Psychology Around the Net: June 24, 2017

I conquered a fear last weekend, y’all. I went whitewater rafting for the first time. It wasn’t a phobia, but the days — and especially hours — leading up to it…well, I was terrified. What if I fall out of the raft? Crack my skull? Get sucked into one of those underwater cave things under some rocks? Fortunately, none of those things happened, and I’m chalking it up to two factors: One, I gave in and trusted my friends (and especially our guide), and two, I gave in and trusted myself. We couldn’t control the whitewater, but we could control ourselves, and we did. Fear and trust make for interesting bedfellows, don’t they? Let’s get to this week’s Psychology Around the Net! Get ready for the latest on enhancing creativity with music improvisation, the unlikelihood of changing your personality once you hit age 30, how horse therapy is helping PTSD patients, and more. New Approach to Teaching Music Improvisation Enhances Creativity: June 21 was World Music Day; perfect timing, considering Dr. Michele Biasutti’s (of the University of Padua in Italy) examination on how helping develop processes for music also can help enhance creativity. A Psychologist Who’s Studied Couples for Decades Says This Is the Best Way to Argue With Your Partner: Need to duke it out (figuratively, of course)? After 14 years of researching nearly 100 married couples (roughly 20 of which divorced along the way), Robert Levenson (University...
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