Mind

Willpower, like any muscle of the body, responds to stimuli. Just as bicep curls increase the strength of the biceps, exercising your willpower will result in it becoming stronger. The more you practice self-discipline and control, the easier these behaviours will become, and the less likely you will be to self-sabotage your efforts.

It seems that eyes do not reveal whether a person is lying or telling the truth.

You know what respect means? …it means happiness.

Immediate brain changes occur when you start to learn a musical instrument.

Ever noticed how some people are touchy and can react easily to even the smallest thing? This might be a comment from someone, being too busy or little events that happen to us all like traffic, spilling our coffee, losing a document and so on.

Conscious, and unconscious, expectations shape your experience of the world.

Facial width can predict a lot about how a man will behave.

Do you often feel you get bored or restless at various points in your life? This is characterised by feelings of boredom, not knowing what to do with yourself or what you want to do, feeling unmotivated and even feeling a bit lost or down.

Your brain loves the sound of you talking about your own experiences.

When you become immersed in a fictional character you can act like that character.

Psychologists have developed a scale to measure whether you are addicted to Facebook.

“Laughter is the best Medicine” and “Sex is wonderful too”. Both raise all the feel-good chemicals and emotions and lots of research has been done on the benefits of “Sex and Laughter”.