How To Suppress Intrusive Thoughts (M)
The usual advice is to avoid thought suppression to get rid of intrusive thoughts, but this study finds the technique can work.
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Do People Prefer The Good News Or The Bad News First? (M)
If there’s good news and bad news, which do you prefer to hear first and which should you give first?
Many Violent Offenders Do Not Have Low Self-Control After All (M)
Teaching some violent offenders to heighten their self-control may just be giving them another weapon.
How True Love Feels In The Body (M)
Hundreds of people were asked to colour in a map of the body with where they felt each type of love.
Why The Selfish Prefer Other Selfish People — And Punish Generosity In Others (M)
Selfish people are quick to punish generosity and reward selfishness in others when they find it.
The Most Enjoyable Way To Pass An Idle Moment: Phone vs Socialising (M)
People are surprisingly accurate in their predictions of the most enjoyable way to pass the time — but don’t take their own advice.
Why Antidepressants Take 28 Days To Start Working (M)
The study may partly explain how antidepressants really work — since there is little evidence for the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory.
The Source Of Both Life’s Happiest And Also Its Saddest Moments (M)
Hundreds of people were asked about the most positive and negative events in their lives.
OCD Stems From Difficulties Dealing With Uncertainty (M)
People with OCD like things to be clean, orderly and correct, often to an extreme degree, but the reason is not ‘fussiness’.
How AI Can Assist In Coaching People To Change (M)
Using an AI chatbot on a phone is like having a therapist in your pocket, available 24/7.
