It is amazing to see the kind of interest psychology generates. For many of us, at the first glance, psychology does seem like an interesting and simple subject to master. But very soon, we realize it is not so. And, the more we read about psychology, the more we will …
Read More »Reflecting on Mary Aiken’s ‘The Cyber Effect’
In one of the chapters, cyberpsychologist Mary Aiken quotes clinical psychologist Michael Seto. “We are living through the largest unregulated social experiment of all time — a generation of youth who have been exposed to extreme content online.” This quote is powerful, deep and makes us think of the kind of …
Read More »What does your selfie tell about your personality?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To a trained eye, every selfie is worth a lot of information. The body posture, the clothing, the make up, the expressions. They all help in revealing personality-related cues. The specialty of a selfie is that is allows the user to manipulate …
Read More »Understanding the selfie addiction
A study has found that a picture with a face(or a selfie) in it increases the chances of it being ‘liked’ by 38% and getting comments by 32%. When we think of a person, we think of his/her face which we use as a window to get a peek into the …
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