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Maladaptive Perfectionism, brain science and decision making

An evolutionary theory, proposed by William Hamilton, claimed that herding behavior may benefit individuals, rather than groups. Hamilton���s Selfish Herd concept, which he introduced in the early 1970s, explained that her...

In his youth, Hemingway served and was injured during World War I. Decades later he put himself in harm's way as a journalist in the Spanish Civil War. So, he knew more than a little about the horrors of war .

Exercise may do more than just give you a buff bod, it may pump up your mind. In 2016, researchers at University of Tucson, Arizona, studied eleven collegiate distance runners and compared them to a group of eleven non-a...

Time spent in the great outdoors is a mood booster for most of us. It turns out that nature also boosts brain function.

Jealousy isn���t all bad. Without it, humans probably wouldn���t have evolved into a (mostly?) monogamous species. In 2017, Californian researchers might have discovered the brain circuit responsible for the green-eyed monst...

In 2016, a systematic review encompassing medical reports on almost 14,000 people reported that people with high (and continuous) lifetime intellectual enrichment were significantly less likely to develop AD.

A wide-ranging circuit in the brains of people who are prone to alcohol abuse may be connected by faulty wiring. In 2022, Californian scientists described the neural anatomy of the defective circuit. They studied more th...