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The Power of Determination

the Power of Determination Hillary was a first year student of zoology in the University of Abuja. He got admission after several unsuccessful attempts to pass ...

Social Engineering

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Need a BOOST? Follow, Up Vote and Resteem this post! [STEEM POWER]

Looking to increase your following and get a nice surge? Follow me, up vote this post and resteem this post and I will follow you back and you will get a boost ...

Problems with Modern Psychiatry: There is no such thing as an Anti-depressant

In the previous part, we have seen that the chemical imbalance theory is inadequate to explain clinical depression and other mental illnessess. Obseving brain s...

How to boost your post and get it in a hot section

Sometimes it frustrating to see that your post not getting enough attention and earn just a few cents, and especially when you spend a lots of time and energy t...

Problems with Modern Psychiatry (Part 1): The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression

I came across a friend's post after the tragic death of the famous singer of Linkin Park: Depression is not something to be overlooked. It makes no discriminati...

Another millionaire dead. Does money equal happiness?

He is not the first one. Actually, I can't think of any celebrity at the moment who died from natural causes. All our childhood idols have either commited suici...

Our Modern World: The Paradox of Choice and Dopamine Junkies

I can't think of any other period in Human History where people suffered so much from emotional problems. Well, maybe they did suffer back then too but we just ...

We Are Only As Good As the World Allows Us to Be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTfFt7xknw This scene has been stuck in my head for quite a while. For those who have been paying attention it has a lot to say...

The psychology behind magical thinking and superstitious behavior

Vew few are really aware of these cognitive mechanisms that surround the mind. Most of us are ignorant when it comes to their own psyche. And this is a problem....

Common Myths about Human Brain

The brain is astonishing and complex to understand. But our lack of comprehending has resulted to a considerable variety of myths from ages. So I am going to sh...

This is how you stop moving forward in your life

Have you ever look down upon someone and said ‘Oh, he/she worked in Walmart as a cashier’ yourself or witnessed someone say words of such nature? Are you less n...

Psychobabble-Neurobabble. Debunking popular Psycho-myths and Neuro-myths (Intro)

.jpg) As a Neuroscience freak I will entertain you with some of my main beefs with the fields of psychology and even (cognitive) neuroscience. Before you procee...

Racism is natural. We are all racists. Racism, biases and stereotypes from a Neuroscientific perspective.

Ok. I know that this is not a politically correct statement. We tend to view our selves as important and we are more morally confident than we should be. We are...

Anxiety sufferers perceive the world differently: People with anxiety show fundamental differences in perception. My personal experiences with depression and anxiety.

I was diagnosed with depressive anxiety or anxious depression in my early 20s. Now I am 33. That’s more than a decade with this disorder. It’s also labeled in p...

The strange case for human beings having descended from ....?

> “The question of questions for mankind — the problem which underlies all others, and is more deeply interesting than any other — is the ascertainment of the p...

The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery

As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puzzled w...

The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery

.jpg) As a student of Neuroscience and cognitive science I always had a fascination with how the brain and the human mind works. And modern science is still puz...

The Myth of Positivity: Why positivity is nonsense.

I stumbled accross a job ad the other day which made me thinking: 'You do not need any experience in coffee-making. But you do need to bring your smile with you...

Religions are dying. Religious behavior is not. Science and Futurism are Christianity 2.0.

I am really contemplating these days. Therefore, I decided to write some of my thoughts here and use steemit perhaps as a CBT psychoanalytic diary where someone...