What You Need to Know Before Getting an Implant or Hip Device
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published December 7, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
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Psychology
Psychology is the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope. Psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of the mind, and all the variety of phenomena associated to personality.
These 9 Careers Attract Dark Personalities the Most, Studies Find
Here’s something you’ve probably never considered before: dark personalities, such as the psychopath, narcissist, and the Machiavellian, are drawn to certain career paths.
The first thing I would like to stress is that choosing a career type does not automatically place you in the dark triad of personality
'Neural Voice Camouflage:' Techies Think the Answer to Creepy AI Spying on You Is More Creepy AI
Researchers have developed a new method to prevent AI systems from spying on you — but the solution is just as creepy as the issue it’s solving.
The Essential Role of Executive Attention in Unconscious Visuomotor Priming
Many reports have emphasized that unconscious processing demands attention.However, some studies were unable to observe a modulation of attentional load in subliminal visual processing.
A Natural Way to Help Halt Disease-Causing Microorganisms?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published November 21, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
REVIEW: Science Set Free
In Science Set Free, Rupert Sheldrake sets out to probe the shaky foundations of materialist science and question long-held beliefs that have, over time, hardened into dogmas.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of numerous technical papers. He was a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University, where he was
How Doctors Are Incentivized and Brainwashed To Be Puppets
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published October 6, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Stable Consciousness? The “Hard Problem” Historically Reconstructed and in Perspective of Neurophenomenological Research on Meditation
Finding a scientific, third-person explanation of subjective experience or phenomenal content is commonly called the “hard problem” of consciousness.
Have Authoritarians Used ‘1984’ as a Handbook?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE “Is it just me, or does it feel like someone out there is using Orwell's work, not as a warning, but as an owner's manual?” GBNews host Neil Oliver asked in a May 7, 2022 monologue. He summarized a scene from George Orwell's book, “Animal Farm,” in which
Film ‘Immoral Code’ Explores Danger of Machines That Kill
Over the past decade, concerns have deepened over the increasing prospect of weapons systems that, once activated, would select and attack targets without further human intervention.
How Loud Noises Can Lead to Heart Attacks
Pollution comes in several different forms.
Tackling the Electro-Topography of the Selves Through the Sphere Model of Consciousness
In the current hypothesis paper, we propose a novel examination of consciousness and self-awareness through the neuro-phenomenological theoretical model known as the Sphere Model of Consciousness (SMC). Our aim is to create a practical instrument to address several methodological issues in consciousness research. We present a preliminary attempt to validate
What Individuals Experience During Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Task Performance: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study
In experimental cognitive psychology, objects of inquiry are typically operationalized with psychological tasks.
A Relativistic Theory of Consciousness
In recent decades, the scientific study of consciousness has significantly increased our understanding of this elusive phenomenon.
The Effect of Own Body Concerns on Judgments of Other Women’s Body Size
We investigated the relationships between healthy women’s estimates of their own body size, their body dissatisfaction, and how they subjectively judge the transition from normal to overweight in other women’s bodies (the “normal/overweight” boundary). We propose two complementary hypotheses. In the first, participants compare other women to