Category: Emotions
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Forgiving. Hating. Loving.
When assessing the moral character of others, people cling to good impressions but readily adjust their opinions about those who have behaved badly, according to new research. This flexibility in judging transgressors might help explain both how humans forgive - and why they sometimes stay in bad relationships, said the study's authors. (The research -…
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Shame.
Shame on you. These three simple words can have devastating effect on an individual's psyche. But why is that? Some theorists argue that feeling shame is a pathology, a condition to be cured. Others dismiss it as a useless, ugly emotion. A research team at the University of Montreal and UC Santa Barbara's Center for…
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Demons. Computers. A world of chaos. Death by order.
Physicists have employed a version of Maxwell's demon to reduce entropy in a three-dimensional lattice of super-cooled, laser-trapped atoms - a process that could help speed progress toward creating quantum computers. (1) A cosmos full of chaos. We struggle into increasing order in the universe. At the end we will succeed. And the cosmos will…
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Virtual real reality…
Future therapy patients may spend a lot more time exploring virtual environments than sitting on sofas. In a clinical trial of a new virtual reality treatment for fear of heights, participants reported being much less afraid after using the program for just two weeks. Unlike other VR therapies, which required that a real-life therapist guide…
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Do you feel judged? Do you feel bad? Do you like plastic flowers?
Modern times can be really stressful. Many times you find yourself under criticism. A lot of times things go the wrong way. And at that points in time, you start judging yourself. Feeling useless. Because someone else is. Feeling inadequate. Because someone else is. Feeling responsible. Because someone else is not. Do not feel this…
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