What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?
What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account? How much of your life is archived on Facebook? Arthur Poulin/Unsplash Michael Humphrey, Colorado State University If the latest deluge of Facebook controversies has you ready to kick the app to the digital curb, you are not alone. There are plenty of good guides […]
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How your emotional response to the COVID-19 pandemic changed your behavior and your sense of time
How your emotional response to the COVID-19 pandemic changed your behavior and your sense of time If you had faith in the development of effective treatments, time tended to pass quickly. tolgart/Getty Images Philip Gable, University of Delaware and Chris Wendel, University of Alabama The COVID-19 pandemic, now in its 19th month, has meant different things […]
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Clues to consciousness: how dopamine fits into the mystery of what makes us conscious – podcast
Clues to consciousness: how dopamine fits into the mystery of what makes us conscious – podcast Scientists are still puzzling over the mystery of what makes us conscious. Lidiia/Shutterstock Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation What’s happening in our brains to create consciousness? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear […]
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Facebook’s scandals and outage test users’ frenemy relationship
Facebook’s scandals and outage test users’ frenemy relationship How do you feel about Facebook? Enes Evren/E+ via Getty Images Elizabeth Stoycheff, Wayne State University When Facebook was down for most of the day on Oct. 4, 2021, did you miss it, were you relieved or some of both? Social scientists have compiled an expansive body […]
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Brain over the body – Hacking the stress system to let your psychology influence your physiology
Brain over body: Hacking the stress system to let your psychology influence your physiology Researchers imagine tapping into your body’s reactions to extreme cold to reap psychological benefits. Ratushniak/Shutterstock.com Vaibhav Diwadkar, Wayne State University and Otto Muzik, Wayne State University There are people who show incredible resistance to extremes of temperature. Think of Buddhist monks who […]
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Changing your mind about something as important as vaccination isn’t a sign of weakness – being open to new information is the smart way to make choices
Changing your mind about something as important as vaccination isn’t a sign of weakness – being open to new information is the smart way to make choices Sticking to your beliefs in a rapidly changing world isn’t necessarily the best choice. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of […]
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Psychological ‘specialness spirals’ can make ordinary items feel like treasures – and may explain how clutter accumulates
Psychological ‘specialness spirals’ can make ordinary items feel like treasures – and may explain how clutter accumulates The longer you hold off on using an everyday purchase, the more likely you are to preserve it untouched. kupicoo/E+ via Getty Images Jacqueline Rifkin, University of Missouri-Kansas City Years ago, I bought a blouse at Target. That same […]
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‘Toxic positivity’: Why it is important to live with negative emotions
‘Toxic positivity’: Why it is important to live with negative emotions Positive thinking. (Shutterstock) Andrée-Ann Labranche, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The World’s Best Matcha and Green Smoothies Recipes Ebook It is almost impossible to go on Facebook or Instagram without seeing quotes or comments accompanied with motivational words such as, “Look on the bright […]
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Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy
In life, happiness can seem fleeting and elusive, something just out of reach. Steve Corey/flickr, CC BY-ND Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology […]
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