In his Natural History, the naturalist Pliny the Elder (d. 79 CE) describes four ancient labyrinths—in Egypt, Crete, Lemnos, and Italy—all of which seem to have been enclosed multicursal ...

Evolutionary psychology, the application of Darwinian principles to behavior, has roots back to Darwin's own work. Here's a brief timeline of the history of this important field.

Below is the beginning of a timeline about the history of psychology, both a history of the field as a whole and a history of the field at Bates. Four students (Helen Chyz ’14, Mary Millard ’14, Naima ...

The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary You aren’t alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries ...

In my view, the novel offers more insights into Oswald’s psychology and the social world he inhabited than any nonfiction study of the assassination. Its only nonfiction equal is Philip Shenon’s A ...

As a matter of fact, the modern science of psychology has little or nothing in common with the theories here recorded, and owes nothing to them. A History of Psychology.

From shocking studies to ESP, what do you know about the most infamous and bizarre psychological experiments ever conducted?

The History of Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology gained popularity in the 1950s to 1970s as researchers became more interested in how thinking affects behavior. This period is called the ...

Reuben Baron, Jewish co-author of the most widely cited paper in the history of psychology, dies at 86 The Baron-Kenny method sought to bring statistical rigor in establishing cause and effect.

The storied history of whiskey grabbed Cooper’s attention. The couple started going to “whiskey dinners.” But he realized those events were limited in scope because the presenters were affiliated with ...