Christian Jarrett
Editor at Psyche Magazine
Contributor at BBC Science Focus
Editor of Psyche Magazine https://t.co/s1Esj2DVgK | SPSP award-winning author of BE WHO YOU WANT | Contributor @sciencefocus
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sciencefocus.com | Christian Jarrett
The most popular idea for what causes depression in the brain is some kind of chemical imbalance. Many pharmaceutical companies have claimed in their advertising that their antidepressant drugs work by correcting this imbalance. The notion has even been popular with some mental health campaigners, who have been keen to show that depression has a ‘real’ biological basis, rather than just being all in the mind.
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sciencefocus.com | Christian Jarrett
As a few thousand vaguely patronising Instagram posts will tell you – every new day is an opportunity to turn over a new leaf. Start afresh, be better. But where to start? Well, you could adopt a new hobby or set yourself a small challenge. Or maybe you could get much more radical and change your personality. In scientific terms, personality is simply a set of traits that reflect how you tend to think, feel and behave.
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sciencefocus.com | Christian Jarrett
Which generation is the most sensitive? The answer to this question depends on who you ask.
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principia-scientific.com | Christian Jarrett
Written by Christian Jarrett on February 25, 2025. Posted in Current News In 1921, the illusionist P T Selbit performed a magic trick that has since become a classic: he sawed his assistant in half. We’ve all seen it done dozens of times. We know it’s not real. Yet, we’re fooled every time. The deception appears impenetrable. I can relate. As a brain surgeon, I’ve performed a similar trick. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that brain surgery is a hoax. Our surgeries are not shams.
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sciencefocus.com | Christian Jarrett
‘Brain rot’ was named Oxford's word of the year for 2024, defined as the "supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state" resulting from watching too much "trivial or unchallenging" content online, such as TikTok videos. It's a term often bandied about in jokey fashion, but what if there's a grain of truth to it? That's the seemingly scary implication of a new study published by a large team of brain scientists based at Tianjin Normal University in China.
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Hollywood’s fixation on the wrong stories won’t help our world https://t.co/KT8Cp4iowJ By Namir Khaliq for Psyche magazine @psyche_the_mag Today’s global problems are caused by broken systems, but the studios still feed us a diet of movies focused on individuals
What Adolescence gets right (and wrong) about teen boys’ brains. By @sjblakemore for @thetimes https://t.co/2gUwq6WnSb
How to make someone feel seen and heard https://t.co/3HnCNcYXmY Psychologist Caroline Fleck for @psyche_the_mag Validation skills are not only useful for therapists. Learn them and you’ll improve your personal and work relationships