Articles (Psychology)

Indoor or Outdoor? A Choice for Your Health
(Health and Diseases)

The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted hanging-out, social gatherings, and spending time outdoors; if you belong to the indoor generation with no deep understanding of what you are missing, this article is for you.


The Necessity of Expression
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Self-expression is as vital to living as breathing; it is how we interact with others and the world. It can be supremely fulfilling or irritably frustrating.

Social Stigma and COVID-19
(Health and Diseases)

The patients of COVID-19 might face negative and social discrimination due to people’s ignorance about the disease. They blame a tangible source of infection, the patient, as if they were the source of the pandemic.


Cosmetics between the Past and the Present
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Do you think that cosmetics are a modern invention? You are completely wrong if you thought so; cosmetics are as ancient as history itself!


The Best Way to Change Behavior
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Can you remember the last time you achieved a milestone in your life or changed your behavior in a way that you have never imagined? Was that in response to a threat or a reward?


Should Handheld Devices Be Banned for Children under 12 Years?
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

“Mom, can I download a new game? Please Mom, please type in your password here”. My daughter looks at me with pleading eyes as she thrusts her iPad in my hands, not waiting for my answer.


Learning vs. Performance
(Education, Business, and Society)

You just wake up feeling drained, unable to make any progress; all attempts of pushing yourself to work hard end in vain and your expectations of great results just crack.


Escaping the Clutches of Depression
(Health and Diseases)

Feeling sad, losing joy and hope, succumbing to anxiety, moodiness, and social seclusion are painful human emotions that indicate a possible diagnosis of depression. The positive aspect, however, is that treatments are available for this condition.


Fear of People and Objects
(Health and Diseases)

When we hear the word phobia what comes to mind is the reasoning behind it is logical cause of panic; yet, surprisingly, the most widespread phobias are those that cannot be judged logically as terrifying.


Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Good and Evil in the Human Nature
(Science in Arts and Culture)

I still remember the plot of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that has deeply influenced literature, as well as the views of numerous thinkers about human nature. It tackles the most significant duality of life: good and evil.


Nature Phobia
(Health and Diseases)

Nature phobia is one of the most popular types of phobia; it is the anxiety and fear of different landscapes around us.

Phobia
(Health and Diseases)

Phobia patients experience excessive fear of a situation, a place, a living creature, or an object that is unlikely to cause any harm.


Dyslexia: A Disappointment that Sneaks into Children’s Hearts
(Education, Business, and Society)

Sitting anxious among his peers as his turn to read out loud approaches. As the teacher calls his name, his eyes devour the word in a desperate attempt to read it correctly, and not blunder its letters as he did before. 


Mind Reading
(Human Body)

Science has a great history in studying the brain and trying to understand its secrets; however, it was not until the 1960s when scientists took the first step in reading ideas.

Children and Psychological Illnesses
(Health and Diseases)

Many people thought that psychological illnesses are far from occuring in children, but they are more vulnerable to depression as they are psychologically fragile.

Art: A Healing Medium
(Science in Arts and Culture)

We learn that when we fall and break a limb to go seek medical attention; but what do we do when it is our mental state that is broken? How does one go about remedying that?


The New Coronavirus and Pregnant Women
(Health and Diseases)

Are pregnant women more likely to catch COVID-19? What will happen if she does get infected? What will happen to the newborn?

COVID-19 Anxiety
(Health and Diseases)

We are all in a fight against an invisible enemy that can strike unknowingly. It affects everyone differently; the strange nature of this virus makes us worry about what could happen if you or a loved one catch it.


Sticking to Your Plan in the Age of Coronavirus
(Education, Business, and Society)

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty has become the master of the scene, affecting our lives dramatically, and bringing most plans to a halt.


Memories in Bottles
(Human Body)

When we were young, we were fascinated with the time machines and time travel, to explore the future and rewind the past; but, what if this time machine already exists?

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