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What are Dreams? Why We Have Them and Their Importance
Each night we go to sleep and when we wake we may remember we have had a dream; but what are dreams? Read on to explore what dreams are, why we dream and their importance for our cognitive function.
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Your Brain and Phantom Limb Phenomenon
Understanding how pain works and your brain's role in feeling pain can be very useful. Phantom limb pain is a difficult condition to treat and the use of mirrors has been a surprising solution.
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Cognitive Neuropsychology: Discoveries of Broca and Wernicke
Neuropsychology is concerned with the brain and its interactions with the cognitive functions of the mind. Broca and Wernicke both made key discoveries in the field.
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Phineas Gage - Psychology and Traumatic Brain Injury
The remarkable case of Phineas Gage is the most famous study in psychology. Following a horrific accident Gage experienced dramatic personality changes, highlighting the role of the frontal lobe in our personality and behaviour.
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Human Face Detection: How Well Can You Recognize Faces?
Do I know you? Face detection is something we do every day without even thinking about it. For most of us, recognizing faces is an automatic skill, but this is a complex psychological process.
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Perception Psychology and How We Understand Our World
Perception in psychology enables us to make sense of the world around us. We view our surroundings, and this information is translated into meaning within the brain.
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How Do Optical Visual Illusions Work?
Optical and visual illusions intrigue us because we know what we are seeing isn’t real. How optical illusions work is by tricking your brain, making you think an image is moving when in reality it is stationary.
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Child Development Theories - Down's Syndrome and Autism
The development of a child is an amazing journey. Child development theories surround us in how best to raise and protect your child and how to manage conditions such as Down's Syndrome and Autism.
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Group Behaviour - How We Are Affected By The Presence Of Others
We tend to behave differently when we are in a group than we do on our own. Psychology has long been fascinated by such behaviour changes and has studied group behaviour to unearth why we do this.
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Memory Psychology: The Role of Cognition and Emotion
The study of cognition and memory psychology is a rapidly advancing area of research, particularly the interconnection of cognition, emotion and memory. Read on for theories.