Psychology

Psychology

Psychoanalytic work resembles a psychic illusion where narratives can shift between perspectives involuntarily and can be dexterously manipulated through practice.

Making space on a public bench reveals deeper psychological traits such as empathy and agreeableness, which are essential for understanding prosocial behavior.

Researchers have identified that charisma comprises two key traits: influence, which conveys confidence and competence, and affability, which fosters comfort and connection.

New research has highlighted that anxieties associated with self-inviting stem from misunderstandings about the organizer's mindset. Often, we believe friends will be irritated when asked to join.

Persons with an independent sense of self view themselves as free, self-directed, and separate from others. They've probably grown up in an individualist society that emphasizes values such as autonomy, self-sufficiency, individual achievement, uniqueness, and competition.

Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets, creating a distorted perception of societal feelings and opinions on platforms like X.

Organizing principles act as assumptions shaping our perception and interactions, where examples include the pursuit of pleasure and emotional bonds in relationships.

Cognitive rigidity is the tendency to see the world in a really binary way. It's where you really struggle to adapt to change, and you tend to think along one mental track rather than switching between different modes of thinking.

In the coming weeks, Aries is encouraged to embrace a role of guidance and support by embodying both the keeper and the flame, illuminating paths for others.

As of 3pm on 1 July, it is impossible for Afghan people who worked with the British army to seek refuge in the UK. They were promised refuge, but it is no longer available.

People in the UK and US perceive visual illusions, like the Coffer illusion, predominantly as rectangles, while rural Namibians often see them as circles due to environmental influences.

Reeves’s display of distress may prove to have an unexpectedly positive legacy, normalising women’s tears in the workplace, which have mostly been mired in shame.

Psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy remain stuck in an individualistic model of mind, focusing on internal dysfunction rather than relational and social trauma.

Leaving might feel safer, but staying means protecting our community and preserving what war hasn't yet taken. Living under war for so long necessitates finding comfort in control over personal decisions.

The psychological significance of the UFO phenomenon encompasses humanity's ultimate concern of existential alienation, arising from the question: Are we alone in the universe?

The end of the school year evokes nostalgic feelings, especially as children transition to new phases, like finishing primary school, which brings both joy and melancholy.

Bruno Lacombe, now in self-exile, believes the left must understand the increased divide between humanity and nature since the Neanderthal extinction, surpassing economic class warfare.

Ken Carter, a psychologist at Oxford College of Emory University, says everyone has a different level of sensation-seeking. Low and average sensation-seekers may experience high cortisol production during thrilling activities, while high sensation-seekers tend to produce more dopamine, a neurotransmitter linked to pleasure.

"Despite humour's importance, relatively little is known about how we develop our sense of humour or why one sibling can be funny and another cannot."

Isabelle's dream about her friends at an amusement park reflects her emotional journey—from enjoyment to distress—mirroring her recent life experiences with sudden changes.

As Viktor Frankl asserts, we are a meaning-seeking species... with a burning and inextinguishable "will to meaning," an unceasing need to know about and attempt to make sense of both the inner and outer worlds.

Given that I am returning to research after years of personal issues, administration, academic middle-management, and professional burnout; this is a great and exciting time to make a change.

Emotional intelligence not only assists with interpersonal interactions but also fosters resilience and adaptability, essential traits in high-pressure leadership scenarios.

The emerging psion class emphasizes psychic powers, enhancing gameplay with a fresh approach to spellcasting that forgoes traditional materials for internally generated energies.

Each bird follows simple rules of interaction with its closest neighbors, yet out of these local interactions emerges a complex, coordinated dance that can respond swiftly to predators and environmental changes.

At the core of the matter are two basic ideas: that we live in a material reality and that every phenomenon, including consciousness, derives from these constituent parts.