Sex is something we all do for fun. But could it do more for us than just making us feel good physically? Could there also be an emotional component to sex that we are not aware of? It is often said that sex with your partner will strengthen your relationship, and make you feel closer to one another. I often wondered how much truth there was to this belief. Because I don’t believe everything I’m told, I ignored it. Until @jobucks referred me to a link through twitter. From this link, I found numerous studies that suggest that sex affects us in more ways than one.... Read More

While most of us women cringe at the thought of a dripping sweaty man, new research suggests that unconsciously, a woman’s brain computes the scent of sweat and realises the significance of the emotions that it conveys right away.... Read More

UK Psychologists, who featured on an Australian morning TV show (Sunrise) has outlined 5 simple steps we can take to improve our happiness and hence stay sane as we get older. After reading through them you will realise just easy it could be to stay happy day to day.... Read More

Peter Walsh – “You want a life built on solid foundation, but you can’t even see the floor beneath you. You want to lose weight, but your kitchen is overwhelmed with appliances you never use. You want to build your career, but your offices literally makes you feel ill. You want change? This is where is starts: your home. Where you live, breathe, rest, love and create… Get rid of the clutter. Get organized. If you do, I promise that every aspect of your life will change in ways that you never imagined possible”... Read More

A mental health charity, called Mind, has released a statement claiming that our goals for the New Year could actually do us more harm than good. How could that possibly be the case? Setting goals are a good thing, right? According to Mind, it depends on what we make our new years resolutions about. There are a lot of different types of goals such as those that focus on physical things or goals that aim for personal development. Have you ever wondered why making your goals have made you feel worse than you felt before they made them? Perhaps you have been focusing on the wrong type of goals.... Read More

There are many strategies that can be used to create a favourable first impression. Name dropping is a commonly used technique that involves mentioning a particularly powerful/intelligent/popular person in a conversation and waiting for the listeners to form favourable conclusions about yourself. Unfortunately, it’s a fairly transparent strategy. Indeed, according to Carmen Lebherz and colleagues, name-dropping will probably make you appear less likeable and less competent - unless, that is, you make your association with the famous name sound suitably distant and casual.... Read More

Whoever thought that Psychology could ever be fun? Well, i think it’s fun but not most people think it is. So that is why i want to share a website with you. I stumbled across it when someone (@ijeanes) from twitter referred it to me. It’s the BBC website and it has been set up very well as an interactive and educational website. It lets you do a variety of surveys and games and provides you with background information on each topic.... Read More

People with more conscientious personalities, who have greater ambition and discipline, live longer. That’s according to Margaret Kern and Howard Friedman who combined data on this topic from over 20 previous studies, involving more than 8,900 participants in the United States, Canada, Germany, Norway, Japan and Sweden - many of whom had illnesses like heart disease or cancer.... Read More

Feeling like you are having trouble with your memory? Can’t remember those little things you usually seem to be able to remember? Before you start googling Alzheimers to see if that is what you have, perhaps you should turn to something you would not normally associate with memory loss; your diet.  You may not be aware that the food you eat can have an immediate impact on your cognitive abilities.  Research published in the February 2009 edition of the Journal, Apetite, found that a diet low on carbohydrates lead to poor performance on memory tasks.... Read More

Crying is something we do when we are sad, but i have often wondered whether there is any benefit to shedding some tears over something that has made us upset. Obviously when we are infants, we gain food, love, and attention when we cry but why do we continue to cry over situations, people and emotions throughout our entire life eventhough we receive no direct benefit? There has to be a purpose to the act of crying, otherwise we wouldn’t continue to do it throughout our lives. Recent research conducted at the University of South Florida provides an answer to this question. The findings suggest that crying is a benefit to us, but it depends upon the what, where and when a particular crying episode occurs.... Read More