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Silicon Canals is the leading European technology news media source. We cover news, knowledge, and insights from technology startups.

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siliconcanals.com > d-research-suggests-adults-who-were-criticized-for-tiny-mistakes-as-children-often-struggle-to-relax-even-when-life-is-going-well-part-of-them-is-still-subconsciously-waiting-for-someone-to-po

Research suggests adults who were criticized for tiny mistakes as children often struggle to relax even when life is going well??? part of them is still subconsciously waiting for someone to point out what they???re getting wrong

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (921+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. The nervous system trained to hunt for failure never learns to stand down, even when there's nothing left to fix. Sunday afternoon, about four. Rent paid. Nobody…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-people-who-find-it-hard-to-disconnect-from-work-when-they-get-home-arent-workaholics-or-ambitious-overachievers-theyre-often-people-who-learned-that-being-useful-was-the-sa

Psychology says people who find it hard to disconnect from work when they get home aren't workaholics or ambitious overachievers??? they're often people who learned that being useful was the safest way to feel secure

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (590+ words) Edited by Daniel Moran When work won't leave your mind at dinner, it may not be ambition talking—it's a deeper need to prove your worth through constant availability. It’s 7pm. Dinner is on the table, the laptop is shut, the…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-adults-who-apologise-constantly-for-opinions-for-taking-up-space-for-existing-in-a-room-werent-taught-humility-they-were-taught-that-their-presence-was-an-incon

Psychology says adults who apologise constantly??? for opinions, for taking up space, for existing in a room??? weren't taught humility, they were taught that their presence was an inconvenience that required ongoing justification

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (718+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. Constant apologies aren't a sign of humility—they're evidence that someone internalized the message that their existence itself was an imposition. A woman in a Bangkok co-working…...

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siliconcanals.com > s-thinking-it-over-tends-to-improve-how-people-judge-your-character-mainly-if-they-disagree

Thinking it over tends to improve how people judge your character, mainly if they disagree

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (590+ words) Edited by Christy Jeremia Someone tells you they thought about it for a long time before they landed where they landed. Whether that sentence helps them depends largely on whether you agree with where they landed. Participants who disagreed with…...

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siliconcanals.com > t-creativity-brain-network-switching-2433-intelligence

The most original thinkers weren???t simply better at dreaming up ideas or controlling them. Across 2,433 people, creativity was linked to how fluidly the brain shifted between spontaneous thought and deliberate evaluation???a rhythm general intelligence did not predict.

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1561+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown A 2,433-person analysis tied divergent thinking to flexible default-executive network dynamics, but the pooled relationship was small and mostly measured at rest. The romantic version of creativity begins with surrender. Stop controlling the mind, let it…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-people-who-talk-to-their-dogs-like-children-arent-being-immature-humans-instinctively-change-the-way-they-speak-when-trying-to-connect-with-someone-who-cannot-answer-in-word

Psychology says people who talk to their dogs like children aren't being immature??? humans instinctively change the way they speak when trying to connect with someone who cannot answer in words, and dogs appear remarkably tuned to that signal

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1010+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. Our brains automatically shift into "baby talk" mode when addressing anyone—human or canine—who can't verbally respond, a feature that reveals something profound about how humans…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-men-who-describe-their-wife-or-partner-as-the-person-they-feel-closest-to-arent-unusually-dependent-among-married-men-it-is-overwhelmingly-the-norm-even-as-men-are-far-les

Psychology says men who describe their wife or partner as the person they feel closest to aren't unusually dependent??? among married men, it is overwhelmingly the norm, even as men are far less likely than women to turn to friends for emotional support

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (775+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. Men's closest relationships have shrunk to a single person, leaving them vulnerable when that bond fractures. Ask a married man who he feels closest to and there…...

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siliconcanals.com > g-why-reading-makes-us-happier-smarter

The psychology of why reading makes us smarter and happier, and why one half of that is firmer than the other

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (724+ words) Silicon Canals That reading makes us happier and smarter is repeated so often it has worn smooth, the sort of claim nobody bothers to examine because everyone already agrees with it. Underneath the slogan, though, there is real psychology, and…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-filipinos-call-it-gigil-the-urge-to-clench-your-hands-or-squeeze-something-because-it-is-almost-unbearably-cute-yale-psychologists-only-began-experimentally-studying-the-same-strange-respon

Filipinos call it gigil: the urge to clench your hands or squeeze something because it is almost unbearably cute??? Yale psychologists only began experimentally studying the same strange response in 2012, eventually describing it as???cute aggression"

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (932+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. The urge to pinch, squeeze, or bite something precious turns out to be universal—and scientists still don't fully understand why tenderness triggers aggression. My grandmother greeted…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-research-suggests-people-who-are-joyful-in-their-70s-arent-the-ones-who-have-easier-lives-theyre-often-the-ones-who-got-very-good-somewhere-along-the-way-at-wanting-what-they-already-had

Research suggests people who are joyful in their 70s aren't the ones who have easier lives??? they're often the ones who got very good, somewhere along the way, at wanting what they already had

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (616+ words) The secret to aging well isn't having a better life—it's mastering the harder skill of wanting the one you've got. Ask a room of thirty-year-olds to describe a happy old age and the answers arrive as a shopping list....