How Gardening Affects Mental Health (M)
This is the best evidence so far of gardening’s beneficial effects on mental health.
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What Your Brain Is Doing When You Think It’s Doing Nothing (M)
Trying to solve a long-standing mystery about what the brain is doing when it’s doing nothing.
Baking Cookies For A Friend Beats CBT Techniques For Depression (M)
The research turns on its head the idea that depressed and anxious people should not be ‘burdened’ in any way.
How Depressing Thoughts Mess With Your Memory (M)
Memory problems are one of the lesser known symptoms of depression.
Painless Laser Therapy Improves Memory By 25% In Minutes (M)
The laser treatment that improves memory is known as transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM).
Why Depressed People View Themselves So Negatively (M)
This is an important way in which depressed people come to have a very poor self-concept.
Why Stress Kills Relationships — And What To Do About It (M)
Stress change the types of behaviours people notice in their partners.
Breaking The Cycle of Loneliness: Grandparenting and Volunteering Help Older Adults Thrive (M)
When people reach later life they are more motivated to ‘give back’ — they want to engage meaningfully in what remains of their lives.
How Conventional Thinkers Can Be More Creative (M)
The ‘creatively challenged’ — those not naturally open to new experiences — can find it hard to come up with novel ideas, but this technique can help.
The Path To A Happier Life: One Conversation At A Time (M)
Improve your well-being with just one meaningful conversation a day.
