By Susmita Shah Kathmandu - Psychiatric hospitals are seeing a direful situation of increasing mental health issues in global context stated the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). And consequences like this have also been…
“She” goes missing from presidential language
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president. https://soundcloud.com/mitnewsoffice/audio-article-she-goes-missing-from-presidential-language/s-J9nMo Throughout most of 2016, a significant…
Study reveal benefits of mindfulness for middle school…
Focusing awareness on the present moment can enhance academic performance and lower stress levels. Two new studies suggest that mindfulness — the practice of focusing one’s awareness on the present moment — can enhance academic…
They grin, you bear it. Research reveals physical…
Not all smiles are expressions of warmth and joy. Sometimes they can be downright mean. And our bodies react differently depending on the message a smile is meant to send. Research led by Jared Martin,…
New approaches in neuroscience show it’s not all…
[caption id="attachment_14491" align="alignright" width="285"] Richard Davidson[/caption] Our own unique experiences shape how we view the world and respond to the events in our lives. But experience is highly subjective. What’s distressing or joyful to one…