Relationships

Details: Written by: Linda Kaye, Senior Lecturer in Psychology

What Your Emojis Say About You

When you add a smiley face to the end of a message, you may be saying more than you realise. Emoticons, faces formed from punctuation symbols such as :-), and emojis, picture symbols such as

Details: Written by: Marcus Harrison Green, YES! Magazine

How Strong Friendships Defy Dementia While there is no cure for dementia or Alzheimer’s, studies suggest strong social ties can help ward off the diseases’ advance. The Momentia movement uses strong social ties to ward off the effects of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Details: Written by: Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Experimental Psycology

The Science Of Hugs And Why They Feel So Good “Hugging it out” is often touted as a good way to solve a problem. Now a group of Europeans have decided that that’s all Britons need to convince them to stay in the EU. Their #hugabrit campaign, in which people send in pictures of themselves hugging a Briton, aims to launch “a lovebomb” across the Channel.

Details: Written by: Michelle Neeley, University of Florida

7 Deal Breakers When Looking For Love "A lot of times, just by avoiding negative traits, people will probably be fairly well off—maybe even more well off—than if they were trying to optimize the best potential partner," says Gregory Webster.

Details: Written by: Brendan Zietsch, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

How Long Does Sex Normally Last? The difficult thing is how to measure it, because people will probably over-estimate. If you’re a non-scientist, you might have once asked yourself, propped against the bedhead after disappointingly quick intercourse, how long does sex “normally” last?

Details: Written by: Kira Asatryan

Why Is Recognizing Needs and Values Important in Relationships? Needs and values — the things we care about, the sources of our wants — matter because they are the contents of our core selves. They make up much of the terrain of our inner worlds. Needs and values are indeed highly interconnected, but there is an important distinction between the two.

Details: Written by: Debra Silverman

What Pushes Our Buttons and What Can We Do About It?

Stress affects everyone differently, influenced by elemental personality types: water, air, earth, and fire. Each type reacts uniquely to emotional pain and crises, shaping their coping mechanisms. Recognizing these differences can foster understanding and acceptance, ultimately leading to healthier interactions and responses in stressful situations.

Details: Written by: Donald Altman

Cleansing Family Emotional Clutter & Genetic Footsteps The intimate connection we have with family gets embedded within our very being long before we can utter a word. Much of this initial wiring occurs in the right hemisphere of our brain in the first ten to twenty-four months of life. That’s when our brain begins to develop an emotional and social program.

Details: Written by: Vanessa LoBue, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University Newark

The biological sex of babies may not determine their gender later. Anthony J, CC BY Gender is generally thought of as a stable trait: we are born male or female and we stay that way as we grow from small children to adults. It turns out that for young children, initial concepts about gender are quite

Details: Written by: Barry Vissell

To Really Trust a Woman... Becoming vulnerable with a woman teaches you all about trust. I often hear, “I’ll be more vulnerable with her when I trust her more.” This attitude doesn’t work. Your vulnerability opens the door to trust, and trust opens the door to love.

Details: Written by: Michael Carroll, Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Science, Manchester Metropolitan University

How Can Twins Have Different Fathers? The recent report from northern Hòa Bình province in Vietnam of twins born to two different fathers has been making headlines around the world. The father of the twins took the infants for DNA tests where it was revealed he was the biological father to just one of them - the other twin was fathered by another man.

Details: Written by: Nora Caron

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Toxic relationships can drain emotional and spiritual energy, often beginning in times of vulnerability. Recognizing these unhealthy connections is crucial for regaining peace. This article explores practical steps to break free from toxicity, including a powerful energetic exercise to sever ties and reclaim personal power.

Details: Written by: Jim PathFinder Ewing

Women are from Earth, Men are from Earth: Redefining Human Beings As men, we have the opportunity to seek to know ourselves and, hence, to bring rich resources of love, respect, wisdom, and compassion to all within our sacred circles. This is not the “end of men” but the beginning of manhood redefined.

Details: Written by: Justin H G Williams, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Child Psychiatry, University of Aberdeen

How Do Children Learn Empathy? Empathy, the ability to understand others and feel compassion for them, is arguably the most defining human quality – setting us apart from smart machines and even other animals. Without it, we couldn’t function in social areas such as the schools, court rooms and office workplaces that are the cornerstones of our society.

Details: Written by: Marjorie Miller-Penn State

If You Give Kids Too Much Food, They’ll Overeat "There is a belief that young kids can self-regulate their food intake," says Barbara Rolls. "This study shows those signals are really easy to override."

Details: Written by: Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.

Collaborating vs. Competing: Working Together Towards Agreement Just like Colorado aspens or giant California redwoods need each other for support and to survive, so do people. Science now substantiates what we intuitively know: It feels good to be part of a team effort. When you have a shared goal you can go to greater heights of creativity and success.

Details: Written by: Craig Smith, Research Investigator, University of Michigan

children fairness 3 20 Should a teacher reward a whole class for the good deeds of one student? What about the other side of the discipline picture: should a whole class be punished for the misdeeds of just a few students?

Details: Written by: Robert Nash, Lecturer in Psychology, Aston University

How A Bad Memory Can Actually Br Good For You It’s not uncommon to hear people wishing that they had a better memory. “If only I weren’t so forgetful”, they complain. “If only I could reliably remember my computer password, and that my neighbour’s name is Sarah, not Sandra.” If this sounds familiar then I know how you feel.

Details: Written by: Viren Swami, Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University

There Are No Rules Of Attraction When It Comes To Meeting Your Match Some time ago, I found myself single again (shock, horror!) and decided to get back into the world of dating. One thing that struck me very early on in my forays was that everyone had an opinion about “what worked” in terms of dating.

Details: Written by: Tobin Blake

The Importance of Support Networks and Healed Relationships One of the most important things a person can have during any illness is dedicated, loving support. Just the sense of care alone that is aroused when people gather together in a unified show of love makes a powerful statement. Support networks also serve to...

Details: Written by: Donna Maney, Professor of Psychology, Emory University

A Beginner's Guide To Sex Differences In The Brain Asking whether there are sex differences in the human brain is a bit like asking whether coffee is good for you – scientists can’t seem to make up their minds about the answer. In 2013, for example, news stories proclaimed differences in the brain so dramatic that men and women “might almost be separate species.” Then in 2015, headlines announced that there...