How Do You Gracefully Close An Exceptional, Medicore and Bad Date?
After a first date with a 26 year old Indian UC Davis Med Student some time ago, my (already extremely) analytical self sat in bed…
Category: Interesting Facts
10 Interesting Facts about Love
Love can be painful, but it can also be the most beautiful thing there is. For some, it’s better to have lost and loved than never…
11 Female Facts About Attraction
This article contains psychological information and facts about female attraction in heterosexual relationships. Like all psychological findings, they represent generalizations and do not reflect everyone. Different…
Memory Reconstruction: Why Eyewitness Accounts Are Unreliable
Since the 1990s, when DNA testing was first introduced into the courtroom, researchers have reported that 73% of the 239 convictions overturned through DNA testing were…
Can Baby “Cuteness” Trigger Parental Instincts?
Charles Darwin: if there’s one thing everyone knows about this man, it’s his famous theory of evolution. Survival of the fittest, different species of finches…
Doctors Coined Broken Heart Syndrome as a Factual Medical Condition
Lisa Wysocky landed herself in the ER in July 2009, claiming that she had a heart attack after spending a night on her bedroom floor…
13 Rare Psychological Syndromes/Disorders
The field of psychology is one that is still growing and developing. As we learn more about the brain and human behavior, there are a…
Newfound Love is Scientifically Proven to Make Us Less Productive
“What’s your biggest insecurity or fear?” “Falling in love right now.” I asked that question to an externally portrayed confident man when he was giving…
Locked-In Syndrome: Trapped in Your Own Body
Locked-in syndrome (LIS), also known as pseudocoma or cerebromedullospinal disconnection, is a condition in which an individual is conscious and aware of their surroundings but are…
10 Psychological Facts About Human Feelings
If you’re looking for interesting psychology facts about human feelings, here are 10 amazing ones: 1. There is actually a phobia for losing one’s phone. Nomophobia is…
Emily Dickinson’s Ultra-Famous: “The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants” Quote
Selena Gomez’s new single: “The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants” totaled 10.061 million listeners on it’s first day on the radio (see lovely music…
Misery Loves Company
It doesn’t matter much whether you are a student delving into the wonders of Psychology, a writer for this site, or just an enthusiast investigating…
Online Dating: Is It the Resolution to Inefficient Western Society Dating?
Behavioral economics have conducted studies which have drawn that the dating style in Western society is grossly inefficient, especially after high school. But…has online dating been a successful…
How do the Blind Dream? / ¿Qué y Cómo Sueñan los Ciegos?
Images, ideas, emotions, and sensations: a dream. Whether it’s short or long, whether you can or can’t remember it– everyone dreams. But what do people…
Long Distant Relationships Might Not Be As Bad As We Thought
“Christina, long distant relationships don’t work out. Maybe 10% of them do, but let’s be realistic,” -Uncle Tam. “Don’t you think the distance between us…
“People Who Are Too Similar to Each Other are Not Likely to Last.”
There’s a theory that many “perfect” Hollywood marriages failed because of the intense similarity and closeness between the two individuals-Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt being…
The Stockholm Syndrome: Traumatic Bonding
Most of us have heard of it before. Stockholm Syndrome: the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or…
Maladaptive Daydreaming – A Psychological Condition, In Which One Daydreams Excessively, To The Point Where It Can Become Harmful
You’re sitting in class trying to focus on the teacher but you can’t help the fantasy running in your head. Sound familiar? If this…
Quitting Smoking: Does this European Study Yield the Most Effective Method?
“Why do you keep eating lollipops?” a confused me asked a former co-worker of mine. She’s been a smoker for well over 25 years and…
Breast Implants: The Emotional Journey Behind It
Residing in Orange County, California, i’m no stranger to breast implants. Every OC girl is constantly surrounded by women and their large chest assets. In…