Is Brain Rot Real? Researchers Warn of Emerging Risks Tied to Short-Form Video
TikTok could be “unwiring” your brain, through sabotaging your ability to focus, achieve, build resilience and embrace overall greater health. New research is showing that heavy short-form video use trains your brain to favor speed and novelty, which weakens sustained focus and makes everyday tasks feel harder to finish. These undesirable effects are consistent across all ages and demographics, but younger and frequent user show the most negative impacts . . .
People Who Spent Most of Their Childhoods Outdoors are More likely to Develop These 9 Traits as Adults
A childhood spent in the great outdoors (including urban green spaces) shapes you in ways you might never have considered. Every scraped knee from climbing trees, every afternoon spent building forts, every moment you chose to explore rather than stay inside has left an invisible mark on who you’ve become. . . .
No More Looping! 7 Tips for Effectively Clearing Trapped Emotions
Feel it to Heal it. Easier said than done, right? Most of us have found ourselves looping (sometimes for decades or a lifetime) in the same dense emotions, stresses and fears. However, recent scientific research reveals that the lifespan of an emotion is a mere 60-90 seconds - as an active chemical reaction in the body. Shoot, only 60-90 seconds! When I first heard that I thought . . .
Owning a Smartphone Before Age 13 Linked to Alarming Mental Health Declines, Global Study Finds
A worldwide study involving more than 100,000 participants has found that receiving a smartphone before the age of 13 is strongly linked with weaker mental health and lower overall wellbeing in early adulthood.
Feel It for 90 Seconds: The Surprising Lifespan of Emotions
Recent scientific research is learning more about how our emotions impact our overall quality of life. Explore more about this 90-second “emotion lifespan”, and learn how emotions become ‘trapped’ for much longer when not processed effectively to completion.