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Untangling the Links Between Sedentary Behavior and Depression

Untangling the Links Between Sedentary Behavior and Depression

Among the detrimental effects that are increasingly being blamed on sedentary behavior are mental health conditions such as depression. In one study I wrote about a couple years ago, researchers found that ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Depression
Social Anxiety May Disrupt Conversational Synchrony

Social Anxiety May Disrupt Conversational Synchrony

Although people with high levels of social anxiety don’t necessarily leave as bad an impression as they think, there is some evidence that those without social anxiety receive more favorable assessments overall ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Language, Relationships, Social Psychology
Are Today's Teenagers the Most Bored Ever?

Are Today’s Teenagers the Most Bored Ever?

Today’s teenagers have an abundance of digital diversions and instant gratifications at their disposal. Yet for this richness of entertainment options, adolescents in recent years might be more bored than their historical ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Teens
Tendency to Feel Awe Bodes Well for School Success

Tendency to Feel Awe Bodes Well for School Success

The more psychologists learn about awe, the more they’re coming to see it as an emotion that brings out some of the best of human behavior. Awe seems to drive scientific inquiry, ...
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/ / Awe, Performance Psychology, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology
Testing Berry Smoothies as a Brain Superfood

Testing Berry Smoothies as a Brain Superfood

Berries commonly star on lists of "brain-boosting" foods. As I’ve talked about before, there’s some evidence for the idea that berries can enhance cognitive functioning, although it’s not an open-and-shut case. The ...
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/ / Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Nutrition
Quality and Quantity of Social Interactions Both Matter for Happiness

Quality and Quantity of Social Interactions Both Matter for Happiness

It seems obvious that having fulfilling social interactions with other people makes a difference in how happy we are. Less obvious is what makes for fulfilling social interactions, and how that varies ...
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/ / Happiness, Positive Psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology
When Teachers Procrastinate

When Teachers Procrastinate

Students aren’t the only ones who put off doing schoolwork. Every exam that a student procrastinates on studying for is also an exam that a teacher can procrastinate on grading. A recent ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Procrastination
Stress Beliefs Might Matter for Stress Response

Stress Beliefs Might Matter for Stress Response

People seem to have real differences in how we react to the stressful situations we inevitably encounter in everyday life. Given that stress is intertwined with mental and physical health, figuring out ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Stress & Trauma, Young Adults
How Narcissism Changes From Young Adulthood to Middle Age

How Narcissism Changes From Young Adulthood to Middle Age

Once a narcissist always a narcissist? That is, more or less, the question that researchers asked in a study that tracked people’s levels of narcissism from age 18 to 41. Although we ...
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/ / Adults, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Narcissism, Personality
Self-Compassion, Self-Coldness and Seeking Help

Self-Compassion, Self-Coldness and Seeking Help

There’s a good chance you’ve heard about self-compassion, which has been increasingly seen as important by psychologists in recent years. Even if you haven’t, you probably have some intuitive understanding of what ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Compassion, Treatment