778 Answered Questions for the topic psychology

Psychology

03/31/19

Is art important for the brain?

Psychology

03/30/19

How does human memory work?

Psychology

03/29/19

How does our brain learn languages?

Psychology

03/29/19

What is the stroboscopic effect?

Psychology Prosocial Behavior

03/29/19

Do in-depth explanations help a hypochondriac?

I have in my circle a person that is a hypochondriac and harbors fears regarding things the person considers me an expert in. So I often get asked questions like: "Can this make me sick?", "Can it... more
Psychology

03/27/19

What happens during a neuropsychological evaluation?

03/27/19

Why are children afraid of the dark?

Why are children afraid of the dark, in particular more afraid than adults? Is it an evolutionary mechanism? What causes this?
Psychology

03/27/19

Why is Broca's region easily lesioned?

03/27/19

Correlations with alien abduction experiences?

I cannot find statistics about how many supposed alien "UFO abductees" have sleep paralysis. I can't find statistics about how many alien abductees were hypnotized before concluding that they... more

03/27/19

What is cultural relativism?

03/25/19

Is cognitive science a new discipline?

03/22/19

What can I do with a major in Cognitive Science?

Psychology Writing Behavior

03/20/19

Is there a name or explanation for the behaviour of writing the second letter first?

When I am writing (pen and paper) I sometimes write the second letter of a word first. I write it like the first letter, so capitalized if that applies. I notice this problem the second I put it on... more
Psychology

03/19/19

Why are patterns appealing to us and why is it the first thing we notice?

Is there a disorder that causes one to feel heat from an inanimate object?

We just met a woman that feels heat (literally, hot enough for her to say she was burned) from inanimate objects. She says it is mainly the floors and chairs in her home, and she is unable to walk... more

03/19/19

Why isn't there whole brain emulation yet?

Psychology

03/19/19

What is biopsychology

Psychology

03/19/19

What are neurotransmitters?

Which experimental design is this? Factorial vs within groups?

I have two independent variables (age and gender) and one dependent variable (the results of a questionnaire using a Likert scale). I'm trying to see whether age and/or gender have an effect on the... more
Psychology Anatomy Physiology

03/18/19

What is neural firing in psychology?

Psychology

03/18/19

How does addiction occur in the human brain?

03/18/19

What is the motivation behind fluorinated pharmaceuticals?

From what little research I've done, it appears that a significant portion of modern psychoactive drugs are fluorinated in one way or another (for example, Buproprion, Fluvoxamine, or any number of... more

03/18/19

What is the name of the bias that associate a thing as good because it has a relation to another good thing?

A customer buys X from "brand A" and has positive experience with it. "Brand A" also sells Y. Now the customer things it is good to buy Y because of his/her positive experience with buying X from... more

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