The quick way to higher intelligence? When children (but also adults) encounter difficulties, they tend to think handicapping thoughts: "I'm so stupid," "I can't do it." All of these negative [...]
The "Pokémon Go" hype that drove people to the streets in large numbers in the late summer of 2016 was the first proof of the mass appeal of "augmented reality" [...]
Many people know the awkward situation: You meet someone on the street and just want to say hello, and suddenly your voice doesn't sound relaxed and melodious, but slightly broken. [...]
Many people who suffer from excessive anxiety are also plagued by sleep disorders. But are sleep disorders sometimes also the cause of anxiety? If this is the case, effective sleep [...]
Can you overcome depression by climbing to new mood heights? A brand new study by German researchers aims to answer this question. To do this, subjects with depression were randomly [...]
Approximately 5% of all people in Europe suffer from agoraphobia at least once in their lives (the 12-month prevalence is about 2%; Wittchen and Hoyer, 2011). Due to fear (of [...]
What does really help after a traumatic experience? Should we, directly after a traumatic experience, talk through the traumatic experience again in great detail in a conversation with a psychologist [...]
Anyone who successfully confronts his fear (e.g., in the context of cognitive behavioral therapy) builds neuronal "safety networks" in his brain. However, in many situations these safety networks still compete [...]
Approximately 20% of the population suffer from chronic pain (Ashar et al., 2021). It is not uncommon for back pain, knee pain, headaches, etc. to have no clear physical cause, [...]
Should safety behaviours be allowed during exposure therapy? For a very long time many psychologists held the opinion that safety behaviors should be avoided under all circumstances. But new evidence [...]
