I don’t think I’ll ever be able to lose weight!”“How I wish I could look like her/him!”“Why do I have such an ugly body?”“I have no willpower…I can’t control myself around food”Does this sound like you? If yes, then you probably came here looking for a way to lose weight....
Dr. Karen’s Speech To Rotary Club 11/01Hi. Thanks for inviting me. I know that we’re all anxious about what happened on 9/11 and I am hoping today’s discussion will allay some of the fears by talking about the Psychological Reactions to Trauma, known as PTSD, or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, that...
Why we do not see separate static images instead of moving, walking, talking people in the motion pictures? Why does the silver feel cooler than the table cloth at our dinner table? We often wonder and long for a logical reason. Psychological articles tell us these perceptions are due to illusions which...
Psychological articles tell us that Optical illusions, or misperceived sensory signals, are categorized into three main types. First are literal optical illusions which are images different from the objects which make them. Sometimes our brain focus on the figure or its background to prepare perceptions categorized as figure-ground illusions. Our mind often chooses...
The world has seen an alarming increase in mental health problems. And psychological articles suggest one possible reason for this Global Health scenario could be modern society’s robotic, stressful, super-competitive over ambitious lifestyle.Psychological articles have reported that worldwide measures are being investigated- by varying organizations and institutions-to gauge the causes and implement initiative...
an Sufi Islam counter the Taleban? Barbara Plett, BBC World Service NewsFebruary 24, 2009Pakistan has a reputation as a hotspot for extremist Islam but most Pakistanis follow a gentler, more tolerant form of Islam based on Sufi mysticism and folklore.Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s Sufi foreign minister, recently suggested that his...
Every muscle in our body needs exercise as exercise allows our bodies to work longer and to fuller potential. Similarly, it is important to exercise and refresh the energies of our brains. Some common elderly problems the baby boomer generation suffers from are depression and Alzheimer. By exercising the brain baby boomers can keep these...
Recent news headlines are awash with the political events that are taking place in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Perhaps at a glance, one might wonder why so much attention is being paid to the social unrest of a nation that is so distant to our own. A closer examination,...
American baby boomers are well aware of the continual struggle to achieve gender equality in a male dominated society. In fact, Baby boomers, feminists, and other concerned activists continue to challenge perceived injustices to this very day. Iranian echo boomers are finding that their own struggles in this regard are very much...
American baby boomers are watching the events in the Islamic Republic of Iran with a keen interest. In the young Iranians, they see a kindred spirit of social activism. These young Iranian echo boomers, so called because they are mirrors of the reformist baby boomers, have taken their voices to the...
