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Start by Counting Your Steps‘My Hair Is Not…’A Creative Collaboration with CompulsionCan Apps and Digital Resources Support Your Child with Autism or ADHD?How Even Just 15 Minutes in Nature Can Boost Your WellbeingHow to Talk to Your Employer About TraumaIs Yoga the Secret To longevity?Managing Stress While Waiting for Exam ResultsThe Ones Who Need Little SleepNative and European—How Do I Honor All Parts of Myself?What Is Barbershop Therapy?Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your BrainWhat Type of Exercise Is Best for Mental Health?How to Heal Anxious Attachment by Prioritizing Your Own NeedsI Inherited My Grandfather’s Trauma—and His Healing CultureThe College Mental Health Crisis in 10 SketchesBarriers to Mental Health Care for Asian Americans—and SolutionsHow Nature Helps Us HealFive Ways to Help Someone With DepressionFive Science-Backed Strategies to Build ResilienceHow Americans came to Embrace Meditation, and with It, HinduismHow Can I Stop Using Food to Cope with Negative Emotions?Rushing Or Delaying Decisions Is Linked To Anxiety And Depression In Young PeopleWhat People Do On Their Devices Is Key To Digital Well-BeingHouseplants Can Give Your Mental Health A BoostThis Philosophical Theory Can Help You Stop Taking Criticism PersonallySoul Searching: 7 Ways to Uncover Your True PathQuality Of Sleep Matters For Your Health, Not Just The DurationSeven Tips For Finding Happiness At WorkMeditation Can Reduce Stress – But The Pressure To Overwork RemainsIndigenous Culture Reasserts Women’s Power Through Dance‘Yes I Am’ – Voices of Autistic Women from Minoritised CommunitiesA Walk Through Other People’s ExpectationsMaladaptive Daydreaming, Gender Myths and MeThe Fourth Pillar of Health: Nature TimeThree Ways To Become More Resilient To FailureBrain Connections Predict How Well You Can Pay AttentionWhat We Can Learn From The Best MarriagesThe Heavy Weight of Body ImageMaking Healthy Habits Accessible for Every BodyHow To Recognise Burnout – And What To Do If You’re AffectedWhy Walking Through The Countryside ‘Tames’ Our BrainLiving with MEHow Pet-Friendly Homeless Shelters HealHow Many People Actually Believe In Astrology?Why We Hate Making Financial Decisions – And What To Do About ItMoney Anxiety: Knowing Your Financial Attachment Style Can HelpCan You Choose To Believe Something, Just Like That?Why Your Zodiac Sign is Probably WrongHow Small Acts of Kindness and Connection Can Change the WorldWhat Playfulness Can Do For Your RelationshipMusic Can Change How You Feel About The PastWhy Students Learn Better When They Move Their BodiesPhilosophy Can Help Us Deal With Failures That Seem InsurmountableHow Music Bonds Us TogetherHow Laughter Brings Us TogetherIt’s OK If Winter Makes You SadHow to Know When it’s Time to Start TherapyHow our Body Clocks Affect our Mental and Physical PerformancePeople With Mental Illness Shouldn’t Have To ‘Get Clean’ To Get TreatmentMoms can Blend Movement and Motherhood for Mental Well-BeingThe Psychological Benefits – and Trappings – of NostalgiaCollaboratively Imagining the Future can Bring People Closer Together in the PresentI think I have ADHD, how do I get a Diagnosis? What Might it mean for me?What the Joyous Solitude of Early Hermits can Teach us About Being AloneThis Emotion Makes Solitude More EnjoyableAutism and the ache of LonelinessWhat is ‘Breathwork’? And do I need to do it?Explainer: what is Memory?Why do I Dwell on the past?The Revolutionary Power of Grieving in PublicHow Parents can Promote Positive Sibling RelationshipsNavigating Mental Health Treatment Options is Worth the EffortService dogs can help Veterans with PTSDIs College Stressing you out? It Could be the way Your Courses are DesignedA Beginner’s Guide to Sound Baths − What They are, How to Choose a Good One and What the Research ShowsThe Mystery of ConsciousnessWhat is déjà vu? Psychologists are Exploring this Creepy Feeling of Having Already Lived Through an Experience BeforeYoga Adapts to time and PlaceWhat’s the Difference Between Shyness and Social Anxiety?
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People use Laughter to Smooth Social Interactions
  • January 9, 2024
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People use Laughter to Smooth Social Interactions

Laughter serves more serious social functions than just letting others know you’re having fun. By Dr. Adrienne WoodAssistant Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Virginia Introduction Laughter is an everyday reminder that we humans are…

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Psychologists see Humor as a Character Strength
  • January 9, 2024
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Psychologists see Humor as a Character Strength

No longer dismissed as an undesirable negative trait to be avoided, humor is having a heyday among experimental psychologists. By Dr. Janet M. GibsonProfessor of Cognitive PsychologyGrinnell College Introduction Humor is observed in all cultures and at all ages. But…

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