Psychology

Conscious and subconscious perception and how it is reflected in memory and thinking

The way we perceive the world affects the way we store and use information. The conscious mind is not the only way of receiving...

Placebo and Nocebo Effects

The placebo effect can be defined as the power of the mind and the unconscious to heal in response to something (whether sugar pills or...

Theory of Mind (and alleged lack of it) in autism

According to some researchers (e.g., Ramachandran 1995), it is mirror neurons that allow us to "read" and understand another's...

'Broken mirror neurons’ are said to explain autism:

But do they? Giacomo Rizzollati and colleagues (1992) conducted experiments on monkeys, recording signals from parts of the frontal lobes...

Looking for triggers of ‘challenging behaviours’ in autism.

It is not as simple as ABC When we come across a behaviour that’s difficult, there’s a popular method that’s used to help parents and...

Tourette syndrome and Autism

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome or Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by sudden, brief, repetitive,...