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...physical presence of this information at hand, even if it's somewhere at the bottom of a metre high stack of old newspapers, cannot compare to getting the information from the net or the library. A variant of this is the archivist who feels a religious attachment to anything old, such as faded photos, greetings cards or receipts. A strong emotional attachment to inanimate...

...physical problems. We know that locus of control moderates the relationship between control and cortisol (the ‘fight-or-flight’ hormone): people with more internal locus of control, who perceive themselves to have control over a stressor, show a reduced cortisol response. Our locus of control can influence not only how we respond to the events that happen in our...

...physical energy required can lead to poorer mental health outcomes, alongside clinical diagnoses of depression and anxiety (Graf-Kurtulus and Gelo, 2025). Sport and exercise psychologist and former athlete Kristin McGinty-Minister describes her personal experiences of neurodivergence in sport as follows: I believed that my sensory challenges, masking, and confusion about...