Music and Psychology share the same score: emotions. In this section, you’ll find out how music can help you in your day to day, and what changes it causes in the brain and the mind.

Listening to music is a form of therapy that has numerous benefits for your health. In general, it&#039;s a channel for emotional expression, relaxation, and a great way to increase your well-being.

The Effect of Music Therapy on Your Body

Do you look for sad songs to listen to on rainy days? You’re not the only one! In fact, there&#039;s an explanation for it. Keep reading to discover why you like listening to sad music, even when you&#039;re not sad.

Why People Like Sad Music

Wagner&#039;s work caused a change in the music world, influencing many 20th century composers. Learn more about this musician and what made him a peerless genius here!

Richard Wagner: The Life of a Tormented Musician

According to current feminine stereotypes, when a woman expresses rage, she&#039;s hysterical, crazy, unhinged, and nasty. On the contrary, archetypes represent different roles that are dreamlike and universal. In this article, we&#039;re going to discuss feminine archetypes.

The Feminine Archetypes and Transformative Anger

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A group of neurosurgeons conducted a study that demonstrated intense brain activation when participants listened to reggaeton. In fact, it even surpassed classical music in this respect.

Reggaeton Generates Greater Brain Activity Than Classical Music

How does music affect your mealtimes? Does research say people eat more with relaxing music or without? Find out in this article.

Music Influences How You Eat

How does music influence us in clothing stores? What does all of this have to do with sensory neuromarketing? Can music make us spend more money? Find out here!

How Does Music Influence Us in Clothing Stores?

The most popular music genres are part of a category that identifies musical pieces according to their characteristics. They also allow you to identify your listeners. So, what&#039;s your favorite music?

The Fourteen Most Popular Music Genres

Madama Butterfly tells the story of the love, pain, and death of a couple who weren&#039;t meant to be together. Continue reading to discover the ins and outs of one of the most lauded operas in history!

Madama Butterfly, an Opera about Love and Loss

The goal of binaural beats therapy is to reduce stress, anxiety, or insomnia through an auditory phenomenon that occurs when you hear a slightly different frequency tone in each ear. However, does it really have any positive effect?

The Health Benefits of Binaural Beats

The question of subliminal messages in music began gaining importance in the early 1970s. Several religious movements assured people that subliminal messages were capable of unconsciously influencing people and changing their behavior. It&#039;s still controversial today.

Subliminal Messages in Music: Myth or Reality?

The Washington Post conducted an experiment to find out if people are capable of recognizing beauty out of context. Unfortunately, their experiment proved that most people are oblivious to beauty that doesn&#039;t fit into their routines, even a world-famous violinist playing a free concert in the subway.

A Violinist in the Subway: Proof that We Look without Really Seeing

25 Quotes from Mario Benedetti

My Grandfather's Legacy: An Eternal Bond

4 Signs You're Dealing with a Narcissist

Everything Will Fall into Place

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Although retirement is a difficult time for most people, everyone must prepare for it. It involves adapting to a new routine in which you must reinvent yourself. Data indicates that most retirees enjoy their freedom after some time.

How Can You Prepare for Retirement?

Spirituality: It's More than Psychology, But What Is It?

There&#039;s greatness in pride but also arrogance and self-centeredness, insecurities, fears, and gaps. It&#039;s a narcissistic trap that blinds those who join this game.

The Narcissistic Trap - Pride and Arrogance

Sometimes I Like Having Someone Tell Me Everything Will Be Okay

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Everyone lies, but some people are more interested in knowing the difference between the sexes in this regard.

The Lies That Men Tell Most Frequently

Did you know Olivia Farnsworth is a girl from the UK who doesn&#039;t feel hunger, pain, or the need to sleep? As a matter of fact, she completley baffled medics when they discovered her strange chromosome condition. It’s a &#039;rarer than rare&#039; medical condition. Keep reading to learn more about the &#039;bionic girl&#039;.

Olivia Farnsworth: The Bionic Girl

Sir Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. This highly influential filmmaker directed over 50 feature films, including the psychological thriller Rebecca. Read on to find out more.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca: A Psychological Thriller

The Therapeutic Power of Your Inner Language

What seems like a coincidence may be the synchronicity of events, a force that&#039;s far more magical than chance. You can learn here what it is.

It's Not Coincidence, It's Synchronicity

L-Theanine is an amino acid found primarily in the leaves of the tea plant. It has numerous benefits for physical and mental health.

L-Theanine: An Amino Acid With Health Benefits

Do you want to sleep better? In this article, we talk about some foods that can help you do just that.

Four Foods to Improve Your Sleep Quality

Kudzu. What is it and why do people eat it? We explain everything we know about this food supplement that&#039;s so popular in various parts of the world.

Kudzu: A Macrobiotic That Could Benefit Your Mind and Body

Manorexia can be understood as an eating disorder similar to anorexia, but suffered especially by men.

Manorexia: An Eating Disorder That Affects Men

CBD can improve the quality of sleep. This translates into a greater sense of well-being throughout the working day.

Does CBD Really Improve Sleep?

Some friendships come to an end. However, ending a friendship can be extremely painful. Nevertheless, it&#039;s often necessary for your own well-being to break those harmful ties. 

Knowing When You Should End a Friendship

Some people hear but don&#039;t listen. These are the kinds of people who only take into account their own points of view, and show no interest in understanding others. In this article we take a look at their motivations -or lack of them- as well as the outcomes of their attitude. 

People Who Hear But Don't Listen

Philophobia: Being Afraid to Love

The Difference Between Like and Love According to Science

Sensate Focus: A Sexual Technique to Help You Connect With Your Partner

Fluoxetine is the active ingredient in Prozac. This drug became the most widely used antidepressant in the 1980s. That was thanks to its effectiveness and few adverse effects.

Fluoxetine (Prozac): The Happiness Drug

Suffering a disappointment, a betrayal, or living through a breakup doesn&#039;t leave a visible scar, even though the emotional pain can be immense. However, neuroscience reveals that this condition has a neural correlate similar to that of a burn or a physical injury.

The Neuroscience of Emotional Pain: Silent Suffering

The Walter B case shows to what extent brain malfunction impacts behavior. It demonstrates the fact that a sufferer of neurological abnormalities may exhibit certain socially forbidden or taboo behaviors.

Walter B. The Most Fascinating Case of the Neurologist, Oliver Sacks

The energy we spend worrying detracts from our creativity and intelligence. This waste is motivated by having a part of our brain that&#039;s little prepared to face the challenges posed by today&#039;s ecosystems. The good news is that, thanks to neuroplasticity, we can act to correct it

Our Archaic Brain Is Still Important Today

What determines sexual behavior? Furthermore, to what extent are immune cells and learned factors relevant?

Immune Cells: Do They Affect Our Sexual Behaviour?

The Jung Word Association test can trigger physical and emotional responses that may reveal the presence of trauma in a patient.

The Jung Word Association Test

The high potential personality isn&#039;t always defined by high intelligence. In fact, these personalities are known for their curiosity, talent, and ability to innovate. They do this by being conscientious, courageous, and competitive.

Six Traits That Define High Potential Personalities

There are two major systems of diagnosing psychological illness. These are the DSM and the ICD. Although the DSM is used by most psychology students and professionals is it the best option? What are the differences between the two? Are the two methods lacking in anything? In this article, we find the answers. 

ICD and DSM: Similarities and Differences Between the Two Manuals

The Holmes and Rahe stress scale is a simple, practical, and highly reliable instrument for measuring levels of stress. Stress is an element in certain health problems, so it&#039;s useful to be able to measure it effectively.

The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale

Gamification is a relatively new strategy. It&#039;s recently begun to be used in different areas of education. It&#039;s implemented in order to increase the frequency of certain behaviors. In today&#039;s article, we focus on the potential that this set of strategies can have in facilitating learning.

The Use of Gamification in Higher Education

Faced with a mistake, you can judge and criticize yourself. Alternatively, you can take the opportunity to get to know yourself better and change your life. 

Learn From Your Mistakes

Those you&#039;ve lost haven&#039;t really gone away. In fact, they&#039;re with you every day in so many ways.

Those You've Lost Are Still With You In So Many Ways

Emotional responsibility invites you to become aware of the power of emotions in your relationships.

How to Improve Your Emotional Responsibility

Those who really want to share their life with you help you to create healthy and reciprocal relationships.

Value Those Who Give You Love and Never Let You Go

Being grateful improves your feelings of well-being. Therefore, in this article, we show you how to give thanks in a genuine and sincere way.

How to Enrich Your Way of Giving Thanks to Others

One way of testing yourself is to ask yourself about your weaknesses. In this article, we tell you how to respond in a job interview conerning your weak points.

How to Talk About Your Weak Points in a Job Interview

Job search anxiety can appear when you&#039;re looking for employment, and often lead to major depression. In these cases, cognitive-behavioral therapy can be of the most help. In fact, it allows you to positively change your attitude.

Job Search Anxiety Causes Silent Suffering and Stress

John Wooden&#039;s Pyramid of Success is a magnificent compendium of values. It was developed in the sports field, but over time it has spread to other fields, including personal life.

John Wooden and The Pyramid of Success

According to psychologist Robert Hare, 1 in 100 people meet the criteria for psychopathy. However, beware, because many of these men and women end up being our bosses at work.

Psychopaths Achieve More Professional Success According to Science

Toxic Productivity: Feeling Like You're Not Doing Enough

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