A video of a German tennis star berating himself is the key to understanding sports psychology.
Category: behavior
Wait, What’s That? The Science Behind Why Your Mind Keeps Wandering
If you’re experiencing an attention deficit, you’re far from alone.
What Witchcraft Is Facebook?
Mass psychogenic illness—historically known as “mass hysteria”—is making a comeback.
The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever
Say goodnight to the dream that education, journalism, scientific evidence, or reason can provide the tools that people need in order to make good decisions.
The Banality of Systemic Evil
In recent months there has been a visible struggle in the media to come to grips with the leaking, whistle-blowing and hacktivism that has vexed the United States military and the private and government intelligence communities. This response has run the gamut. It has involved attempts to condemn, support, demonize, psychoanalyze and in some cases canonize figures like Aaron Swartz, Jeremy Hammond, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden.
How much can an extra hour’s sleep change you?
The average Briton gets six-and-a-half hours’ sleep a night, according to the Sleep Council. Michael Mosley took part in an unusual experiment to see if this is enough.
Why So Many Are Still Missing “Our Maddie”
Six years on, what’s driving the obsession with Madeleine McCann?
The Japanese men who prefer virtual girlfriends to sex
Unless something happens to boost Japan’s birth rate, its population will shrink by a third between now and 2060. One reason for the lack of babies is the emergence of a new breed of Japanese men, the otaku, who love manga, anime and computers – and sometimes show little interest in sex.
People Lose Their Sh*t in Hilarious Haunted House Photos, Part Two
Last year, a haunted house called Nightmares Fear Factory became an internet sensation when photos they took of people being scared out of their minds went über-viral, and this year they’re at it again.
The new batch of the company’s freak-out photos is beginning to spread and many feature the same kind of over-the-top, unrestrained reactions that made last year’s such a hit.
4 Pointers for Using Mindfulness to Stop People Pleasing
Wanting to please and take care of others is natural. But when pleasing others is based in fear of being unloved, it can become habitual and unhealthy, according to Micki Fine, MEd, LPC, author of The Need to Please: Mindfulness Skills to Gain Freedom from People Pleasing & Approval Seeking.