Memory and Learning - Just How Does it All Work?

Understanding what memory is and how it works may encourage some who are frustrated by even minor memory lapses. In this excerpt from his book, Dr. Brian Walsh discusses types of memory, how emotions affect memory, and how memory decay can be combated.

Brain Bandwidth; Don't Worry You Got Plenty

Often people say things like, well I am not a rocket scientist so what did you expect. Interesting comment, but you could be if you wanted to be.

The Cosmos is Infinite, the Mind Finite?

Many believe the cosmos is infinite. Indeed this is certainly a possibility as we look out into space and realize how insignificant we really are.

Borderline Schizophrenics and Paranoid People

In psychology classes in colleges across America, they discuss the issues of paranoia and schizophrenics. Such anomalies are fun to study and generally they are studied as brain disorders. But there are some very interesting facts about these folks, which often do not consider.

Rage Of The Tortured Child

Tormented childhoods produce high achievers?

Who Is Evil?

The world is made of good and evil people. There are some, who are nothing but emperors of evilness. Hitler was one such person. There are many like him.

Analysis of Human Analogy Thinking and Artificial Intelligence

One interesting aspect to the human mind is that it thinks in analogies. In other words it relates to one set of events with another set of events which are similar in nature in one or more aspects.

Articulating Boundaries of Behavioral Interaction with Artificial Intelligent Systems

If artificial intelligent robotic androids are to work along side humans and become accepted into the normality of the home as household companions and work on assigned tasks in the home they will need to be capable of a wide range of human interaction.

The Notion of 'Intentionality' has Scholastic Origin

Intentionality is defined as a relationship between mental states of a human being and the external environment. This phenomenon determines and directs these mental states at certain objects, events, etc.

What Teachers Must Do to Help Traumatized, Victimized, Fragile, Distressed Students

K 12 Teachers: Let a veteran counselor help you with your fragile, vulnerable, traumatized and distressed students.

Hats Off to Psychology Today !

Psychology Today told me I had OCD. OCD is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. This is an invented disease that many people now seem to have resulting in increased therapy revenues. Fortunately my case was mild. I cured myself.

The Power of Words

Words have the ability to heal or tear someone to shreds. Use them with caution.

Research Methods in Psychology

Longitudinal approach to the study of development implies repeated observations of phenomena during some time with the object of revealing constant aspects and changes, and also with the object of their explanation.

Understanding The Psychopath: Separating Fact From Fiction

Mention the word psychopath and I think it's fair to say that most people think of serial killers both real and fictional. As with criminal profiling, this is a topic area within forensic psychology where it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction. The aim of this article, therefore, is to do just that.