A study found that when people were told to imagine their virtual bodies in pain, their brains resisted the illusion of ownership. Their findings could provide insights into why some people may ...

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The “four tempers” in AppleTV+’s hit show, ‘Severance,’ were inspired by the four temperaments, an ancient Greek philosophy ...

Researchers are looking for ways to better conceptualize mental illnesses and reflect the natural variance clinicians see in ...

Fear of cotton balls is also known as sidonglobophobia. Another term for the condition is bambakophobia, from the Greek bambaki, which means "cotton," and phobos, which means deep dread or fear. In ...

it sends a signal to the American people that ‘We’re cracking down on immigrants,’ and it will also heighten the fear immigrants already have about what’s going on,” said Stephen Yale ...

Even as he sweats in fear, the man spots an old woman ... I look at myself through a character, I find many shades. How does one explain the multiple layers of the mind to society? Modern psychology ...

Patrick Wilson is joining Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in the upcoming Apple TV+ “Cape Fear” adaptation. From creator and showrunner Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Ste ...

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