Similar to other behaviorist theories of psychology, Clark Hull’s drive reduction theory seeks to explain the motivation behind human behavior. But does it really make sense?
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6 Life Lessons from We Bare Bears’ Panda
Should you be taking life advice from fictional pandas? Probably not but if you’re going to, you may as well take it from We Bare Bears’ Panda.
Do You Have Main Character Syndrome?
There’s an emerging trend, based on a Tumblr post, about living your life like you’re the main character. But what does that really mean? Can it lead to main character syndrome?
Simone Biles Is Proof We Still Don’t Understand Invisible Disabilities
Simone Biles’s decision to back out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has become the subject of a debate that exposes our misunderstanding of mental health issues.
The BITE Model of Cult Mind Control Explained
It’s hard to imagine why someone would join a cult, let alone stay in one. Dr. Steven Hassan outlined exactly how cult mind control works using the BITE Model.
The Persecution Complex in the Modern Age: Defensive Delusions and Resistance to Change
Adopting a persecution complex is a common way of coping with one’s fear of change. However, on such a widespread scale, this phenomenon can have seriously harmful effects.
A Quick Guide on How to Manifest (Even If You Don’t Believe In It)
Our thoughts shape our reality and learning how to manifest takes this to a new level by promising that you can have it all through positive thinking.
Everyone’s Opinion Matters: The Death of Expertise
Growing hostility toward expert knowledge isn’t just the death of expertise. That hostility is partly a response to the abuse and unethical actions perpetrated by so-called experts.
The Connection Between Spicy Food and Sex: Spicing Up Your Sex Life, Literally
There’s an urban legend out there that eating spicy food is somehow connected to having more sex. So should you be guzzling hot sauce in hopes of getting laid?
Power Your Mind With These Superfoods For The Brain
Superfoods get their name from offering an arsenal of health benefits that your body needs. Here are some of the best superfoods to power your brain.
Tarot Reading as Self Care: How to Use Tarot Cards for Self Discovery
Whether they believe it’s spirits guiding them or just their own self-knowledge at work, tons of folks are successfully using tarot cards for self discovery and self care.
Why Sex Work Should Be Legal and Regulated in the United States
Criminalizing sex workers does not stop sex work. It just makes it more dangerous. Here’s why sex work should be legal.
5 Mundane Reasons To Live Another Day Longer
It’s hard to believe it gets better, especially when it hasn’t gotten better in ages. But these reasons to live are all about the simple pleasures of staying alive.
5 Painless Daily Habits That Can Improve Your Mental Health
With anxiety and depression rates on the rise since the pandemic, it’s more important now than ever to incorporate habits into your daily life to nurture your mental health.
Reciprocal Determinism: The Two-Way Street of Behavior and Environment
Why do we make the choices we make? Do we have free will or are we at the mercy of our environment? The philosophy of reciprocal determinism tries to answer these questions.
Smarter by the Level: 4 Brain-Boosting Games You Need To Play
Forget chess and sudoku. It’s 2021 and these cool new games are here to give you a few extra IQ points.
Why Nature Is Healing & How To Reconnect With Nature
If the dramatic lifestyle changes resulting in quarantines and social distancing taken in 2020 has proven anything it has reminded how much people need to interact with others and be a part of the environment to thrive.
Will Forte’s Controversial New Suicide Drama ‘Expiration Date’ Called “Wildly Irresponsible”
Will Forte is certainly no stranger to dark comedy. He played a Satan-worshipping villain in the 2019 horror-comedy Extra Ordinary. The premise of his sitcom The Last Man on Earth was that most of humanity had been wiped out by a virus, a situation that hits entirely too close to home in 2021. Even the […]
BioRender: Science Illustration Made Easy
BioRender already has over 200,000 users, and it seems inevitable that more and more of the scientific community will transition over to using BioRender rather than less-specialized programs like PowerPoint and Illustrator.
Mewing: Facial Transformation or Internet Fad?
The latest wellness craze to blow up on the internet is called mewing, and it supposedly has the power to completely restructure your face, most notably your jawline.
The Struggle for Reproductive Rights in the U.S.
Reproductive rights have always been a contentious topic in the United States. With the supreme court confirmations of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney-Barrett, the future of reproductive rights in this country became endangered. These new judges have caused a shift from a minor 5-4 to a significant 6-3 conservative majority, thus solidifying the Court’s […]
Supervised Injection Sites (SIS) and the Opioid Epidemic
On nearly every line, green-colored signs embellish New York City train cars, each urging the public to “Save a life. Carry naloxone.” Other signs offer well-intentioned advice, such as “Avoid using alone!” and “The best way to prevent an overdose is to not use drugs”. Each of these public service announcements is aimed towards combating […]
Your Ballot May Have Saved the Affordable Care Act but Failed To Vote for Healthcare Policy
Months before the 2020 election, public outcries to vote for healthcare ran rampant across social media outlets. Here’s the catch: we did vote for healthcare but we also didn’t. If you were among those who voted take a minute to ask yourself this: how much did a candidate’s position on healthcare policy weigh into where […]
After COVID-19 | How Can We Reduce Disease Burden?
A small but growing number of COVID patients are trapped in limbo. They’ve been released from the hospital, they’ve tested negative, they’ve gone back to work – but they still can’t breathe. The smallest tasks exhaust them, their heads and joints ache, and there’s no medical diagnosis that seems to explain it. Welcome to the hell that […]