Category Archives: Developmental Psychology

Articles about the psychological, emotional and perception changes during human development.

Are B Vitamins The Ultimate Brain Booster?

b vitaminsNearly everyone is looking for ways to improve brain function and mental focus these days.  Often times, we zero in on specific behaviors and actions that can provide optimum results — but rarely do we ever focus on what is happening at the most basic level of our brain’s formation.

What if you could put all those brain booster books aside?  What if you didn’t need to do those tedious memory enhancing exercises?  What if all you had to do was pop a pill?  Well…as it turns out, that just might be the case. Continue reading

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The Benefits of Art Therapy

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Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that employs the medium of art as its main method of communication. Patients are spurred into expressing their emotions through a piece of art, be it a sculpture, a painting, or simply a drawing. Continue reading

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6 Of The Most Horrible Cases Of Sexual and Psychological Abuse in the USA

Elizabeth Smart

While it is difficult to admit, the sad reality is that humans are capable of doing truly horrendous things to each other. Hidden away in basements, back yards, and even in our universities, terrible acts of abuse sometimes occur without the general population ever catching on. The following examples were selected for this article due to their staggering cruelty, severity and prominence. Continue reading

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What is Déjà Vu? (Video)

Michael Stevens looks at possible causes for deja vu and suggests that it might be due to a disconnect between the different parts of our brain which are simultaneously processing information consciously and unconsciously. Michael also explains other quirky phenomena such as presque vu, jamais vu and the hypnagogic jerk.

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The Life Of Sigmund Freud And How His Theories Were Evolved By Jacques Lacan

Sigmund Freud is known the world over as being one of the most recognisable names in the field of psychology. The Austrian neurologist is famous for being the founder of psychoanalysis and for his controversial theories which were often of a sexual nature. Born in 1856, the young Freud was part of an unusual family structure, with a mother 20 years younger than his father, and two half-brothers almost as old as his mother. Despite this and his family’s financial hardships, Freud went on to excel in his studies and graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1881.

The catalyst in Freud’s founding of psychoanalysis came in his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria. After forming his private practice in 1886, Freud used hypnosis on his patients to try to find the underlying cause of their mental issues. Continue reading

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