Biopsychology
Cognitive Sleep

The Role of Cognitive Bias Modification in Treating Sleep Disorders

“This psychological connection provides an important basis for understanding the potential role of Cognitive Bias Modification in treating sleep disorders.” Sleep disorders are prevalent psychological and medical issues that can impact mood, focus, day-to-day functioning, and general well-being. While biological and environmental factors have an impact on sleep difficulties, psychological processes like attention, expectations, and

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Brain

Mechanical Forces in Brain Development: The Role of Mechanobiology

Picture an infant brain as a large, bustling town made up of thousands of neural cells that are constantly on the move, growing, dividing, pushing and pulling to reach their right place. Just as the physical forces shape buildings and roads in cities, the process of brain development involves mechanical forces which influence how the

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Biopsychology

Neurotheology: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Experience

When meditating, do you feel completely tranquil? At prayer, do you get a sense of connection with a power greater than yourself, or do you experience a moment when your ordinary worries disappear? Whatever else these experiences might be spiritual, religious, meditative, or a deep psychological state you’ve probably wondered how they appear to the

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Biopsychology Clinical Health Psychology

Epigenetics and Psychological Disorders: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Implications

Epigenetics refers to processes that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence. The DNA sequence remains the same, while some processes can change gene activity in the DNA. Today, several serious illnesses have links with epigenetic mechanisms, linking with almost all types of cancer, cognitive dysfunction, respiratory illness, and cardiovascular illness. Behind this rigid process

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Sleep

What Are Hypnagogic Hallucinations? Causes, Symptoms, and When to Worry

Have you ever felt like you’re just moments away from sleeping when your name is called?  Perhaps you saw a flash or shadow, experienced a feeling as you were about to fall, felt like someone else was in the room with you, only to become fully aware and realise nobody was actually there. Situations like

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Sleep

Understanding Dreams: Freud, Jung, and the Neuroscience of REM Sleep

The human dream state remained a mystical province for centuries, reserved for divine intervention. However, in this day and age, in modern psychology, especially for students at the crossroads between Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, dreams have been turned into a sophisticated cognitive exercise. The “language” of dreams is a complex synthesis where the primal energies

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Brain

What is Theory of Mind?

Life is an ocean of interspersed events, obstacles, opportunities, and ups and downs through which we constantly sail, as in the labyrinth of life. People spend most of their time thinking and feeling, and absorbing themselves in thoughts and values about their existence. Sometimes it is so shocking to realise that other humans go through

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Understanding Semantic Memory
Biopsychology Brain

Understanding Semantic Memory

Internally, we each possess a vast and intricate library-a repository of words, concepts, facts, and ideas collected throughout our lives. Psychologists and neuroscientists call such an internal library “semantic memory.” From this basis of understanding, one can recognise faces, understand speech, remember the dates of a historical event, and navigate the complicated web of everyday

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Brain

The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Executive Functioning 

We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some are minor, like choosing what to eat for lunch, and others are more complex, like resolving a disagreement or planning next week’s schedule. We shift from one task to another, stay focused through interruptions, hold information in mind while working through a problem, and stop ourselves from

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Biopsychology

Key Differences Between Working Memory and Short-Term Memory 

Memory plays a crucial role in our lives; our actions are often shaped by how we recall and interpret past experiences. When we focus on the memory part of the brain, the human mind has mostly four types of memories, namely, Short-term memory, Working memory, long-term memory and Sensory memory. Short-term memory and working memory

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