Tags archives: psychology

 

Is sad music actually sad?

 
 

Be it Elliott Smith or Queen, classical or dub step, there’s usually a clear understanding that some songs are sad, and some songs are happy. But what is it about the music that makes us feel these feelings we’re feeling? You might think it has something to do with the notes or how our brain’s natural response to these sounds, but you’re wrong. Or at the very least incomplete in your thinking. We’ve just been culturally trained to respond to music in certain ways because if you ignore the lyrics, music itself doesn’t actually contain any emotion at all.

 

Sherlock Holmes could have invented Google

 
 

In this video, Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, explains how you can think of Google as “this vastly expanded Holmesian filing system.” Ask yourself: What are the things that you want to remember? Then focus on remembering how to access them.

 

 

 

Are you dating a psychopath?

 
 

Psychopathy guru Kevin Dutton offers some tips on diagnosing potential psychopathy in your mate… and what to do if you find yourself in such a relationship.