The Effects of Child Neglect Demonstrated in Two Shocking Brain Scans

As it seems, child neglect causes irreparable damage to the brain. To a layperson, there is one big difference between the two brains in the image above, and that is size. Without knowing who they belong to we might surmise that they are of different ages, and that accounts for…

4 Reasons Why Smart People Do Silly Things

You might be surprised to hear that exceptionally intelligent people do some exceptionally silly things. Did you ever have a conversation with someone where you realized that you were talking to someone who was much smarter than you? I’ve met some genuinely brilliant people in my time - people whose intelligence has truly…

7 Reasons Writing a Book Can Help With Your Depression

Could writing a book help you heal from mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety? At some point in their lives, nearly everybody will be impacted by situational or clinical depression. While there is no substitute for appropriate medical care and therapy, people struggling with depression often find that…

Meditation, Reading and 5 More Things That Make You Smarter – Backed by Science

If you're under the impression there aren’t many things that make you smarter, think again! Scientists once thought that intelligence was genetically determined and that you couldn’t do anything to improve on what you were born with. Neuroscientists have now found that this is false. Now, there's evidence that certain things…

What Is a Kundalini Awakening and How Do You Know If You’ve Had One?

Kundalini awakening is associated with Kundalini energy, which is the divine feminine energy represented as a coiled snake located at the base of the spine. This force is the energizing potential of life itself. Kundalini energy lies dormant in most people, like a sleeping serpent. However, when she begins to…

Religious People Tend to Have a Lower IQ, but This Is Only a Part of the Story

Could religious people have a lower IQ than others? In 2013, a meta-analysis study was published that seemed to show a negative correlation between IQ and strong religious belief, or in layman’s terms, seemed to show that the more religious you are, the lower your IQ supposedly falls. The scientists…