Good news! Good motivations for altruistic acts are cross-culturally pervasive.
Read moreFeeling Lonely
Here’s an interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation. Feeling lonely may be generally more dangerous than being alone.
Read moreNature Walks
New research published in Health & Place suggests that engaging in outdoor activities—even alone—might actually protect us from feeling lonely.
Read moreNature Sounds
A recent study by scientists in Germany, Peru, and the United Kingdom explored the features of nature sounds that elicit mental well-being.
“We still don’t really know how the diversity and complexity of sounds affects how people feel, or why some sounds may be more uplifting than others,” explained study author Kevin Rozario, a graduate student at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research.
Read moreMore on Dreams!
A conversation with a dream researcher about how dream content and recall may reflect personality and thinking style.
Read moreA Perfectionism Pandemic
The “Perfectionism Pandemic” is crushing young people. Our current achievement economy may deserve the blame.
Read moreDreams and Personality
These transformations varied from person to person, but the researchers were able to find patterns.
“Our findings show that dreams are not just a reflection of past experiences, but a dynamic process shaped by who we are and what we live through,” study author Valentina Elce explained.
Read morePsychedelics and Science
He is driven by the belief that psychedelic drugs can crack open the minds of scientists and other problem-solvers.
In 2023, he founded the nonprofit organization the Center for MINDS (Multidisciplinary Investigation into Novel Discoveries and Solutions). Its philosophy: “Psychedelics and other consciousness practices may be our greatest underutilized tool for sparking paradigm-shifting breakthroughs.”
Read moreMethylone
TSND-201 produced statistically significant placebo-adjusted improvements in PTSD severity.
The executive order dramatically affects research priorities, regulatory momentum, investment, and adoption.
Read moreRelieve Stress and Calm Anxiety
AI Therapists Lack Ethics- Beware!
Study warns that reducing therapy to automated AI responses risks serious harm to patients.
AI has issues like deceptive empathy, unfair bias, and poor crisis management in therapy settings.
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