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Psychology is the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope. Psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of the mind, and all the variety of phenomena associated to personality.

Could Fixing Your Gut Health Help Treat Your Depression?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Depression is among the most common mental health conditions in the U.S., with 21 million Americans — or 8.4% of adults — experiencing at least one major depressive episode in 2020. Antidepressant medications remain a first-line treatment for depression, even though two-thirds of depressed patients don't respond well

Less Than 7% of US Have Good Cardio Metabolic Health

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Cardiometabolic health encompasses a spectrum of conditions and risk factors.

The Science Behind Exercise's Mood-Lifting Effects

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published August 22, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

The Hand at the Helm of Frontex

For too long, the European Union external borders agency, Frontex, has operated as though border enforcement and human rights were two competing principles.

6 Things Dreaming about People from Your Past Means

Deciphering dreams has always fascinated me.

Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study

Objective: No current model of consciousness is univocally accepted on either theoretical or empirical grounds, and the need for a solid unifying framework is evident.

The influence of ceremonial settings on mystical and challenging experiences occasioned by ayahuasca: A survey among ritualistic and religious ayahuasca users

Recent studies have recognized the importance of non-pharmacological factors such as setting to induce or promote mystical experiences or challenging experiences among ayahuasca users.

Would You Take a Pill to Make You More Loving?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE It wasn't that many years ago when your emotions were something that belonged to you.

Zambian Woman Footballer Sex Tested Because FIFA Allows It

Football authorities blindsided Barbra Banda, a top player on the Zambian women’s team, when they announced she was ineligible for competition in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations last week after a “gender verification procedure” that determined her testosterone levels were “too high” to compete as a woman.

We’re “losing the fight against monkeypox”…apparently

According to the New York Times the US is currently “losing the fight with Monkeypox”.

How Mushrooms Help Protect Your Brain

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can have a significant impact on your life and your ability to live independently if the condition progresses to dementia.

None Worse for the Wear

I just got off zooming today with a lawyer friend of mine.

Low-Dose Niacinamide Has Striking Antiobesity Effects

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Niacinamide is a precursor to NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), (a vital signaling molecule that's believed to play an important role in longevity.

Egypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society

(Washington, DC) – Egypt is using arbitrary travel bans to target key members of civil society for their peaceful work, including rights lawyers, journalists, feminists, and researchers, FairSquare and Human Rights Watch said today. The bans, which authorities usually do not formally announce and provide no clear way to challenge them