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Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality

Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality technology has created a possibility for entirely new types of therapy. An interesting angle psychology researchers have been exploring for the past several years is how people’s experiences in virtual ...
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/ / Media Psychology & Technology
Envy Might Drive Some of Social Media's Mental Health Effects

Envy Might Drive Some of Social Media’s Mental Health Effects

Social media has facilitated both new ways of connecting with others and new ways of tallying how our lives stack up against theirs. In the twenty-first century, keeping up with the Joneses ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Envy, Relationships, Social Media, Social Psychology
The Good and Bad Risks That Teenagers Take

The Good and Bad Risks That Teenagers Take

We tend to talk about "risk taking" in two contradictory ways. On one hand, being able to take risks is a necessary part of life. When we try an unfamiliar activity, or ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Personality, Punishment & Reinforcement, Risk, Teens
Psychopaths Don't Care About Cute Animals

Psychopaths Don’t Care About Cute Animals

Above is a picture of a very cute kitten. Surely that picture warms your heart. If you don’t look at that picture and go "aww," what kind of person are you, a ...
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/ / Animals, Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Personality
Jobs That Involve Dealing With New Information Might Help Brain Health

Jobs That Involve Dealing With New Information Might Help Brain Health

Do you have a job where you regularly find yourself having to take into account and adjust to new information? That can keep you on your toes, but it might also help ...
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/ / Brain, Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Performance Psychology, Work
The Mental Health Unknowns of COVID-19

The Mental Health Unknowns of COVID-19

For people around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant a major disruption to familiar ways of life. With changes being implemented rapid-fire in response to the immediate need to slow the ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Television
Crochet, Crafts and Mental Health

Crochet, Crafts and Mental Health

If you’re looking for a new hobby to take up, consider crochet. Why? The results of a recently published study from researchers in Australia give some possible reasons. In that study, the ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Crafts, Mental Health
Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Spend much time on the internet, and you’ll see that online comment sections can easily degenerate into a swirling, toxic stew of humanity’s worst impulses. Which makes them a perfect subject of ...
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/ / Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology, Personality
4 Factors That Link Stress to a Decline in Work Ability

4 Factors That Link Stress to a Decline in Work Ability

Some amount of stress is often a part of work, but too much stress can start to interfere with people’s ability to get their work done. An important question is under what ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Performance Psychology, Stress & Trauma, Work
Five Hours of Sleep a Night Biases People Toward Negative Interpretations

Five Hours of Sleep a Night Biases People Toward Negative Interpretations

We all know that nothing good comes from cutting sleep out of your life. First, there are the cognitive effects. Sleep deprivation influences people’s performance in ways similar to alcohol consumption, which ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Health Psychology, Sleep