Think You Have a Personality Disorder? You Are Probably Right.
Purdue University researchers think the gap between a psychologists' diagnosis and a patient's self-evaluation might not be as extreme as...
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Jun 13, 20183 min read
A New Type of Depression Found
Depression is a mental disorder that affects over 300 million people around the world. While treatments exist, many of them are based on...
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Phil Harris
May 31, 20182 min read
Regret: A Conflict Between Three Selves?
Forsaken dreams. Romantic interests not pursued. Securing a job near home rather than an adventurous position overseas. Our most...
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Phil Harris
May 31, 20183 min read
Conspiracy Theories: A New Insight or is That Just What They Want You to Believe?
Conspiracy theories about government officials and the institutions they represent are widespread and rooted deep in U.S. history...
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Phil Harris
Feb 9, 201810 min read
Is Cathy Newman Just WEIRD?: Reflections on the Newman - Peterson Debate and the Psychology of Poli
The Newman vs Peterson debate rumbles on online still and I remain intrigued by peoples responses to the debate. Specifically, where...
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Phil Harris
Feb 5, 20182 min read
Peterson Verses Newman: The TV Event of the Year?
The recent interview between Channel 4 news reporter Cathy Newman and Canadian psychologists Professor Jordan Peterson has caused...
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Phil Harris
Jan 21, 20181 min read
Willpower: Is it all in the mind?
Historically it was always believed that willpower was limited. For example, research showed that those who were encouraged to suppress...
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Phil Harris
Jan 2, 20183 min read
Collaboration Beats Punishments
Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma...
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Phil Harris
Nov 10, 20172 min read
Faith: Not What We Think
Recent studies into the nature of faith have been suggesting that believers in religion are more intuitive and less analytical in their...
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Phil Harris
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Emotions Mapped: Try the Interactive Simulation
Doctoral student Alan S. Cowen and Prof. Dacher Keltner, PhD have created a new kind of map. Based on the study of emotion they have...
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Phil Harris
Sep 8, 20171 min read
Diagnosis: Does it Matter in Talking Cures?
Diagnosis + Treatment = Positive Outcome is a core assumption beneath the notion of evidence-based practice. Based on the Randomised...
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Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20172 min read
Hearing Voices: New Research
A number of new studies have emerged that have revealed significant insight into the nature of hearing voices. The first study looked at...
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Phil Harris
Aug 18, 20171 min read
Virtual Conciousness
A human being's psychological make-up depends on an array of emotional and motivational parameters, such as desire, suffering or the need...
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Phil Harris
Aug 18, 20173 min read
Rethinking Risk Taking in Youth
In training I always make the distinction that what is termed risk taking behavior in young people is really them trialing out adult...
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Phil Harris
Aug 18, 20171 min read
Beyond Nudge
Nudge theory, a short hand for behavioral economics, has become increasingly popular in terms of understanding how to shape positive...
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Phil Harris
Aug 17, 20172 min read
Male and Female Brains Differ: Suggests Largest Brain Scan Project Ever.
In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon...
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Phil Harris
Aug 17, 20171 min read
Third Person Perspective Reduces Anxiety
More research has emerge regarding self-perception and anxiety. In lecturers I demonstrate how anxiety can be reduced by taking a...
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Phil Harris
Aug 17, 20171 min read
LSD: A Treatment for Mental Health Disorder?
Psychedelic drugs are making a psychiatric comeback. After a lull of half a century, researchers are once again investigating the...
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Phil Harris
Jul 27, 20171 min read
Talk to Yourself to Reduce Anxiety
In lectures I discuss how it is possible to reduce anxiety by shifting perspective from the emotional / immediate self to a detached /...
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Phil Harris
Jul 27, 20172 min read
Why People are Convinced Their Right Even When They are Wrong
In lecturers I often discuss how the emotional brain takes the big decisions or hijacks the rational brain without us being aware of it. ...
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