Applied Psychology
- Tortured by regret? Here’s a trick to make peace with the pastwww.latimes.com Tortured by regret? Here’s a trick to make peace with the past
A new study from Temple University offers an easy road map for how to reframe and conquer regrets, no matter how big or small.
- Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it offtheconversation.com Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off
Setting specific, hard-to-reach goals seems to help people maintain motivation, while preventing them from feeling as drained by mental tasks.
- The Missing Apex of Maslow’s Hierarchy Could Save Us Allbigthink.com The Missing Apex of Maslow’s Hierarchy Could Save Us All
Maslow never got around to publishing the final tier of his pyramid: self-transcendence.
- When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study - PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study - PubMed
These findings highlight the significance of self-compassion and procrastination in relation to actual sleep behaviour, adding to the existing body of literature on sleep research.
- The Hidden Powers of Everyday Ritualthereader.mitpress.mit.edu The Hidden Powers of Everyday Ritual
Psychological anthropologist Bradd Shore explores the subtle but powerful influence of rituals on shaping our lives.
- New psychology research identifies belief in one's equal rights as a key mental health factorwww.psypost.org Know your worth: Psychology research identifies belief in one's equal rights as a key mental health factor
Researchers have found that self-respect, distinct from self-esteem and defined as the belief in one's own rights and worthiness, is crucial for mental health. This international study, covering both Western and non-Western countries, shows that higher self-respect is linked to fewer depressive symp...
- Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrivewww.scientificamerican.com Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive
Equanimity, a key ingredient of mindfulness meditation, helps people face life’s ups and downs
- Council Post: How Can Writing Help With Self-Development?www.forbes.com Council Post: How Can Writing Help With Self-Development?
Writing, when embraced as a daily practice, becomes a transformative force for self-improvement, mindfulness and sharing wisdom.
- How to start having more fun | Psyche Guidespsyche.co How to start having more fun | Psyche Guides
Fun isn’t frivolous – it’s vital for your wellbeing. Here’s a step-by-step plan to bring more pleasure into your busy life
- Regulating emotions during negative experiences may lessen troubling memoriesmedicalxpress.com Regulating emotions during negative experiences may lessen troubling memories
Training strategies that teach depressed individuals how to better manage their negative emotions may not only help their mood but also their memory of difficult events, according to new research from Rice University.
- Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after allwww.cam.ac.uk Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all
The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the
- Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenmentwww.vox.com Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenment
Exploring the wider range of meditation is no longer reserved for the monasteries. The new science of meditation is just getting started.
- How coin tosses can lead to better decisionswww.bbc.com Why you should embrace randomness
Our modern lives can often leave us overwhelmed with choice – so might it make sense to let an external agent help us to make difficult decisions?
- Some preliminary studies suggest that a chamomile dietary supplement might be helpful for generalized anxiety disorder.www.nccih.nih.gov Chamomile
This fact sheet provides basic information about chamomile—common names, usefulness and safety, and resources for more information.
There’s very little information on chamomile’s effect on insomnia. A 2019 review of six small studies included only one study on insomnia. That one study found that chamomile had no benefit for insomnia. The same 2019 review looked at five studies on chamomile’s effect in non-insomnia populations. The review concluded that chamomile might help improve the individual component of sleep quality over a 4-week period in people without insomnia.
- Celestial seasonings sleepytime tea has no overt effect on me
Ingredients in order: chamomile, spearmint, lemongrass, tilia flowers, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, Hawthorn, rosebuds
- Can parents give their children too much attention?theconversation.com Can parents give their children too much attention?
There is a link between huge amounts of parental attention and the development of narcissistic traits in children.
- Regular daytime naps linked to bigger, healthier brainsnewatlas.com Regular daytime naps linked to bigger, healthier brains
Napping. Some people do it, and some people don’t. A new study has found that those who are genetically predisposed to taking regular daytime naps may have larger, healthier brains as a result.
- Nicotine is unusual in comparison to most drugs, as its profile changes from stimulant to sedative with increasing dosagesl
Nicotine is unusual in comparison to most drugs, as its profile changes from stimulant to sedative with increasing dosages, a phenomenon known as "Nesbitt's paradox" after the doctor who first described it in 1969
- sleeping in extra on the weekend will reduce the health damage sleep deprivation on weekdays will causewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Sleep duration and mortality – Does weekend sleep matter?
Previous studies have found a U‐shaped relationship between mortality and (weekday) sleep duration. We here address the association of both weekday and weekend sleep duration with overall mortality. A cohort of 43,880 subjects was followed for ...
- Preemptive drinking 7 shots before trauma can reduce flashbacks. But 3 shots increase rates of flashbackswww.sciencedaily.com Moderate drinking before trauma leads to more flashbacks, study finds
People who have drunk a moderate amount of alcohol before a traumatic event report more flashbacks than those who have had no alcohol, according to new research.
So if you know with 100% certain you're about to be tortured for 5 minutes, not a bad idea to get hammered. But if they wait til you sober up a little then torture you, it'll be worse.
- The Visual Cliff Psychology Experiment | Plainly Difficult Documentaryinvidious.fbxl.net The Dark side of Science: The Visual Cliff Experiment 1960 | Plainly Difficult Short Documentary
Learn with Plainly Difficult! The Visual Cliff is an experimental apparatus to see if children are born with the innate ability to be scared of heights, the experiment joins a long line of child psychological testing, similar to Donald and Gua, the Bobo Doll and the Little Albert studies........ T...
https://invidious.fbxl.net/watch?v=oK1UgqHz7_U
A relevant passage from The Graysonian Ethic: "In a lot of ways you do not realize, the human race is entirely defined by our biology. Many of your deepest-rooted fears and ambitions are written into your blood, in a library that was passed down by millions of generations of successful creatures going all the way back to the single celled organisms that first spawned within the primordial ooze."
- Do even 5mins naps destroy anyone else?
If I'm working late and a have a 5 min nap anytime after like 4pm, it makes me have insomnia that night by more than 5 mins. Happens quite consistently.
- Alcohol consumption activates cortisol both during consumption and after
Which is why it's a poor anti anxiety thing and poor sleep aid
- How people wake up is associated with previous night’s sleep together with physical activity and food intakewww.nature.com How people wake up is associated with previous night’s sleep together with physical activity and food intake - Nature Communications
In a prospective longitudinal study of 833 adults, we demonstrate that how you wake up and regain alertness in the hours after sleep is weakly associated with your genes. Instead, the modifiable factors of how you are sleeping, eating and exercising influence your return to full alertness, free of s...
- Transient sensations of impending loss of consciousness: the "blip" syndrome
I have experienced these 'blips' in the past and was deeply troubled by them, as I thought that they could indicate something serious going on.
While I don't suggest anyone to disregard any symptom that they consider to be potentially serious (read as: consult your doctor if you suspect something could be wrong), I have noticed throughout my life many different types of 'glitches' such as this one that turn out to be benign and common.
To me, learning about these effects is a form of applied psychology in the sense that understanding that these feelings are normal and usually benign can help prevent health anxiety.
- It’s Not the Smoke from a Joint That Makes Your Eyes Red, it's the weed itselfwww.mcgill.ca It’s Not the Smoke from a Joint That Makes Your Eyes Red
The familiar red and glassy-eyed stare of someone who’s high was previously thought to be due to the irritation of eyes by pot smoke. But, now we know that weed makes your eyes red for the same reason it makes you dizzy- vasodilation. Marijuana has a lot of active ingredients. Tetrahydrocannabinol (...
Due to vasodilation of the eye
- If you can’t squeeze in a nap after lunch, exposure to bright light can provide a similar energy boost to help you finish your day. Also don't nap past 2pmwww.sleepfoundation.org Does Napping Impact Your Sleep at Night?
Napping can improve alertness, mood, and mental performance, but in some cases, it negatively impacts nighttime sleep. Learn tips for napping without regret.
- Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errorsguzey.com Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors - Alexey Guzey
See discussion of this essay on the forum, Hacker News (a), Marginal Revolution (a), Andrew Gelman’s blog 1 (a), 2 (a), 3 (a), 4 (a), /r/slatestarcodex (a), Twitter (a), listen to BBC interviewing me and Walker himself about it or listen to my interview with Smart People Podcast discussing it. Note...
A critical well-sourced discussion about several of the statements presented in a book about sleep and health.
- Mental exhaustion right before bed to fall asleep quickly?
When I'm mentally exhausted, like after work, I've noticed it's very easy to just collapse onto my bed and sleep.
- Instead of a white noise generator, this is a cat purring generator. Doesn't help me, but if you like had a cat before maybe it'll work for you.purrli.com The Internet has a Cat! Meet Purrli, the online cat purr generator.
Not just a cat purr, but a cat purring next to you. Purrli recreates the sound and the presence of a cat, online. It's soothing, it's free, and it's purrfect!
I've heard that a few people sleep better with this
- Rumor: Manually trying to make your eyes do rem might help you fall asleep?
I'll try it out and see if it works for me
Reddit:
When you’re in bed with your eyes closed, roll them back as far as you can (it’s kind of a weird feeling to me). Hold them like that for several seconds, relax, repeat. The reason something so simple works is because your eyes roll back naturally when you’re really asleep in this fashion. Doing it deliberately signals the brain to release melatonin, which is one of our “sleep hormones” (and popular as a supplement to take at bedtime to help sleep). So there you have it. I just saved you 12 bucks. :D
- Caseless phones are status symbol and can boost your statuswww.vox.com How a caseless iPhone became a status symbol
Fanatics of case-free phones say it’s about design, but could it really be about status?
- What good psychogy youtube channels do you follow?
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/364730
> Scishow psych is the only one I know of > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdettijNYvLAm4AixZv4RA
- There is weak evidence that negative air ionization via air filters is associated with lower depression scores, particularly at the highest exposure level.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Air ions and mood outcomes: a review and meta-analysis
Psychological effects of air ions have been reported for more than 80 years in the media and scientific literature. This study summarizes a qualitative literature review and quantitative meta-analysis, where applicable, that examines the potential effects ...
I couldn't understand the paper more, but it looks like it increases serotonin in our brains?
