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Psychology and Psychiatry
Explore the changing ways people have explained thought, emotion, behavior, and mental distress. These histories follow psychology from philosophy and early experimentation into a modern discipline shaped by scientific research, clinical practice, cultural assumptions, and ethical debate.
Photo by ores2k, Creative Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Introduction to Memory...
After his son’s suicide aged 18, Steve Mallen sees the world differently. Along with a growing number...
As many as 70 million Americans may not be getting enough sleep. Men get fewer hours of...
By Gilbert Ross / 02.03.2018 Reconnecting with Our Natural State Individuality, diversity and uniqueness are celebrated and...
Image via PBS Rogers’ emphasis on kindness and love is proving to be very important to good health. Here’s why. By Dr. Richard Gunderman / 06.08.2018 Professor of...
The good news is that there are specific habits that you can practice in order to begin...
You heard it say what? Roman Stetsyk/Shutterstock.com Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on...
Wikimedia Commons By Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi / 05.02.2018 PhD Candidate in Psychology University of Reading Think of the...
Stowaway Perce Blackborow and Mrs Chippy aboard Shackleton’s Endurance, 1914-1917. Photo courtesy Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge By Laura...
Photo by stephentrepreneur, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Patrick McNamara / 03.09.2018 Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry Boston University...
By Ashley Makar / 02.14.2018 I was excited to die. It wasn’t suicidal ideation or acceptance or...
Day of the dead at a Mexican cemetery. © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Many...
The smell of freshly brewed coffee is hard to beat. Michael Yan/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Don Brushett / 10.20.2014 Research Associate...
We know different coloured plates can affect how food ‘tastes’ … and now we know that the...
Because loneliness is now considered a public health issue—and even an epidemic—people are exploring its causes and...
Photo by Colin Wilson, Creative Commons Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Defining...
William W Sargant, 1948. Wellcome Library reference: PP/WWS/A/19. Mike Jay delves into the personal papers of one of...
We don’t automatically question information we read or hear. Gaelfphoto/Shutterstock.com Cognitive psychologists know the way our minds work...
James Vaughan/Flickr By Dr. John S. Allen / 04.25.2016 Neuroanthropologist and Research Scientist University of Southern California...
MIT graduate student Hilary Richardson helps a child into an MRI scanner for a study of how...
Edward Hopper’s ‘Office in a Small City’ (1953). Gandalf’s Gallery By Dr. Amelia S. Worsley / 03.19.2018 Assistant...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.18.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Introduction to Motivation 1.1 –...
Image via Corfina Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.09.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Introduction to...
Instability is the norm in politics. Shutterstock By Dr. Alasdair S. Roberts / 03.02.2018 Director, School of Public...
Image from Life Science Databases via Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.06.2018 Historian Brewminate...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Defining Social Psychology: History and Principles Introduction...
A candlelight vigil on February 15 honored the victims of the recent mass shooting at a high...
Reviewed/Curated by Matthew A. McIntosh Public Historian Brewminate 1 – The Role of Socialization 1.1 – Introduction...
Image from event-horizon / Creative Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 02.25.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 –...