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Halo effect
People form an opinion about an object or a person they encounter for the first time based on the characteristics of the object or person at first sight and by making use of their previous life experiences. This is called the halo effect, a cognitive bias. From the first encounter with a new product, a…
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Opioids and the global crisis
Drugs and medicine might sound like different things even though often it’s the same ingredients. Originally extracted from a poppy, opium has been a harmless medicine for decades. It’s been a help to many troubles, from the flu to a stomach ache. In the 19th century, people started to develop stronger forms from opium like…
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Psychological first aid after earthquake
There are many natural disasters that affect people’s lives and are a fact of life. People live by accepting the existence of these natural disasters and sometimes also ignoring them. We can understand the occurrence of many disasters, but we do not know exactly when an earthquake will happen, although some geoscientists predict it. An…
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Psychedelic therapy
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. More known as MDMA. You have probably heard of it as it is a well known party drug. Among that, it’s also showing real promise to treat mental disorders like PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and other conditions. MDMA is a psychoactive drug with both stimulant, and mood enhancing effects. It appears to act…
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Cloudy with a Chance of Lifelong Friendships
This article is a glimpse of my volunteering experience as a short-term volunteer for an ESC project in Zagreb, Croatia. Come and join me on this 1000-word journey, as I reminisce through my fondest memories of the month and a half spent on gardening, working with school children and forging lifelong friendships, all under Zagreb’s…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT PSYCHOTHERAPY
Words have a magical power. They bring either the greatest happiness or the deepest despair. – Sigmund Freud WHAT İS PSYCHOTHERAPY AND WHO İS PSYCHOLOGİST? Psychotherapy is the process of safely exploring your feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and personal life about yourself and others, in the company of trained mental health professionals. It is speech therapy…
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Sun – best friend or enemy?
It’s a hot and beautiful summer day, you are spending time with your friends in the park. Soon you notice your inflamed, painful and red skin. Sunburns are a pretty common thing, for someone they are even more ordinary than to others. Sun, our light and hot star in the sky, usually makes us happier…
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A brief History of the transistor
If I were to ask you right now, what is the most important discovery of the 20th century, what would you say? Probably Television or the World Wide Web… But what if I tell you that the most important discovery during the 20th century is the transistor, would you believe me? It may be hard…
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Your Trauma
Have you ever wondered why you behave the way you do? Sometimes people look into themselves and realize certain events have modified them into who they are today. But what about the behavioral traits that don’t have an explanation? There’s a possibility your ancestors did the job for you. Trauma is a psychological response to…
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The science of love
If you have experienced love, you know its power. The confusing emotion has been given credit for million-dollar industries, songs, movies, and even rises and falls of whole empires. But why? It turns out love is both: surprisingly simple and complex at the same time. And definitely useful according to evolution. For centuries, people have…
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Only the risk is certain? Atomic power
While Germany is shutting down its last nuclear power plants the rest of the world seems to move in the polar opposite direction; gearing up, strengthening and magnifying dependency on this actually very efficient power source. In the discussion about nuclear power plants there seem to be two strong opinions, a middle ground is nearly…
