These Food Additives Are Linked To 62% Faster Cognitive Decline (M)

Memory and verbal fluency may be particularly vulnerable to this dietary component.

Memory and verbal fluency may be particularly vulnerable to this dietary component.

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How To Reframe Depression: This Brief Exercise Boosts Goal Progress 50% (M)

A brief, scalable intervention helps people with depression make markedly more progress towards personal goals.

A brief, scalable intervention helps people with depression make markedly more progress towards personal goals.

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Mind Blanks: The Surprising Brain State Behind Mental ‘Nothingness’ (M)

The stream of consciousness includes genuine moments of nothingness, just as sleep is not always total oblivion.

The stream of consciousness includes genuine moments of nothingness, just as sleep is not always total oblivion.

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Here Is What Drives Compulsive Behaviours, Like Addictions & OCD — It’s Not All Habit (M)

The findings challenge a core assumption about how compulsive actions arise.

The findings challenge a core assumption about how compulsive actions arise.

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Why Positive Psychology Experts Rarely Use The Exercises They Recommend (M)

Mental well-being, in practice, looks less like a series of discrete exercises and more like an embodied mindset.

Mental well-being, in practice, looks less like a series of discrete exercises and more like an embodied mindset.

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This Loving Activity Keeps Grandparents Cognitively Sharp (M)

Discover which activities are linked to higher verbal fluency and sharper recall among grandparents.

Discover which activities are linked to higher verbal fluency and sharper recall among grandparents.

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These Two Personality Traits Could Add Years to Your Life (M)

One trait reliably increased the risk of early death, while two others appeared protective.

One trait reliably increased the risk of early death, while two others appeared protective.

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The “F-Bomb” Advantage: Why Swearing Makes Us Stronger (M)

While it sounds socially inappropriate, it may be psychologically efficient.

While it sounds socially inappropriate, it may be psychologically efficient.

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