Category: accepting
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Distant thoughts…
Worse than a song stuck in your head, negative thoughts that you can't push away can be highly detrimental to your wellbeing. Sometimes, some thoughts just keep coming back. Research suggests this might be because those unwanted thoughts still exist in another part of the brain. (1) Try to not think of something. And you…
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Smile!
Groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia confirms that the act of smiling can trick your mind into being more positive, simply by moving your facial muscles. The research found that facial muscular activity not only alters the recognition of facial expressions but also body expressions, with both generating more positive emotions. Lead researcher…
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True… False…
People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new UCL study. Study author Dr Julia Shaw (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said: "Everyone thinks that they couldn't be tricked into believing they have done something they never did, and…
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Draw… you.
It's the archetypal child's drawing - family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet, how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research found that children's expressive drawings of themselves vary according to the authority of and…
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