the other day, marc challenged me with this idea: can depression, or any other challenge such as alcoholism or bipolar disorder, be an entity of its own, with its own agenda and will to survive? i’ve been familiar with this concept for quite a while but it’s never really grabbed me. that’s why i’m grateful… Continue reading two views of depression
Tag: psychology
bloggers – who are they?
here we go again – yet another guest post! told ya, this week is guest post week. so let’s go over to vivien’s blog, at inspirationbit. i’m waxing semi-intelligently about the psychological profile of a blogger. (and that image, it’s by mollyparker)
weird psychology studies
the end of the year is list time. so here’s a list, filched from jeremy over at PsyBlog – the 10 weirdest psychology studies. if you go to his blog, you can also vote for the weirdest study. guess which one i found the weirdest! 1. don’t stand so close to me – how the… Continue reading weird psychology studies
4 reasons why we like lists
write lists, write lists, that’s what every blogger is told. what is it that we find so fascinating about lists? i tried to find some research on that but can’t come up with anything so far. hm. let’s ask some academics who might know: john suler, famous for his psychology of cyberspace studies; chris from… Continue reading 4 reasons why we like lists
body image research
today you will find me over at brainblogger, with an article on body image research. here is a short excerpt: great apes use mirrors to groom themselves, pick food out of their teeth and make faces at themselves for entertainment. but do they also use mirrors to criticize themselves? female dissatisfaction with appearance and poor… Continue reading body image research
the interpretation of dreams
108 years ago today, sigmund freud’s most significant work, the interpretation of dreams, was first published (it was later forward-dated to 1900). dreams, freud thought, were “the royal road to the unconscious”. chapter one of this book starts with these words: in the following pages, i shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which… Continue reading the interpretation of dreams