What is general intelligence g? There is the concept of “being smart”. It might be obvious to say so, but people with good grades in English generally have good...
What is heart rate variability (HRV)? Heart rate variability is a term that may not be familiar, but what the concept means is how much the rhythm of a person’s...
Are people who are highly physically attractive truly happy? It is sometimes said that appearance makes up 90% of the person. In psychology this is known as the...
What is connectivity? What is connectivity? The brain, it is often said, is a huge network made up of innumerable nerve cells. These days, information can sprea...
ADI-R: The gold standard for assessing autistic spectrum disorder. The first time I heard the unfamiliar term “assessment scale” was shortly after I entered tra...
What is collective intelligence? There is the saying “two heads are better than one”, but what is interesting about human society is that 1 + 1 can sometimes eq...
Why does abuse form a chain? It pains me to see news reports about child abuse that come on at times, but volumes of research show that many parents who abuse c...
If I were asked “Are you happy?”, I think I would probably answer “Yes.” The reason is that the first half of my life was so packed with unhappy events that I f...
Forgive an odd question right from the beginning, but what is your aim in life? If you dig down, I suspect many people would answer “to be happy”. Yes, many pe...