Basic Psychological Processes refer to aspects such as attention, motivation, perception, learning, and memory. They’re the fundamental aspects for understanding the study of psychology.
Reading while traveling is more than pleasurable; it’s a necessity. It means resting our heads against the window while traveling on the subway, train, or bus, and immersing ourselves in distant worlds and other people’s lives. These waves of words…
Paradise syndrome refers to how each person has a vision about how things are and, most importantly, about how they should be. When there’s a discrepancy between these premises, they need a change to close or shorten such a disharmony.…
Sleepwalking is a well-known sleep disorder. A sleepwalker has an unconscious awakening that makes them wander around. People that sleepwalk can either walk around aimlessly or do more complex things such as cooking or driving a car. Sleepwalking has two…
Chronic stress can affect your life without you even knowing it. Living under chronic stress is like living inside a high-speed train. At first, everything will seem normal and you’re thankful it goes so fast. Little by little, you realize…
We usually envision academic intelligence when we think of intelligence. That’s a good student with high scores or a person with a university degree or a scientist who does research. But this way of perceiving intelligence doesn’t include everything in…
Understanding that there are multiple types of attention is important. Most people believe attention is the ability to focus. Anytime someone is distracted or simply not listening to you, you say they’re “not paying attention”. But here’s our question: is…
Defense mechanisms are automatic psychological processes. They protect you from anxiety and the perception of internal/external dangers or stressors. Defense mechanisms are the intermediary between the individual response to emotional conflict and internal and external stressors. While neurosis and psychosis…
Marcelo Ceberio is one of the most outstanding figures in psychology. He’s written numerous works, scientific articles, and more than 25 books such as Heaven Can Wait, Superheroes Also Go To Therapy, or Cinderella & The Ugly Ducklings. Moreover, if…
How often do you stop and think about how important communication? When language fails, it affects you on a cognitive, emotional, and behavioral level. That’s why many different disciplines study language and seek to understand it better. One of those…
MR therapy helps treat sleep paralysis (SP). This sleep disorder involves a state of muscular paralysis. It can either happen when you first go to sleep or right after waking up. It comes from a problem in the brain mechanisms that…
How worrying affects your brain is better described in one word: toxic, even though it’s a natural emotion when you perceive a threat. However, many of your concerns are unfounded and even obsessive. Furthermore, they lead you to high levels…
The history of neuroscience started many, many years ago. In the 5th century B.C., Alcmaeon of Croton was dissecting an animal when he discovered the optic nerve. His findings led him to theorize that thoughts and feelings reside in the…
According to Daniel Goleman, you need to train your focus to start identifying what goes on inside and outside your head. In a demanding world, full of stimuli and pressures, Goleman believes you may be neglecting that internal universe comprised…
You see aggressive behavior everywhere. It is, in one way or another, part of your surroundings. You see it on the news, on the street, in social media. Aggressiveness seems to be a natural part of life that is present…
Learning, unlearning. You obtain knowledge, learn from experience, and also learn traditions and habits. You have to experience ways to think and things to believe in. You’ve learned from your family and friends. All of that learning molds who you…
Being bilingual has many social and psychological advantages. But did you know that it’s also good for the brain? Scientists have discovered some very interesting cognitive effects of being bilingual. For example, speaking two languages helps you recover more quickly…
Concentration and mental focus minimize distractions and improve performance. With a little practice and insight, you can improve these abilities. Just as your muscles, your mind requires exercise. The more you work it out, the stronger it becomes. As you…
Researchers estimate that approximately 417 million people under the age of 50 have the herpes simplex virus. Now, what does this have to do with cognitive impairment? Although you may not believe it, they’re related. One study reports that certain…
Conversion disorder, or la belle indifférence, is a functional disorder, but its symptoms are physical, almost as if it was an organic disease. Somatic symptom disorders are derivatives of hysterical neurosis disorders. Conversion disorder is a symptomatology where bodily functions…
In the last decade, clinical psychology has seen numerous advances in the types of treatments available to help patients. One of them is transdiagnostic therapy. Usually, therapists learn to use a specific treatment for each psychopathology. However, some studies have…