Articles for category: Lifestyle, Neuroscience

Psychology Says Children Who Spend Regular Time in Unstructured Natural Environments Show Brain Development Patterns in Attention Creativity and Emotional Regulation That Children Raised Entirely Indoors Do Not Develop at the Same Rate

Psychology Says Children Who Spend Regular Time in Unstructured Natural Environments Show Brain Development Patterns in Attention Creativity and Emotional Regulation That Children Raised Entirely Indoors Do Not Develop at the Same Rate

Sameen David

Think back to your own childhood for a second. Were you the kid climbing trees, digging in the dirt, and disappearing into the backyard for hours, or were you mostly inside, surrounded by screens and walls? That simple difference, as it turns out, is not just about lifestyle or nostalgia. Modern psychology and neuroscience are ...

Psychology Says Listening to Birdsong for Thirty Minutes Restores a Form of Directed Attention That Chronic Stress Degrades - and It Works Even Through Headphones Which Is the Result That Surprised the Researchers Most

Psychology Says Listening to Birdsong for Thirty Minutes Restores a Form of Directed Attention That Chronic Stress Degrades – and It Works Even Through Headphones Which Is the Result That Surprised the Researchers Most

Sameen David

You probably think of birdsong as a pretty background detail you barely notice while you rush through your day. But when psychologists started putting it to the test, they found something quietly radical: listening to birds for just half an hour can help restore a specific kind of attention that chronic stress slowly erodes. Even ...

Neuroscience Says People Who Regularly Garden Have Access to a Soil Bacterium That Raises Serotonin in the Brain - It Works Faster Than Most People Expect and Has No Side Effects That Have Been Documented

Neuroscience Says People Who Regularly Garden Have Access to a Soil Bacterium That Raises Serotonin in the Brain – It Works Faster Than Most People Expect and Has No Side Effects That Have Been Documented

Sameen David

You know that oddly peaceful feeling you get when your hands are in the dirt and the sun is on your back? It turns out that it’s not just in your head in a vague, poetic way – it’s literally in your brain chemistry. When you garden, you’re not only growing tomatoes or roses; you’re ...

Cognitive Psychology Says the Sudden Feeling of Extreme Familiarity in a Place You’ve Never Been Is Your Brain Re-routing an Unprocessed Childhood Memory to Prevent a Mental Overload

Cognitive Psychology Says the Sudden Feeling of Extreme Familiarity in a Place You’ve Never Been Is Your Brain Re-routing an Unprocessed Childhood Memory to Prevent a Mental Overload

Sameen David

You know that eerie rush when you walk into a place for the first time and it feels like you’ve been there a thousand times before? Your stomach flips, the air feels thicker, and for a split second you’re sure you could predict what’s behind every door. Most people shrug and call it déjà vu, ...

Sleep science and psychology say the feeling that you are forgetting something important right before bed is your brain finally processing unresolved daytime anxiety in the absence of external distractions

Sleep science and psychology say the feeling that you are forgetting something important right before bed is your brain finally processing unresolved daytime anxiety in the absence of external distractions

Sameen David

You know that strange rush of worry that hits the moment your head touches the pillow? All day you felt fine, distracted, busy, moving from one thing to the next. Then suddenly, in the dark, your brain decides now is the time to insist you have forgotten something important. It feels irrational and annoying, but ...