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10 Powerful Psychological Forces That Warp Your Perception Of Time (P)

How your heartbeat, emotions and surroundings are controlling your sense of time in ways you never imagined.

Time can crawl, race, or even stand still — from life’s everyday moments to extraordinary experiences, our perception of time is shaped by subtle psychological forces we rarely notice.

What feels like objective reality is really a highly subjective, surprisingly malleable experience.

Here are 10 ways that factors including your environment, thoughts, emotions, age and physical body can all conspire to warp your sense of time.

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10 Life-Changing Benefits Of Optimism (P)

Optimistic people don’t just think differently: here are 10 ways they live fundamentally better lives.

From how we think and feel to how we age, love, sleep and even earn, the benefits of a hopeful mindset are far-reaching.

Optimists are certainly in the majority: around 80 percent of people are optimists, which tends to encourage persistence, cooperation and ambition.

Critically, optimists believe they can control their lives and make improvements.

While optimism is partly genetic and related to upbringing and circumstances, there is evidence it can be cultivated.

These ten studies uncover just how much the outlook can shape our lives.

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How To Beat Food Cravings: 12 Psychology Studies Reveal All (P)

From dark chocolate to gratitude, psychology reveals unexpected ways to outsmart your appetite and regain control.

We’ve all had those moments when cravings strike — suddenly and powerfully — leaving us reaching for snacks we never planned to eat.

Food cravings are normal: 97 percent of women and 68 percent of men experience them.

Cravings are often focused on unhealthy foods high in sugar, fat and salt.

Naturally, cravings can be a major barrier for those trying to lose weight.

So, here are 12 psychology-backed ways to outsmart cravings and stay in control of your appetite.

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10 Toxic Patterns That Sabotage Relationships (P)

The most dangerous relationship killers can feel like normal, everyday interactions and apparently harmless patterns.

Psychologists have spent decades studying why relationships succeed -- or fall apart.

While love and compatibility matter, it is often the subtle patterns and hidden beliefs that do the most damage.

Some of the most toxic patterns feel completely normal, until they erode a partnership's foundation.

A few are so powerful that relationship experts can forecast divorce just by observing a few key warning signs.

This article explores ten research-backed behaviours and mindsets that can sabotage even the strongest connections.

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10 Brutal Workplace Truths: How Jobs Destroy Mental Health (P)

From depression to suicide risk, 10 studies show how workplaces are sabotaging mental health.

We spend roughly one-third of our adult lives at work, so it would be handy if it didn't make us miserable.

A growing body of psychological research is revealing surprising and often unsettling truths about the modern workplace, from boardroom to factory floor.

Whether the result is depression, loneliness, poor physical health or existential boredom, these 10 studies expose the hidden forces that shape how we feel about our work — and ourselves.

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10 Science-Backed Ways To Slash Your Dementia Risk Today (P)

From 5-minute habits to vitamin levels, researchers uncover powerful ways to keep your mind sharp as you age.

Cognitive health is not beyond our control, just a matter of genetics and luck; it is something that can be actively influenced.

Subtle shifts in how we live, move, think and connect with others may dramatically shape our brain’s future.

In this article, we explore 10 studies that reveal how everyday choices could make all the difference.

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11 Tiny Habits That Skyrocket Happiness — Without Reinventing Yourself (P)

Happiness isn’t about big life changes: it’s there in tiny tweaks you can start today.

The key to lasting happiness is not always in major life changes, often it is in a few small shifts in your daily routine.

The most effective happiness boosters can be the most accessible: ones that take just minutes a day and cost absolutely nothing.

From how you spend your mornings to sleep habits, social connections and who you share meals with, these evidence-based insights challenge common assumptions about what really makes us feel good.

Here are 11 of the most compelling, science-backed strategies for feeling happier, starting right now.

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10 Neuroscience Studies That Will Change How You See Yourself (P)

Why we have hair, automatically divide the day into chapters, how we judge art, where our sense of self lives and more.

Neuroscience is uncovering bizarre, brilliant and sometimes unsettling truths about how our minds really work.

From what we find beautiful, how we remember our days, how we know we exist, the invisible waves that keep our thoughts coherent to how easily our minds can fool us into seeing things that aren't really there.

These 10 recent neuroscience studies offer a glimpse into just how strange and powerful the brain can be.

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Gratitude: 10 Benefits To Mind And Body That Start With Saying ‘Thank You’ (P)

Why grateful people are happier, healthier and more successful.

From four-years-old, human beings understand that when someone has done something for them, they should pay that kindness forward.

Gratitude is a simple emotion that holds the key to solving some of our most persistent human struggles.

It is free, does not require a complicated intervention, or years of training to harness its benefits: everyday acts of gratitude can trigger profound changes in just minutes.

These 10 studies reveal, among other things, the best gratitude strategies, how it helps with aging, its effect on employees and between spouses and their bond with children.

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