If you are going for root canal treatment or a similar painful procedure, take your partner’s photo with you instead of taking painkillers! According to researchers at the University of California, gazing at a picture of a loved one can alleviate pain. Past studies have consistently demonstrated a similar effect when holding hands with a …
According to recent research, your nose can help you to get better school reports. How is that possible? What we learn during the day will be built into our long-term memory during sleep at night. (This is one of the reasons why sleep is important for every student who wants to get good grades!) A …
Although Advent and Christmas are meant to be filled with love and joy, not everyone experiences this period in such a positive way. For many, this time of the year can be rather stressful and even depressing for some, with people rushing, worrying, and feeling stressed as Christmas approaches. The pressure to buy presents and …
A proven method to quickly boost our mood: an alcoholic drink. At least, that’s what many people believe. But is it really so effective? This is the question a study conducted in Australia sought to answer. The researchers found that soda can work just like a glass of wine or beer to help you feel …
Jordi Quoidbach, a Belgian psychologist and professor at the University of Liege, argues that money can prevent us from fully experiencing the joys of daily life.Research has shown that being richer, and even the mere thought of money, can make people less likely to enjoy and appreciate the smaller pleasures in life.In the study, participants …
The PostSecret site is full of confessions like these: I get bullied at school. But I do not dare to tell my parents.I keep following my ex. Every day I know what she does, who she talks to. I even watch her new boyfriend.I stole money from the company petty cash.I’m gay, but I’m afraid …
It happens to all of us from time to time that we become ‘hostages’ to strong emotions like anger, and then do things that we may regret later. We yell at our loved ones or our boss, throw our brand-new smartphone on the floor, or even hit someone (even our own child or sweetheart…). Such …
The people within our social circles not only give us advice, provide us with gossips or help us in getting a new job (and sometimes pass on a virus to us), but they also influence our appearance, what we do and how we feel. In other words, they partly determine who we become. In the …
Is it easier for you to remember where to find chocolate in the shop than where to find fruit or yoghurt? According to researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, it’s no wonder! They found that this is due to how our spatial memory works. They asked more than 500 participants to walk through a …
A study conducted in the Netherlands aimed to find out which phrases and mantras are most effective to repeat before an exam. The researchers asked three groups of school-aged children to solve math problems in two parts. During a break after completing the first part, groups 1 and 2 were instructed to recite mantras 1 …