Riddles of man 2024, November

Geneticists from the USA and Italy named four genes, the state of which is confidently associated with a person's life expectancy (from 90 years)

Remember the movie "Inception"? An interesting theory there was about controlled dreams. Almost like virtual reality. However, there is such a topic

Why are mystical films so popular? The fact is, psychologists say, that they literally "reveal" the secrets of our soul, pulling out into the light of day the most intimate. Only we often do not even know about it

Surely you think that death - this is the worst thing that can happen. Many report eerie fear, many experience panic attacks

“Son of Sam” held the city in the grip of fear for 12 months. Who he was, this crazy baby-faced bastard who prowled the streets of New York in search of innocent victims

Even in ancient times, people were sure: our "I" is not limited to the limits of the physical shell. There is something more that we simply cannot see with the naked eye

Do you want to be unhappy? Everything is in your hands … And then I thought: - Shouldn't I be upset? Elena Smirnova You will see the basic laws of the Universe that exist regardless of our desires

For a full life, a person needs a great many different substances that come from the external environment and are produced inside the body. If some substances are constantly lacking, various disorders begin to develop

The cult of workaholism is not slowing down. We characterize ourselves only through professional identity, we consider senseless processing a virtue (and not a punishment), we think with horror about retirement and do not know what to do with ourselves outside the office

There are five principles of positive parenting that all parents must know. First principle. Be different from others - this is normal This means that the child can be different and different, for example, from the parents

Every Halloween, representatives of different countries go on excursions to "haunted houses", dress up as ghouls and ghouls, or, at worst, sit in front of the TV to watch some kind of high-profile horror

One of the signs of a healthy, balanced personality - it is the ability to speak and act directly, simply and openly

Pain - it is body language trying to warn us. But there are people in the world who live their own lives and have never felt pain. Could their “problem” open up a new way to manage chronic pain?

Leo Tolstoy went down in history not only as a classic of world literature, but also as a teacher. At the age of 31, he opened his own school in Yasnaya Polyana, where he taught peasant children for free according to his own method. The principles of his upbringing and education were innovative for the 19th century, but what can we say about them today?

Cognitive distortions - these are systematic errors in human thinking, a kind of logical trap. In certain situations, we tend to act in irrational patterns, even when it seems to us that we are proceeding from common sense

According to Credit Suisse, in 2018, ten percent of the world's population owned 85 percent of the world's wealth. Maybe these people have extraordinary abilities? They are the smartest or most physically tough ones. It turns out, no. Who is more likely to get rich

I have a good friend who has a vacation abroad several times a year, has a luxurious car, apartment, house, but always complains about the lack of money in her life and, as if in confirmation of this, sometimes even borrows money from friends

Sicilian programmers created a virtual model of society and showed that not only talent and perseverance, but also a successful combination of circumstances are important for building a brilliant career

Poverty is Feeling Poor Ralph Waldo Emerson How do you feel about money? Most of them say that they love money, but if they do not have enough money, their feelings about money are quite negative

"Everything that human consciousness is capable of imagining, it is capable of receiving." Have

Greed, selfishness and self-interest are the most common faults in humans. Throughout the history of mankind, there were many famous people who, despite their greatness, were very greedy and insatiable

The worst thing about poverty - Thoughts of Poverty Poverty itself is not as bad as thinking about it. Fatal is the belief that we are poor and will remain so

Every morning, start by reading the list of the richest people. If you're not there, get to work. Orben: Each person has the potential to have unlimited opportunities to manage their lives

The Buddhist takes the lotus position and goes into psychic space. He feels that he leaves the boundaries of the body, his "I" dissolves in being and merges with the One, which has no boundaries, form and name

A new study found that deliberate daydreaming is associated with a thicker cortex (which is good) in certain key areas of the brain. Guiding the mind towards wandering is a cognitive skill that can be helpful in some contexts

On the contrary - very useful. Psychologists say that by dreaming of our own happiness, success, well-being, we program ourselves to be positive

Nothing will help you achieve the desired result in any field of activity like self-confidence

At the mention of hypnosis, the same picture pops up in my memory: a large school hall, a man in a strict suit on stage. - Guys! Are there people who want to experience the power of hypnosis? - he turns to us, high school students

Interview with psychiatrist Adam Wichniak, deputy director of the Third Psychiatric Clinic at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, they say that each of us is to some extent abnormal. It's true

We remember from school - you need to identify your shortcomings and work daily, hourly to eliminate them, not giving yourself rest. Otherwise, we will not see luck

Well-known in Canada and beyond, Dr. Gabor Mat é works with addicts. In this talk, he talks about the root causes of drug addiction and how to deal with it

It is assumed that the reader, at least in the most general form, knows about the existence of such a phenomenon as "psychotherapy" and is interested in issues of psychology

I have repeatedly come across complaints against psychologists, well-founded complaints. Many psychologists dogmatically follow the guidelines of the psychological school, adherents of which they are and drive a person into the Procrustean bed of already prepared labels

We wash our hands every day, and more than once. This is usually done as needed - if your hands get dirty and, of course, before eating, after using the restroom

This one differs from all the other numerous cases of sudden memory loss in recent years in that at least some trail of intruders was discovered. All the other unconscious suddenly found themselves at the station, not knowing who they were, where

More than half a century ago, during the Second World War, psychologists were seriously interested in the question: how to make a person say “yes?” Then it was necessary for propaganda among the troops and population of the enemy, for waging psychological war

In the Middle Ages, no one doubted that demons are able to penetrate a person, which makes him possessed. Nowadays, everyday life is so far from mysticism that obsession seems to be a figment of the fantasy of Hollywood screenwriters

It is unlikely that any psychiatrist will ever be able to accurately diagnose all of Hitler's mental illnesses and combine them into a sufficiently succinct and comprehensive formulation

Do you watch the news, read the reports of financial analysts? Even if not, you can still imagine in general terms what is happening in the world, - You don't live in a pressure chamber. Now our world can hardly be called calm and safe

Psychologists are studying the various ways in which we forget our past, and biologists are investigating the mechanisms of forgetting even at the cellular level. Here are some weird facts about how people forget events from their own lives