Hero Archetypes and the Monomyth: East vs. West
“All Is Vanity and Will Pass?”: The Hero Archetype and Monomyth in Western and Eastern Worldviews How does the hero’s archetype and […]
Category: Psychology
What Are Intrusive Thoughts? Causes and Meaning
What Are Intrusive Thoughts? Have you ever caught yourself imagining doing something strange or even frightening? This phenomenon is known as “intrusive […]
Psychological Rigidity: Types, Benefits, and How to Communicate
Psychological Rigidity Not only our bodies can become rigid-our thinking and behavior can as well. Psychological rigidity is a state in which […]
Cocktail Party Effect: How We Recognize Voices in Noisy Environments
The Cocktail Party Effect The ability to recognize voices amid noise and focus on a single conversation in a lively environment is […]
Fascinating Facts About the Polygraph: Part 2
8. How the Polygraph Convicts the Innocent: The Story of Peter Reilly On the evening of September 28, 1973, 18-year-old Peter Reilly […]
Catalog of Correlations Between Personality Traits and Cognitive Abilities
Catalog of Correlations Between Personality Traits and Cognitive Abilities Personality traits and cognitive abilities are two of the most important sets of […]
Who Do We Trust More? The Psychology of Trust, Part 2
What Increases Trust Speaker’s Argumentation The more thorough a speaker’s argumentation and the greater its social significance, the more people tend to […]
Who Do We Trust More? The Psychology of Trust – Part 1
Who Do We Trust More? The Psychology of Trust – Part 1 Among all the current crises, the crisis of trust is […]
Emotions as a Reflection of Culture: How Feelings Differ Across Societies
Emotions as a Reflection of Culture The ability to speak articulately appeared in the ancestors of modern humans about 1.7 to 2 […]
Understanding Social Motivation: Insights from Neuroscience and Autism Research
Social Motivation: How We Measure and Understand It Neuropsychologist Antonia Hamilton discusses how motivation is measured, the nature of social perception in […]