Everyday psychology research
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Do You Have ‘Purpose Anxiety’?
… What they did not realize was that they were each struggling to find a life purpose, she said, which is sometimes referred to as “purpose anxiety.” Purpose is one of the most important ways in which we make meaning out of our lives. Once established, “it becomes the architectural framework, the blueprint for how to organize your life,” said Todd B. Kashdan, a professor of psychology at George Mason University who studies how people seek and live out purpose.
Is It a Relationship If No One’s on the Other Side?
For a long time, the idea that we would have A.I.s or robots that we could talk to, interact with, integrate into our personal lives — that was fantasy, science fiction....Alison Gopnik, the child psychologist,
Mass Shooting Survivors’ Memories Are Full of Sensory Detail, Both Positive and Negative
“Survivors recalled compassion with the same precision as they did the gunfire.”
Why the Creative Brain Feeds on Movement
… David Strayer, a professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah, co-authored a 2025 study that investigated how movement in nature influences brain activity. “We took measurements at the trail head, before and after hiking and backpacking trips,” he says. “We found a big boost in creativity after.” Still, scientists have yet to identify exactly why movement seems to spur greater creative thinking. But there are several hypotheses.
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