Biopsychology, Brain, Happiness, Positive Psychology
5 Traits of Highly Resilient People

5 Traits of Highly Resilient People

Intuitively, we all understand the idea of resilience. We have dozens of one-liners we can draw on to summarize what it means to be resilient in trite terms: It’s not about how ...
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/ / Personality, Positive Psychology, Resilience
Why Caring Too Much About Power Leads to Unhappiness

Why Caring Too Much About Power Leads to Unhappiness

Some things in life, like building genuine connections with other people or having a job you love, can lead to an ongoing sense of happiness. Other things, like chasing power and money, ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Depression, Happiness, Positive Psychology
Exploring Social Media's Impact on Human Psychology

Exploring Social Media’s Impact on Human Psychology

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn….there seem to be more social networks popping up every day for us to login, create a profile and connect. Initially this seems fun and harmless, an easy way ...
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/ / Media Psychology & Technology, Personality, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology, Social Media