psychology

What Even Is Cuteness?

Have you ever seen something so cute you want to squeeze it? Maybe it was a puppy or kitten, or perhaps a teddy bear...

Mechanical Keyboards and the Psychology of ASMR

What are your hobbies? Do you participate in a sport, or do yoga, or grab a paintbrush and make some art? How about something...
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Elena Cabrera

Kiki vs. Bouba: A Psychological Phenomenon

Begin by taking this fun quiz! --> Are These More "Bouba" Or "Kiki"? (buzzfeed.com) Were you among the majority that named the spiky figure Kiki...
Elena Cabrera

The Good, the Bad, and the … Imaginary?

Working as a camp counselor, I was once yelled at by one of the children. As I went to sit down, a blood-curdling scream...
Elena Cabrera

Are You Smiling Under Your Face Mask?

Adaptation of Tokyo Japan during daytime photo – Free Person Image on Unsplash Well, I can’t tell and neither can the children growing up in...
Alex Gurgis

Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Two

PART TWO: WHY DOES SYNESTHESIA HAPPEN? So, we know a bit about what synesthesia is. But what actually causes these remarkable perceptions? Well the truth is,...
Mingyuan Zhou

Detect True Feelings

After watching the drama series, ‘Lie to Me’, I got curious about facial micro-expressions. Facial micro-expressions are rapidly involuntary facial expressions which reveal disguised...
Anastasia Pavlyuk

How The Science of Neuroplasticity Can Help You

What is Neuroplasticity? Neuroplasticity seems like something a person would read about in a science-fiction novel. How can the brain, a seemingly unchanging mass of...