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·April 13, 2025·4 min read

Anxiety Distorts Self-Perception, Even After Success

A new study reveals that people with anxiety or depression often underestimate their abilities due to a distorted metacognitive process. Even when they perform tasks well, they tend to focus on moments of low confidence and ignore times when they felt assured.

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·November 21, 2024·4 min read

Low Confidence Drives Feedback-Seeking, Boosts Learning Outcomes

A new study reveals that individuals with low confidence in their performance are more likely to seek corrective feedback, which significantly enhances their learning. By analyzing participants' decisions during a memory task tied to monetary rewards, researchers found that the desire for feedback was driven by uncertainty, not emotional factors like stress.

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·September 8, 2023·6 min read

Disney Princesses Boost Kids’ Confidence and Play Diversity

A recent study suggests that a favorite Disney princess can positively influence young children's body confidence and diversify their play. The research classified princesses by body type, noting that kids who favored "average-bodied" princesses, like Moana, had heightened body esteem a year later and were more exploratory in their play.

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·June 25, 2022·4 min read

Impostor Syndrome: When Self-Doubt Gets the Upper Hand

Impostor syndrome, or a fear that a person's abilities will be exposed as a "deception", can appear regardless of age, gender, or level of intelligence.

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·January 12, 2022·6 min read

Why We Feel Confident About Decisions We Make

A new computational model found decisions people are most likely to feel right about are a result of the attentional effort to consciously weigh up different options.

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·September 24, 2019·3 min read

Impostor syndrome is more common than you think

Impostor syndrome, feeling as though you are a fraud even though you are capable and qualified for a position, is more common than previously believed. Reaching out to family and friends outside the situation can help to reduce feelings of impostorism.

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·June 1, 2018·5 min read

Serotonin and Confidence at the Root of Patience

Researchers reveal a link between serotonin and patience at the prospect of reward in mice.

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·March 3, 2018·3 min read

How to Improve Your Body Confidence

Researchers give tips to achieving a positive self image.

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·September 28, 2017·4 min read

Actions Are At Odds With Beliefs For People With OCD

Researchers report the actions of those with OCD don't take into account things they have learned.

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·September 11, 2017·4 min read

‘Power Poses’ Don’t Work, Studies Suggest

A popular TED Talk argues power poses helps to boost confidence and increases chances of success. A number of new studies challenges the assertions, reporting that power poses may make people feel more powerful, but that is where the effect ends.