Mindfully Healing

The type of sleep linked to feeling more positive emotions. More sleep isn’t always better for your mood. In fact, more sleep that’s disrupted reduces positive moods more than less sleep that’s uninterrupted, a new study finds. Uninterrupted sleep is particularly beneficial for the positive emotions of friendliness and sympathy for others. Dr Patrick Finan, who led the study, said: “When your sleep is disrupted throughout the night, you don’t have the opportunity to progress through the sleep stages to get the amount of slow-wave sleep that is key to

…and what your profile picture says about your personality. Social media profile pictures can reveal clues about personality, according to new research. Thousands of Twitter user’s pictures were included in the study, along with an analysis of their personality. Here is how to spot each of the five aspects of personality: 1. Conscientiousness More conscientious people used pictures that were more natural, colourful and bright. They expressed the most emotions of all the different personality types. This probably reflects the fact that conscientious people like to do what is expected

The link to intelligence is especially strong in women. People with higher intelligence are more likely to use drugs, research finds. The link is particularly strong for women. This is despite the fact that higher IQ is often linked to living a healthier lifestyle. The study’s authors write: “In this, the largest study to date to examine the relationship between childhood IQ and illegal drug use, high IQ scores were associated with increased illegal drug use in adolescence and adulthood. These associations were independent from life-coursesocial position, and associations were