10 Fascinating Insights into the Human Psyche

Rapid Summary

• Kids and Seafood: Research from the University of Bristol links seafood consumption in childhood to prosocial behaviors such as altruism and friendliness. Most children in the study (6,000 participants) weren’t meeting recommended fish intake per week.
• When Alone,Choose “Me-Time”: Linguistic framing impacts emotions around solitude; “me-time” promotes positive self-care feelings compared to negative connotations of “isolation.” Nearly 700 adults participated in this study.
• Too Much Sleep: Excessive sleep tied to lower cognitive performance (memory, visuospatial skills) per a UT Health San Antonio study involving 1,853 participants aged between 27-85. Depression symptoms exacerbated results.
• REM sleep vs Unpleasant Memories: REM sleep helps suppress unwelcome memories based on brain scan comparisons by researchers at the University of East Anglia during specific sleep cycles.
• misinformation Resistance Efforts: Psychological interventions like games and videos help individuals resist misinformation using preemptive exposure tactics but require continuous reinforcement for long-term effectiveness (~11,000 person studies).
• Long COVID Noggin Effects?: Norwegian research indicates no lasting neurological deficits among youth aged 12-25 post-COVID infection compared with uninfected groups over six months (~450 strong dataset).
• **Do Women Speak ~20%-More? Context Specificity Insight available~ Digital observational-area contributors nuances within analyses~.~