Category Archives: happiness

Want someone to do something for you? Use “blue light” and speak softly!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by rndsync

Light therapy is known to help seasonal mood disorders. Light therapy not only helps with mood disorders, bright light also known to help with other mental disorders like bipolar disorder, depression. Here is a chart from psycheducation.org showing the comparison of … Continue reading →

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Are you a person that chokes in the final? Here are some tricks from brain scientists…

Posted on September 25, 2010 by rndsync

Choking or just nerves, whatever you call it, it’s a common phenomenon. Whether you are Ivan Lendl playing Wimbledon finals, 5th grader participating in the spelling bee, or doing that very important presentation to the VCs to get your next … Continue reading →

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Essence of happiness

Posted on September 8, 2010 by rndsync

A really good explanation of neural nature of happiness Though couple years old, I find this article fascinating. It’s very interesting to see how money or in the case of the rats the light itself is the source of happiness. … Continue reading →

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Cuddle harmone Oxytocin plays an important role in Fatherhood too!

Posted on August 24, 2010 by rndsync

Oxytocin has long been associated with Motherhood and the love a mother feels for her baby. Now a new study links transition to fatherhood being linked closely to Oxytocin levels. This explains why not only women but men also feel … Continue reading →

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Sadness response stronger with age

Posted on August 1, 2010 by rndsync

This is really uplifting and at the same times sad (no pun intended). As we grow old, we react and respond to sadness much more. This means we become more sympathetic as the elderly should but at an age when we … Continue reading →

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Does stress reduce life expectancy?

Posted on July 24, 2010 by rndsync

http://www.pnas.org/content/101/49/17312.long Telomeres are ends of chromosomes that shorten with each time cell divides. When the telomere is completely gone, the cell does not divide any more. This is kind of like the caps at the end of a shoe lace. … Continue reading →

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Happiness, sadness, loneliness, … more things are contagious than just disease

Posted on July 15, 2010 by rndsync

Happiness definitely is contagious. Is loneliness contagious kindness begets more kindness sadness is contagious There may be a literal truth underlying the common-sense intuition that happiness and sadness are contagious. A new study on the spread of emotions through social … Continue reading →

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