Purdue University researchers think the gap between a psychologists' diagnosis and a patient's self-evaluation might not be as extreme as...

Depression is a mental disorder that affects over 300 million people around the world. While treatments exist, many of them are based on...

Forsaken dreams. Romantic interests not pursued. Securing a job near home rather than an adventurous position overseas. Our most...

Conspiracy theories about government officials and the institutions they represent are widespread and rooted deep in U.S. history...

The Newman vs Peterson debate rumbles on online still and I remain intrigued by peoples responses to the debate. Specifically, where...

The recent interview between Channel 4 news reporter Cathy Newman and Canadian psychologists Professor Jordan Peterson has caused...

Historically it was always believed that willpower was limited. For example, research showed that those who were encouraged to suppress...

Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma...

Recent studies into the nature of faith have been suggesting that believers in religion are more intuitive and less analytical in their...

Doctoral student Alan S. Cowen and Prof. Dacher Keltner, PhD have created a new kind of map. Based on the study of emotion they have...

Diagnosis + Treatment = Positive Outcome is a core assumption beneath the notion of evidence-based practice. Based on the Randomised...

A number of new studies have emerged that have revealed significant insight into the nature of hearing voices. The first study looked at...

A human being's psychological make-up depends on an array of emotional and motivational parameters, such as desire, suffering or the need...

In training I always make the distinction that what is termed risk taking behavior in young people is really them trialing out adult...

Nudge theory, a short hand for behavioral economics, has become increasingly popular in terms of understanding how to shape positive...

In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon...

More research has emerge regarding self-perception and anxiety. In lecturers I demonstrate how anxiety can be reduced by taking a...

Psychedelic drugs are making a psychiatric comeback. After a lull of half a century, researchers are once again investigating the...

In lectures I discuss how it is possible to reduce anxiety by shifting perspective from the emotional / immediate self to a detached /...

In lecturers I often discuss how the emotional brain takes the big decisions or hijacks the rational brain without us being aware of it. ...