Confidence is a critical component of hip-hop culture.
Manu Vega via Getty Images
The same boldness that enabled hip-hop to endure can benefit teachers in the classroom, a hip-hop scholar writes.
Social media posts featuring unhealthy foods get more likes and engagement. But there are ways to change that.
(Borzoo Moazami, Unsplash)
New research finds that switching to a more thoughtful mindset can increase engagement with healthier food options on social media.
‘Lucky girl syndrome’ is similar to the ‘law of attraction’.
Ground Picture/ Shutterstock
‘Lucky girl syndrome’ focuses on using positive affirmations to achieve material benefit.
Athletes who saw stressful situations as a challenge had better mental health.
Juice Dash/ Shutterstock
Accepting and embracing stress may just help us improve our mental health.
Rishabh Pant of India in action during day three of the fourth test match between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane in January 2021.
EPA-EFE/DARREN ENGLAND
To overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, sportspeople need to enter a certain state of mind.
Don’t assume that something you’re uncertain about will have a terrible outcome.
LWA-Dann Tardif/Stone via Getty Images
Feel like you’re facing too many pandemic-related unknowns? Reframing what it means to not know can help you break the uncertainty-anxiety connection.
Shutterstock
The growth mindset theory holds a person’s beliefs about their ability can be developed through effort. The fixed mindset holds a person’s abilities are fixed and can’t be changed.
shutterstock
Maths anxiety can be made a thing of the past, as new research shows.
Millions of dollars have been spent on ‘growth mindset’ initiatives. Do they work?
Sergey Nivens/www.shutterstock.com
While schools have adopted ‘growth mindset’ interventions and millions of dollars have been spent to see if they work, an analysis of the available research shows they have only a small impact.
Little kids have a tendency to look on the bright side.
Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock.com
Human beings seem to be born wearing rose-colored glasses. Psychologists are interested in how this bias toward the positive works in the very young – and how it fades over time.
If you’re prone to snack when stressed, a pile of dirty dishes might put you over the edge.
'Dirty Dishes' via www.shutterstock.com
A new study highlights how the condition of your kitchen may affect unhealthy snacking.
An aerial shot of Tromsø, Norway.
JakobErde/flickr
Could a psychological approach alleviate the misery of the cold, dark wet winter?
What keeps workers going when the goal isn’t even in sight?
Road image via www.shutterstock.com
New Year’s resolutions are one thing. But what does it take to devote your life to a work goal with such a long time horizon you might never reach it in your lifetime?
Put your mind to it.
Photobank gallery/www.shutterstock.com
New research found that a programme aimed at changing pupils’ mindsets had no significant impact on their attainment.