Can Single Musical Notes Evoke Particular Emotions?
Can Single Musical Notes Evoke Particular Emotions? Musicians have long been interested in the value of particular musical factors in creating emotional meaning within music. Formal studies have also...
View ArticleIs the Night-Shift Making you Stressed and Anxious?
Is the Night-Shift Making you Stressed and Anxious? For many the night shift is a required part of their employment, from factory workers to care workers night time often means work time. But what...
View ArticleCan Simple Activities Increase Well-being?
How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being? Self-help books can provide a confusing array of activities or things that people can do to increase well-being and happiness. While some...
View ArticleHow Receiving Help Can be Harmful
How Receiving Help Can be Harmful Helping others is almost universally seen as a good thing. Despite this, in certain circumstances the being helpful to somebody may in fact be detrimental to them....
View ArticleEmotional Costs of Withholding Complaints
Sayings such as ‘get it off your chest’ have long been used as advice to discourage ‘holding something in’ that is thought to be annoying or playing on someones mind. Similarly while culturally...
View ArticleThe Loneliness Trap
How expectation of happiness can increase feelings of loneliness Despite increasing recognition and acceptance of mental health issues, Western cultures remain obsessed with the pursuit of happiness....
View ArticleWhy Do You Make Us Feel Good? (or Bad)
Why Do You Make Us Feel Good? (or Bad) Research has been able to show that people consistently make others feel a certain way, for example happy or stressed. Psychologists have named this affective...
View ArticleHow To Instantly Feel More Powerful
How To Instantly Feel More Powerful Even the most confident people feel anxious in certain situations. People often develop their own way of getting through a stressful situation, techniques ranging...
View Article12 Famous Quotes About Apathy
Apathy is a lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern, while many people feel apathetic as a teenager, it is generally a feeling that fades away as we age. Apathy is in fact a significant indicator and...
View Article61 Ways To Increase Productivity And How To Achieve Goals In Life
I originally read this article on goal-achiever.com but as that website appears to have disappeared I decided to republish it here. I can’t vouch for how scientific some of the tips are but...
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