Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality defines the unconscious mind as an accumulation of feelings, thoughts, ...

Sigmund Freud described the mind as an iceberg with the unconscious mind far exceeding the visible part above the surface. Source: Courtesy of Damian Pang, incorporating images from Annie Spratt ...

The bridge of understanding between the distant past, the recent past, and the present of psychological healing.

Your brain doesn't like to keep secrets. Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, have shown that writing down secrets in a journal or telling a doctor your secrets actually decreases the level of ...

The concept of a “Freudian slip” is that when a person misspeaks, they inadvertently reveal repressed or secret desires. The theory is well known, but there is little — if any — scientific proof that ...

Vedantam, a veteran science reporter, joins WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to explore how unseen mental forces shape our choices, and why the show continues to resonate with listeners.

Habits can be great. As Wendy Wood writes in Good Habits, Bad Habits, “We find patterns of behavior that allow us to reach goals. We repeat what works, and when actions are repeated in a stable ...

Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World Novelist Wensink (Broken Piano for President) presents a charming, idiosyncratic love letter to his native Ohio. He hails from the ...

Commitment often evokes a sense of dedication and focus. It's a word most associated with relationships (maybe career goals.) But how committed you are to something ultimately impacts the outcome.