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  • Your Body and Mind Have Very Different Learning Styles
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    Your Body and Mind Have Very Different Learning Styles

    Have you ever noticed your body reacting to a situation before your brain has even had a chance to process what is happening? Imagine you are in a new, healthy relationship. Your mind knows this person is kind and reliable. However, the moment they are five minutes late for a text, your heart starts racing and your…

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  • Synchronized Brains Are Proven to Make People Feel Closer
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    Synchronized Brains Are Proven to Make People Feel Closer

    This may sound like “scientists have finally proven something we’ve already known from real-life experience”. But here are the nuances we tend to ignore. Social connection is more than an effort, skill, or personality; it is more likely a matter of neural alignment. A 2022 study at UCLA integrated neuroimaging with social network analysis to…

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  • We Regret More about What We Didn’t do Than Mistakes
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    We Regret More about What We Didn’t do Than Mistakes

    Would you regret the chances you missed or the mistakes you’ve made? Unsurprisingly, many people regret the things they didn’t do, not the things they did but failed at, as they near the end of life. In psychology, what we didn’t take the chance to do may haunt us much longer and more strongly than…

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  • AI Chatbots Can Make Your Existing Cognitive Bias Worse
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    AI Chatbots Can Make Your Existing Cognitive Bias Worse

    Everyone uses chatbots to a certain extent now. Some even say the generative AI chatbots have replaced Google search. But when it comes to serious issues such as health information, AI may lead to bigger problems.  A 2025 study in Germany and the UK found that generative AI tools can amplify confirmation bias during health…

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  • Repeated Emotional Events Make Stronger Memories; Not the Neutral Ones
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    Repeated Emotional Events Make Stronger Memories; Not the Neutral Ones

    Have you noticed that those repeated emotional events (usually negative ones) tend to stick longer? Waking up at 3 am because of embarrassing moments in college, or someone wronged us in the past. Why would we not remember “happy” or neutral events? Rather, we tend ot cringe towards those most awkward, scared, or shamed moments? While…

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