Soft Comfort in the Absence of Mother: The Psychology Behind Punch-kun’s Plush Attachment A six-month-old Japanese macaque named Punch-kun at Ichikawa City Zoo has quietly become a small case study in attachment psychology. What appears on the surface as an adorable viral moment—a baby monkey clinging tenderly to an IKEA plush toy—reveals something far more […]
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AI Anxiety: Fear of the Soulless Agent. And that fear, unlike AI, is deeply human. 1. The return of an old fear in a new body Every technological leap revives a familiar psychological unease: the fear that what we create will outgrow us. With AI, this fear takes a sharper form because AI is not […]
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Friends with Benefits: Why Short-Term Pleasure Can Cost More Than You Think “Friends with benefits.” Sounds harmless, right? Just a hookup with a friend, no strings attached. Modern psychology says… not so simple. You’ve probably heard about “friends with benefits” relationships — casual hookups with someone you like, without the strings of a committed […]
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Dr. Shraboni Nandi “Understanding the mind, helping the heart.” A Journey Rooted in Curiosity and Compassion “Environment around us influence/affect one’s perception, cognitive or emotional well‑being, as well as behaviour” Driven by early questions about human behavior and a passion to support individuals through psychological struggle, Dr. Shraboni Nandi earned her Ph.D. in Psychology and is registered with India’s […]
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