Perception
John Glynn – Psychology and Video Game Nostalgia: From Mario to Mortal Kombat
Back in the 1600s, Swiss physicians and neologism lovers conceived the term nostalgia. The word was used to express a type of deliberation or reminiscence. The boffins observed and questioned Swiss mercenaries who protected foreign […]
Bertrand Russell – The Analysis of Mind
Excerpt from The Analysis of Mind (1921), Recent Criticisms of “Consciousness” There are certain occurrences which we are in the habit of calling “mental.” Among these we may take as typical BELIEVING and DESIRING. The exact definition […]
Alyssa K. Siegel, MS, LPC – A Breast-Psychology Self-Exam
One evening, a couple of years ago, my partner at the time telephoned me to tell me that he was going to go out to a movie by himself and that he would not be […]
Velleda C. Ceccoli, PhD – Our Internal World: And How It Is Populated
“Anomalies” by Julie Favreau Most of us are used to thinking about our life and how it progresses from the outside. We look at what we have accomplished and done, our family, our friends, our work, our […]
Ada Rios-Rivera, PhD – False Advertising: And The Post-Honeymoon Truth
“Seems like everybody has a price. I wonder how they sleep at night when the sale comes first and the truth comes second.” (Jessie J. and B.O.B.) I’m a music junkie not just because a […]
Velleda C. Ceccoli PhD – Generation Gap: Ageism or Darwinian Adaptation?
Recently, in the ongoing supervision group that I have belonged to for almost 20 years, there ensued a discussion about working with younger patients, and whether we were speaking a different language. My colleagues and […]