The emotion which makes people feel time-rich, provides a psychological boost and more... » Continue reading: The Feeling That Expands Time and Increases Well-Being » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: A Counter-Intuitive Remedy to Feeling Short of Time Sense of Belonging Increases Meaningfulness of Life Depression Alleviated By Feeling Connected to a Group The Universal Feeling in All Human Communication Revealed by Massive Study The Peaceful Mind: 5 Step Guide to Feeling Relaxed Fast

One more reason why happiness is so infectious. » Continue reading: The Weirdest Way People Communicate Their Happiness » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Reason Overwhelming Happiness Makes People Cry The Key to Happiness: Brainpower or Social Connectedness? Our Genes Respond Positively to The Right Kind of Happiness Husband or Wife? The Partner Whose Happiness Matters More For The Marriage How to Set Goals That Lead to Happiness

Five-minute technique can boost confidence and performance in high-stakes situations. » Continue reading: How To Fight a Powerless Feeling When It Really Matters » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Perform Better Under Stress Using Self-Affirmation How to Fight Excessive Doubt Power Up: The Performance Benefits of a Simple Mental Exercise The Age At Which Sleep Matters Most For a Good Memory Male or Female Bosses? The Sex Which Gets More Depressed From Work

New method found to increase creativity and could be used to treat depression. » Continue reading: Creativity Boost From Method That May Also Treat Depression » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Brainstorming Tweak: How to Boost Creativity in Groups Brain Ultrasound: How Sound Waves Can Boost Mood Why Smells Evoke Memories So Vividly Long-Held Belief About Depression Challenged by New Study A Blood Test for Depression

New study suggests scientists have been looking in the wrong place for the cause of Alzheimer's disease. » Continue reading: Alzheimer’s: New Direction Reveals Surprising Source of Disease » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Copper Pinpointed as Main Environmental Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease This Brain Disease Will Affect Nearly Every Family. Now Nanotechnology Can Detect It Early Drug Reverses Schizophrenia in Mice by Curbing Synaptic Pruning Neuroscientists Improve Cognition in Brains Riddled With Alzheimer’s Toxins Discovered: How The Brain Repairs Itself After a Stroke

Why many find it so hard to support people who are depressed. » Continue reading: Why Some Depressed People Hate Being Told to ‘Cheer Up’ » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Depressed People Take Social Rejection Harder, Here’s Why The 5 Biggest Reasons People Get Anxious or Depressed A Strange Depression Symptom That Most People Don’t Know How People Use Social Media to Manage Their Emotions How to Feel Happy Just By Walking Differently

Four out of five people with depression will relapse at some point without treatment. » Continue reading: How To Prevent Depression Relapse Without Antidepressants » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: This Group Depression Treatment is as Effective as Individual Therapy Depression Alleviated By Feeling Connected to a Group Brain Scans Can Predict The Best Type of Depression Treatment For an Individual Hyper-Connected: What Depression Does to Your Brain New Depression Treatment So Obvious You Won’t Believe It’s NEVER Been Tried Before

Study overturns long-held belief about how to treat kids with ADHD. » Continue reading: Squirming Helps Kids With ADHD Learn, Study Finds » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: You Can Learn a New Language While You Sleep, Study Finds A Well-Known Trick To Jog Your Memory DOES Actually Work, Study Finds Nasal Spray Effective Treatment For Memory Loss and Alzheimer’s, Study Finds The Environmental Factor Linked to Huge Rise in ADHD Human Children Grow Up So Slowly Due to Large Brains, Study Finds

Only one country in North America is amongst the world's happiest. » Continue reading: The 5 Happiest Countries And What Makes Them So Happy » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Age At Which People Are Least Happy With Their Lives The Number of Children That Makes Parents Happiest How Aging Changes What Makes You Happy People Are Happier When They Do The Right Thing The Simple Mindset That Makes Everyone Happier, All Around The World

Stop food cravings with these ten simple tips based on the psychological research. » Continue reading: How To Stop Food Cravings: 10 Tricks Based on Science » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Stop Food Cravings In 15 Minutes With This Easy Trick Eating This For Breakfast Reduces Food Cravings Later in The Day 3 Minutes of Tetris Reduces Cravings for Drink, Cigarettes and Food 8 Weight-Loss Tips That Might Surprise You (From New Research) Why the Sleep-Deprived Crave Junk Food and Buy Higher Calorie Foods

How depressing thoughts can interfere with everyday concentration and memory. » Continue reading: How Depressing Thoughts Mess With Your Memory » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Exercise Can Improve Long-Term Memory How To Improve Memory Five-Fold in 45 Minutes The Simple Change to Daily Routine That Fights Bothersome Negative Thoughts That Won’t Go Away Gesturing While Talking Influences Thoughts Green Tea Improves Working Memory

New research reveals how to 'turn on' your memory, how to flush out useless memories and more... » Continue reading: Memory: 5 Amazing New Facts You Should Know » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Memory and Recall: 10 Amazing Facts You Should Know Memory: The Weirdest Ever Fact is Actually True, Study Reveals How To Improve Memory Five-Fold in 45 Minutes Music’s Amazing Effect on Long-Term Memory and Mental Abilities In General Classical Music’s Surprising Effect on Genes Vital to Memory and Learning

The severe effect on adult mental health of an experience suffered by one in five children. » Continue reading: 1 in 5 Children Experience Something WORSE Than Parental Abuse » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: This is Why Childhood Psychological Abuse Should Be As Taboo as Sexual or Physical Abuse The Workplace Behaviour That is Unexpectedly Worse Than Bullying The Shocking Effect of ‘Hidden’ Sibling Bullying on Adult Depression Effects of Childhood Bullying Last at Least 40 Years Family Problems In Childhood Affect Brain Development

Whether it's better to live in the mountains, on the plains, by the ocean -- and the city that's best for you. » Continue reading: Introverts Prefer Mountains: How Your Personality Affects Where You Should Live » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Unhappiest and Happiest U.S. Cities Revealed By Nationwide Survey Two Personality Traits Which Predict Long Life A Sense of Purpose Helps You Live Longer Season of Your Birth Affects Mood in Later Life Borderline Personality Disorder: 8 Classic Signs You Should Know

This confection can stop songs getting stuck in your head. » Continue reading: How To Get Rid of a Song That’s Stuck In Your Head » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: How to Use Your Head AND Follow Your Heart Here’s The Curious Secret To Perfect Learning While You Are Distracted The Illusion of Transparency Music and Memory: 5 Awesome New Psychology Studies Learn Languages Better With This Psychological Tip

Out-of-body illusion created in the lab reveals how we know where we are. » Continue reading: Brain Scans During Out-of-Body Illusion Reveal Mind’s ‘Sense of Place’ » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Extroverts Come In Two Different Types, Brain Scans Reveal Brain Scans Reveal Why Up To One in Six People Get SAD in Winter Brain Scans Can Predict The Best Type of Depression Treatment For an Individual The Body Map of Emotions: Happiness Activates the Whole Body The Illusion of Control: Are There Benefits to Being Self-Deluded?

New research links living near these to a 46% increase in stroke risk. » Continue reading: Living Far From These Eyesores Keeps The Brain Healthy » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Major Cause of Dementia Identified Which Could Lead to New Treatments The Healthy Brain Food In Every Fridge That Gets Overlooked Discovered: How The Brain Repairs Itself After a Stroke Here is Why Age-Related Memory and Thinking Problems Are Less Scary Than Many Imagine Here is a 20 Second Test To Check Your Overall Brain Health You Can Do Right Now

Two factors which may be central to obesity identified by new study. » Continue reading: Weight Loss: 2 Things to Focus on BEFORE Diet and Exercise » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Surprising Impact of Weight Loss on the Emotions 8 Weight-Loss Tips That Might Surprise You (From New Research) Here’s The Real Psychological Secret to Weight Loss (And It’s Not Counting Calories) Most Unlikely Weight Loss Trick Revealed by Psych Experiment Eating This For Breakfast Reduces Food Cravings Later in The Day

This trick makes you feel closer to your future self so that you start four times sooner. » Continue reading: Avoid Procrastination: Funky Tip Makes You Start 4 Times Sooner » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Later School Start Times Improve Sleep and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents How To Set Better Goals: Avoid Four Common Mistakes 10 Foolproof Tips for Overcoming Procrastination The Type of Daydreaming That Makes The Mind More Efficient How to Lose Weight: Stop Exercising, Start Having Fun

Although few people know this depression symptom, it's frequently reported by sufferers. » Continue reading: Little-Known Depression Symptom Confirmed by Study » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: A Strange Depression Symptom That Most People Don’t Know Depression Distorts People’s Perception of Time, Study Finds Long-Held Belief About Depression Challenged by New Study Schizophrenia, Depression and Addiction All Linked to Similar Loss of Brain Matter A Common Vitamin Deficiency Linked to Depression in Women

People move in herds -- but simpler forces are at work than social pressure. » Continue reading: Why People Conform: Maybe It’s Not Social Pressure After All » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Social Conformity Effect Lasts Three Days How People Use Social Media to Manage Their Emotions Can This Simple Trick Stop Athletes Choking Under Pressure? Depressed People Take Social Rejection Harder, Here’s Why Rethinking The Stress Mindset: Can You Find The Upside of Pressure?

Dark secrets really do feel like a physical weight pulling downwards -- here's how to get rid of them. » Continue reading: How To Stop Obsessing Over A Dark Secret » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Why Dieting Does Not Usually Work Here’s The Real Psychological Secret to Weight Loss (And It’s Not Counting Calories) 4 Dark Sides To The Pursuit of Happiness How To Stop Food Cravings: 10 Tricks Based on Science Empathy Can Sometimes Motivate This Dark, Unjustified Behaviour

What can change behaviour two or three times more powerfully than rewards? » Continue reading: Motivation: This Force Has 3 Times The Power of Rewards » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Surprising Power of an Emotional ‘Memory Palace’ Later School Start Times Improve Sleep and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents The Personality Factor That Makes Some Violent Criminals So Dangerous One More Reason Why Teenage Behaviour Can Be So Extreme How to Use Language to Subtly Project Power

New study points to a radical new approach to dieting: choosing a diet you can actually enjoy! » Continue reading: The Real Psychological Reason Diets Are Hard To Follow » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Here’s The Real Psychological Secret to Weight Loss (And It’s Not Counting Calories) New MIND Diet Lowers Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Over 50% Eating This For Breakfast Reduces Food Cravings Later in The Day Most Unlikely Weight Loss Trick Revealed by Psych Experiment Diet Tip: The Unexpected Effect of Comfort Food on Bad Moods