Psychology News

It is a question that has long puzzled scientists and psychologists: Why do we forget our early childhood, the most carefree - and arguably happiest - time of our lives? Now a pair of scientists believe they have worked out why the phenomenon, christened infantile amnesia by Sigmund Freud, exists - and why we'll never get those memories back.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are awaiting the Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage cases this June for scientific reasons - they want to study the psychological impact of the outcome.

I am occasionally racist- and so is most everyone in the USA. Even if we don't think we are.

After a first-degree murder conviction earlier this month, the trial of Jodi Arias ended with a jury unable to reach a decision on her punishment, according to a recent Huffington Post report.

Jodi Arias has been convicted of brutally murdering, with extreme cruelty and premeditation, her boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008.

People can make mistakes. However, when we use poor judgment that results in an injury to another person, then the law holds us accountable.

Novel treatments for psychiatric disorders explored at national conference Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference .

Chennai-based Indian School of Breathing founder Dr Sukanya tells Shobha Warrier how breathing and meditation are key to a happy and longer life.

Women experience more mental health problems than men due to the stress of juggling many roles, according to a new book.

I've been feeling nostalgic since the recent death of Dr. Joyce Brothers the other week.

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Cognitive neuroscience represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain's functioning and not merely from information-processing models and theories.

It's nearly impossible to understand chronic psychosomatic pain without having experienced it.

A newly married, mentally disabled couple's dream of living together -- up until now beset by legal troubles and care facilities that refused their wishes -- is about to come true.

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Frank Lloyd Wright is often touted as the greatest architect in American history, but he is also remembered as a man corrupted by power.

A mother seeking custody of her three young children in a divorce battle has been ordered to present herself for a psychological assessment because, a Durban High Court judge has ruled, the best interests of the children trump her constitutional right to privacy.

It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen.

A Florida teacher was suspended for three days without pay for touching a female student with a banana during a lesson on Freudian psychology.