Why We Don't Help Those In Need: The Bystander Effect

Why We Don't Help Those In Need: The Bystander Effect

We all want to be good people. More specifically we all want to feel that we are indeed good people. What then does that entail? "Well," you may be saying to yourself at this very second, "a good person always helps people in need, which I think I do any chance I get". This could be true, but

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Nobody Likes Losing: Loss Aversion Explained

Nobody Likes Losing: Loss Aversion Explained

Nobody likes change. This is a fundamental aspect of life that everyone can relate to. When things are shifted from something we're very familiar with to something we're not familiar with, we become uncomfortable. I go more in depth into this a little in a previous post about Nostalgia as well as my post about Stubbornness. Today I'm going to talk about how we hate to

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Music and Attention

Music and Attention

Music is such a powerful tool and can be a catalyst for anything you can imagine. It can inspire, heal, and transport you to a totally different time and place. Certain songs can make you feel certain things, similar things even to the person who was writing it, or the person who showed it to you. Music is a beautiful way we can communicate with one another our most

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What is Brain Food?

What is Brain Food?

Welcome to Brain Food! This is your one stop shop for all things Psychology, human behavior, and things that I can't let go of or that I find particularly interesting.

Now before you click away because you're thinking "Who is this guy? Why should I care what he finds interesting? I'm going back to taking BuzzFeed quizzes," Let me

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