What is synesthesia? Definition: Syn=united, combined. Esthesia= capacity of sensation, sensibility. Synesthesia is a medical condition characterized by a ‘blending’ of the senses. For instance, the visual perception of a certain letter might be associated with a color, or holding a particular object might trigger a smelling sensation. Synesthesia used …
Procrastination is the act of postponing the work on a task because of its unpleasant and/or boring aspects despite it being essential to personal goals and despite knowing that you will feel terrible if you do not perform that task. It can have major effects on a person’s productivity and …
When a baby is born, he/she comes with all sorts of innate skills that facilitate learning. An example of that would be the neonatal motor reflexes, which are present at birth then disappear with time their presence is so essential that physicians use them in the neonatal physical exam to …
Some people have the ability to do it all, so flexible, so well organized they seem, and each task they perform easily done within the other. But is it really that easy? Are they blessed, lucky, or is there some sort of secret for it? How often have you heard …
Have you ever wondered what you’re doing with your life? What exactly is your next step?What does your future hold up for you? And what’s stopping you from chasing or changing it?Have you even reached the point where you stopped being lazy and decided that this is it. It’s done. …
You’re a student and your mid-term exams are coming up. Your finals are just around the corner, and you’re stressed about how you’re going to memorize all of those textbooks. Aren’t you? You’re staying up nights reviewing the same paper over and over again, but with no help in getting …
At some point in our life we’ll be familiar with grief; we’ll lose someone close to our heart. Whether it’s a friend, a mother, a father, a cousin, or a loved one, we’ll be affected deeply. Left with a void, a hole we won’t know the first thing about handling …
We suffer from psychological wounds just as much as we suffer from physical ones. Just think about it, If we play some kind of sport and get hit hard on the knee, we could get hospitalized, have surgery, and it might even take months to heal because it’s that dangerous …
Stress, many people define it as a state of mental, emotional strain, or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. This is the common definition that most people are familiar with; not necessarily termed in those fancy words, but it has the same meaning in the minds of most people. …