UGC has released Rs. 1.4 crore for creating the facilities As a new facility, Mangalore University will have a physiology and psychology laboratory, in addition to a new gym facility for sportspersons on its campus in 2016. According to K. Byrappa, Vice-Chancellor of the university the University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned Rs. 2 crore to the university for the purpose. Out of the total amount sanctioned, the UGC has released Rs. 1.4 crore. These facilities would particularly benefit its undergraduate and postgraduate students >>>

An expert on the psychology and neuroscience of self-control and addiction at the University of Southern California, John Monterosso, has offered six tips this holiday season for sticking to New Year's resolutions.Outlined in an article on the USCDornsife site, the psychologist provides pointers for giving a grounded, realistic perspective to the tradition of drafting resolutions. <!-- View all1025 Comments -->Failed resolutions are not harmless.Failing feels bad, and knocks our confidence in our ability to do something, which can make us feel less >>>

Research has shown that about half of all adults make New Year’s resolutions. However, fewer than 10% manage to keep them for more than a few months. As a professor of behavioural addiction I know how easy people can fall into bad habits and why on trying to give up those habits it is easy to relapse. Resolutions usually come in the form of lifestyle changes and changing behaviour that has become routine and habitual (even if they are not problematic) can be hard to do. The most common resolutions are: losing weight, doing more exercise, quitting smoking and saving >>>

USC researchers have not unlocked the key to keeping you from sleeping through your 5 a.m. spin class or avoiding the 4 p.m. trip to the vending machine. But John Monterosso, a USC expert on the psychology and neuroscience of self-control as well as addiction, can offer insight on how to create more calculated resolutions — and keep yourself from going too far with a resolution that’s making you miserable. “I don’t think any research on the topic is going to work like an advance in engineering — like ‘Aha! If people do this or take this pill, they will keep their resolutions,’ >>>