According to Abigail Van Buren, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.” Human beings are social animals as they thrive best in social settings yet sometimes they lose touch with the social aspect of their being or they may not get ample opportunity to exercise it. When it happens, they feel isolated and lonely. Defining Loneliness Most of us have experienced loneliness at some point of time [...]

In a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry by the researchers at the University of North Carolina found that the early signs of autism can be detected as early as six months of age which can lesson the impact of the disorder in children with suitable treatment. It was found that the tracts of white matter that connects different regions of the brain did not form as quickly in [...]

Texting through mobile phones has a negative impact on a person’s linguistic ability to interpret and accept new words. A survey on university students about their reading habits, including text messaging, showed that those who texted more were less accepting of new words. On the other hand, those who read more traditional printed media such as books,newspapers and magazines were more accepting [...]

Psychologist Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory lays emphasis on the observational learning, social experience, and reciprocal determinism in the development of personality. The concept of Self-efficacy lies at the heart of this theory. According to Bandura, a person’s attitudes, abilities, and cognitive skills comprise his/her self-system. This system plays a major role in how we perceive [...]

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is a neurodegenerative disease which mostly afflicts people above 65 years of age. Statistics reveal that around 24 million people worldwide are suffering from dementia out of which about 60% dementia is due to Alzheimer’s disease. The clinical symptoms and signs of Alzheimer’s include progressive cognitive deterioration, [...]

While we have always believed that our brains influenced every aspect of our lives, latest research points out there is actually a “second brain” in our stomachs, which influences our moods, decision-making, our eating habits and even the diseases that inflict us. This is known as intestinal intelligence which can explain away why we binge when depressed or stressed, why we get anxious [...]

The latest study conducted on babies by Kiley Hamlin, University of Columbia throws light on how babies as young as eight months want to see antisocial individuals punished. This implies that even young babies develop a sense of justice at a tender age and they prefer to see individuals being nice to one another even to such persons who may not be good themselves. This study throws light on evolutionary [...]

There is time for everything: A time to love and a time to grieve. A new study conducted by the researchers at Ohio State University College of Medicines has claimed that having sex during adolescent years could have far-reaching consequences on the mood and brain development during adulthood. They have reasoned that during adolescence the nervous system is still in the developing phase which [...]

Busy schedules, hectic deadlines and excessive reliance on modern technology has unleashed stress in multifold dimensions. This has led people to compromise on sleep as they find it increasingly difficult to separate their waking and sleeping time. Moreover, the day-to-day stresses associated with living has triggered an unusual habit of sleep texting; which makes people text messages, update [...]

It has always been known that sleep is rejuvenating and dreaming therapeutic for a person; not only on physical and mental levels but also emotional level. Isn’t it good reason enough not to compromise on your sleep? It is famously said the one should sleep over one’s problems. According to research, sleep and its accompaniment – dreams help a person in getting rid of traumatic [...]