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Dopamine, Creativity, Genius and Madness
Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that we tend to associate with ‘reward’. Whenever we do something that our brain/body…
How to Give Your Brain More Energy – And Why That’s the Secret to Super-Efficient Cognition
Have you ever wished that you could take a pill and immediately become smarter? If you’ve seen the…
The Barney Fife Syndrome: Recognizing and Working With Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
If you have the traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), you could be causing the people who love…
How to Stop Your Intelligence From Being a Bad Thing
The success of the film Limitless and the increasing use of ‘smart drugs’ suggest to us that a…
The Neuroscience of Morality
As any good psychologist knows, there’s no abstract concept that is above a little analysis. And all of…
An Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
The modern world is overcrowded, fast, stressful, and exhausting. Traffic, noise, flashing screens, crowded sidewalks, and twenty four…
What Is Anhedonia? – Loss of Interest, Pleasure
Numbness and loss of pleasure are now recognized as core symptoms of depression. A general loss of pleasure…
Common Psychological Disorders in Children
As difficult as it is to diagnose disorders that happen within the mind, it is even more difficult…
Can Maladaptive Daydreaming Be Treated?
Maladaptive daydreaming is a controversial condition in which an individual daydreams to an abnormal amount – such that…