Brain

We often feel more confident in ‘ reading’ people’s body language than perhaps we should – deception, in particular, is […]

When we interact with others, we convey a great deal of information about ourselves through our body language. Such non-verbal

A killer claims he is innocent because his ‘alter ego’ did it. A woman tells a psychiatric conference more than

Consciousness is inherently individual. It is not simply experiencing – there is always a ‘me’ at the center doing the

Although psychologists now think that Sigmund Freud was wrong about many things, there is no denying that he had a

One out of every two hundred people with autism has remarkable abilities. They can perform marvels of mental arithmetic or

One of the most fascinating aspects of the unconscious mind is the way in which it can solve problems while

Sometimes, we think we have made up our minds when, in fact, they have been made up for us. None

When today’s psychologists talk about the unconscious, they don’t mean the independent force that Freud imagined. Rather, the unconscious is

By definition, our unconscious minds are unknown to us: if we could ponder our unconscious mental processes, they would no

The world we enter in our dreams is as vivid and eventful as waking reality. Normally, we have no conscious

The world of our experiences owes as much to our minds as to the world outside. All our experiences –

Our normal state of consciousness is constructed on the basis of our expectations, which make the world around us a

While altered states of consciousness can be frightening or unpleasant experiences, they can also be intensely pleasurable. Some people claim

To keep your memory as green as it was in your youth, keep looking at the world as you did

From birth until old age, our memory skills continue to develop. At each stage of life, we add new skills,

Meditation is a highly effective technique for focusing the mind – and for keeping it focused. With patience and practice,

There are many practical ways in which we can encourage mindfulness to develop. They don’t demand any extra time –