The Religion of Bio-Psychiatry

Examines how bio-psychiatry has become a religion and has replaced genuine exploration and development of hope and meaning.

Eye Tricks

What can you tell from a person's eyes? What can you do with your own? Here are some persusion and mind-reading eye tricks.

Read This Article if You Have Above Average Looks

Do you have above average looks? Did you know in psychology studies that far more than 50% when asked in private surveys; say that they have above average looks. This is a very telling observation both from a psychological standpoint and also from a self bio-feed back observation.

Trauma And Traumatic Stress

Trauma and stress are inter-related terms. Stress is experienced as a result of repetitive traumatic events that may be short-lived. They may also be parts of personal history. But the unconscious mind seems to remember them and causes an accumulated effect on the body. Post-Traumatic Stress is a syndrome of symptoms that occurs when you go through an experience that is considered life-threatening by the mind. This article differentiates between a loose term and a psychiatric condition.

Brain Bandwidth; Don't Worry You Got Plenty

Often people say things like, well I am not a rocket scientist so what did you expect. Interesting comment, but you could be if you wanted to be.

Psychology: PTSD and Dissociation

Many are familiar with what was called Multiple Personality Disorder, now called Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This article presents a new modality for treating DID that has shown promise and which stems from a therapeutic philosophy that is counterintuitive to common approaches now in use. I believe this is an important article for therapists treating DID to read.

Right Brain Left Brain

What are the differences between the right brain and left brain, and how do you use both more effectively?

Analysis of Human Analogy Thinking and Artificial Intelligence

One interesting aspect to the human mind is that it thinks in analogies. In other words it relates to one set of events with another set of events which are similar in nature in one or more aspects.

Controlling Anger

All of us get angry. Some of us get angry very often. Some are able to control the anger. Some of us express our anger freely, whereas some suppress it.

Totally Terrific Tools to Turn On Unmotivated, Indifferent, Failing Students

Finally, a place to turn when you need to light a fire under your turned-off students. Check out these deliciously different, decidedly more effective tricks, tips, techniques and methods to motivate unmotivated, bored, indifferent and failing students.

Abandoned Astronaut Risk Strategies

Some say that NASA is too bureaucratic and too afraid to take risks. I am one to agree somewhat although will not fully embrace the concept without a few caveats. Nevertheless the problem remains, that if your wait until everything is perfect you will never do anything.

Internet Forum Controversy and Father-Son Conversational Placement

Watching the behavior of those who participate in forums is quite fascinating indeed; in fact some of the human behavior is quite obvious and predictable indeed. One tactic which you will see from veteran politically savvy forum participants

Learning in Writing by Changing Perspectives

One way to learn through writing use to change perspectives. They say that when you teach, often the teacher gets as much out of it as the students. This is because when you were the student you are learning from the student's perspective; ah but when it is your turn to teach it, well that is a whole new ball game indeed.

Case Study; Thinking Thru Writing and Aerospace Design

Many of us think in pictures and some of us think in words; all of us are capable of thinking in both ways. This is an interesting consideration in that, the brain can think very fast in visual images, but putting does visual images onto a two-dimensional piece of paper in linear text will in fact take the a lot of words.

Getting Started With Your Research Project: A Guide for Students

Planning, executing and writing up a research project is a source of great stress and worry for many students. With this in mind, this article offers a series of guidance notes designed to help anyone carrying out research to get it right before they start. for my students, which I hope you will find useful.