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They rely on it to build their confidence, their belief in their training and their own capabilities

That includes breathing exercises – like yoga, but not, he says – and sessions both with the psychologist and alone. “Also some visualizing,” he adds. “I try to visualize every possible situation – with wind, with fog, with people around me. Sometimes it stresses me when people are around me, when they pass me very fast.”

In this study, subjects were randomly assigned to view a picture of a woman or a picture of this same woman wearing a headscarf in the style of some Islamic women.

(First percentage: uncovered; second percentage: covered.) Age 36 or older: 15% vs. 30% Marital status is single: 59% vs. 25% Assuming woman is married, she is not working outside the home: 12% vs. 47% A good mother: 33% vs. 45% A devoted wife: 26% vs. 51% Lively: 60% vs. 40% Has a sense of humor: 61% vs. 37% Always looks on the bright side: 60% vs. 43% Might be the life of the party: 26% vs. 6% Sticks to a tight circle of people: 24% vs. 43% Keeps to herself: 8% vs. 22% Strict: 2% vs. 23%

tend to be more persuaded by abstract messages when the choice is far in the future, and by concrete messages when the choice is in the near future

It is a common belief that having more options is better, and that people tend to go to stores that provide them with more choices. However, a new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing reveals that when people cannot easily determine which option is preferable, they are more likely to leave the store empty-handed.

Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception

Lacking control is highly aversive, so we instinctive­ly seek out patterns to regain control—even if those patterns are illusory.

The sense of control had the apparent effect on physical health and well-being.

Rates of depression and anxiety among young people in America have been increasing steadily for the past fifty to seventy years.

Rates of anxiety and depression among children and adolescents were far lower during the Great Depression, during World War II, during the Cold War, and during the turbulent 1960s and early ‘70s than they are today. The changes seem to have much more to do with the way young people view the world than with the way the world actually is.

One thing we know about anxiety and depression is that they correlate significantly with people's sense of control or lack of control over their own lives.

Study confirms robust daydreaming and superior intelligence are connected.

while daydreaming, your thoughts are gliding and ricocheting all over the place--past, present, future--accessing all your stored knowledge, memories, experiences

Many brilliant individuals--from Einstein to Mozart--credit their imagination as the source of their creativity and genius.

If you have to choose between buying something or spending the money on a memorable experience, go with the experience.

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Playing video games could be an unlikely cure for psychological trauma.