Semantic Satiation: Why Do Repeated Words Turn Into Gibberish?
Have you ever experienced this? Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. After looking at or hearing a word repeatedly, it just doesn’t look or sound right.…
Have you ever experienced this? Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. After looking at or hearing a word repeatedly, it just doesn’t look or sound right.…
I’m sure we are all familiar with the story of Cinderella. Orphaned girl mistreated by her new family, abused by her evil stepmother and stepsisters… But…
September, 2013. The time in my life when I embarked on a new journey in my life, leaving behind every member of my family in…
I’ve always heard that communication was the key to successful relationships, whether they are romantic or friendly. But the most common pattern of conflict in…
Anyone in the general population is susceptible to mental disorders, and celebrities are no exceptions. How many of these public figures did you know about? …
In The Way You Think Affects Your Mental Health Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed how the way one thinks affects his or her mental…
Little white lies, big lies… who among us has not told a lie? Incessant lying. Consistent lying. “Pathological” lying. “She’s definitely a pathological liar. Like, she lies…
First of all, what is procrastination? We’ve all done it at one time or another. Going out the night before an unfinished paper was due.…
Sigmund Freud— probably the most misunderstood doctor in the history of psychology. To start off: No, Freud didn’t just go around telling people they had…
Public Service Announcement: Just because two things occur at the same time or are somehow related does not mean that one thing causes the other. I’ve…
Whenever I heard this nursery rhyme used in elementary school by my teachers, I would become so angry. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words…
When I sing, I usually perform alone. (In the shower, in my room, in the kitchen…) But when I have had the opportunities to sing…
Eating disorders: we’ve all heard of them. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are two of the most common eating disorders, and also the two that…
We’ve all had those days when we slept in too late, or for one reason or another couldn’t get any sleep. And I’m sure you all…
Does selflessness exist? Do you think you or anyone else is naturally capable of behavior that is completely absent of any personal reward? When you think you are being selfless and altruistic,…
In 1964, Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death in the middle of an open apartment complex in Queens, New York. As reported by…
In recent days, I’ve seen this picture floating around the internet. It was specifically brought to my attention when a friend of mine asked about…
Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behavior Disorder (that’s a mouthful). There’s many odd things that people do in their sleep. Some excessively snore, some sleepwalk (somnambulism),…
In the 1998 film The Truman Show, Jim Carrey plays the role of Truman Burbank, a man who discovers that his life has been set up from birth…
Texting and walking. Listening to music and studying. E-mailing and taking notes during class. When you try to accomplish two dissimilar tasks, your brain just…
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