Strawberry and rose odors shifted color choices, painting mood, and object selection
Two experiments suggest smells can bias what people paint, which colors they use, and what they pick to depict. In a new journal article, specific odors reliably lined up with specific colors and painting impressions. Strawberry odor tended to pull people toward warmer, lighter, more positive work, while rose odor leaned cooler in color associations. […]
Peer supported Open Dialogue care strengthened self determination, human connection, and collaboration for recovery
Clients described recovery support as a flexible, power-aware way of working rather than a fixed professional role. In a Peer supported Open Dialogue practice, clients described recovery support as three linked building blocks: self-determination, human connection, and reciprocal collaboration. They also emphasized competencies and organizational conditions that make those building blocks possible, including careful handling […]
Performance crises in professional soccer grow from hidden vulnerabilities and escalating cycles, coaches report
Twelve German coaches describe how unmet expectations and organizational misalignment can turn a slump into a self-reinforcing breakdown. Performance crises in professional soccer are not “one bad loss” problems, coaches say. They emerge when pre-crisis vulnerabilities meet an acute trigger, then spiral through escalating dynamics across team, club, and external environments. The result is a […]
Mixed physical and mental fatigue cut badminton smash speed 10.6 percent and accuracy 46.1 percent
As fatigue deepened, accuracy dropped fast and a speed-accuracy trade-off appeared under moderate to severe fatigue. When physical and mental fatigue were induced together, badminton forehand smash performance fell sharply, especially accuracy. From baseline to severe fatigue, smash speed dropped 10.6% and accuracy dropped 46.1%. Under moderate-to-severe fatigue, hitting faster was linked to worse accuracy, […]
Self-centered reflection increased sense of agency; selfless reflection decreased it
A pilot experiment linked reflection style to agency and distinct EEG complexity patterns. In [Self-reflection, sense of agency, and underlying neural correlates: A pilot study], self-centered self-reflection increased an implicit measure of sense of agency, while selfless reflection reduced it. The researchers measured agency using intentional time binding, a timing-based method for assessing how people […]
Working memory links broadly to preadolescent psychopathology in network analysis
A large transdiagnostic model places working memory near the center of diverse symptoms. A network analysis in preadolescents found modest links between executive functions and psychopathology, with working memory emerging as a central connector. Working memory showed positive ties to attention problems, social problems, and rule-breaking behavior, and negative ties to anxious/depressed and somatic complaints. […]
When the Brain Stops Staying in Its Lane: What LSD Reveals About Flexibility and Synchrony
When brain networks loosen their grip, experience can change fast Some mental states feel “locked in.” Anxiety loops, depressive rumination, compulsive checking, or rigid perfectionism can trap attention in the same grooves, even when we know those grooves are hurting us. A major question in psychology and neuroscience is why the brain sometimes struggles to […]
When Feelings Move Faster Than Plans: What ADHD Looks Like for Many Adult Women
When Emotions Outpace Attention: Why This Study Matters Now For many adult women, living with ADHD is not just about missed deadlines or a wandering mind. It’s about emotions that arrive like a wave and leave just as abruptly—frustration that flares in a meeting, tears after a minor mistake, or stress that lingers long after […]
Turning Heartbreak Into a Story: How Writing About a Breakup Changes What You Remember and Expect Next
Why Putting Heartache Into Words Can Shift Your Next Chapter Breakups don’t just sting; they scramble our sense of who we are, what happened, and what could ever come next. Many of us cycle through the same fragments—texts, arguments, “what ifs”—without finding much clarity. This is where the new research paper The effects of narrative […]
When Anxiety Dims Our Warmth but Not Our Insight
Anxiety’s Quiet Tax on Connection We tend to treat empathy as a single skill—either you have it or you don’t. But empathy actually has two parts that work together: affective empathy, the capacity to feel with someone, and cognitive empathy, the ability to understand what someone else is thinking or experiencing. Many of us notice […]