Psychology

I want to propose a new model of how we should try to view ourselves and others, based on the consciousness and subconsciousness. The reason why I think having a perspective like I propose in this…

Amor fati means “love of one’s fate”, but I have always wondered how that would neurophysiologically look like. Although I am not a researcher who has the equipment to perform electroencephalography…

I will attempt to summarize the psychological entropy model by explaining some terms and real life examples. For the whole research paper and image source…

S o the idea I really like to convey in this chapter, is how the environment can really change us so easily. How we are not truly separate from our environment, and how we can sense that idea in our…

A peculiar element about this chapter is that I make use of ‘person-first language’. Instead of saying ‘autistic people’ I, instead, say ‘people with autism’ or ‘people having introversion’ to make…

Since I have written the chapter ‘08/03/2019 — On certainty’, I have been questioning myself if there is more to find on the internet that combines ‘entropy’ and ‘psychology’ and after Googling a…

(1) The simulation hypothesis is the idea that we may live in a ‘fake reality’, a simulated reality. Now, there are all kinds of philosophical arguments as to why this might be true or not, but I…

1. So there is this funny thing I found out recently, a certain pattern. Whenever girls describe something like their phone not charging, they describe it as “Well… apparently, my phone decided not…

I think psychological therapies need to be way more logical and ‘mechanical’ based. Knowing how the brain works and why, although this sadly doesn’t seem to be enough knowledge most of the time…

I think I am going for two different versions each with their own definition of free will: hard determinism and soft determinism. ‘My’ definition of ‘true’ free will (hard determinism) is that one…

This is a follow-up chapter of 10/16/2019 — E-Learning Theory. In this chapter, I want to connect autism with the cognitive load theory, how people with autism get affected differently than…

Synthetic biology is being used to engineer the magic mushroom hallucinogen psilocybin.

I’ve always considered my introversion to be an asset — a strength that I can leverage and play to. Yet, even with the many publications and books out there about the power of the introvert, this is…

https://www.thehealthy.com/autism/parents-of-children-with-autism/ — 12 Things You Should Never, Ever Say to an Autism Parent Keywords and ideas People with autism → can easily experience high extraneous cognitive load → decreasing task-performance;Lower extraneous cognitive load → enhance focus and learning;Reducing auditory extraneous stimuli → noise-cancelling headphones;Reducing visual extraneous stimuli → a minimalist environment and reducing eye contact;Reducing…

What happens when our brain thinks Instagram influencers are our friends?

I tend to think that, if I were to know the complete and exact set of external and internal circumstances - thoughts, feelings, motives, constraints, cost-benefit analysis, etc. - then I might be able to predict how that individual will act, think, speak, feel and, in that sense, I might regard that the things that people do are pre-determined.

“Compared with the non-ASD group, the ASD group required higher levels of perceptual load to successfully ignore irrelevant distractors; moreover, the ASD group did not show any general reduction in performance speed or accuracy. These results suggest enhanced perceptual capacity in the ASD group and are consistent with previous observations regarding superior visual search abilities among individuals with ASD.” Selective attention and perceptual load in autism spectrum disorder.

What to know about the marshmallow test, the replication crisis, and the need for patience in social science.

How your brain creates innovative ideas and divergent thinking

My neighbor bought a new stereo and it’s loud. Booming bass, can’t-hear-myself-think loud. I think anyone would find it bad but what makes it particularly so for me is that I’m a Highly Sensitive…

The positive effects of narcissism

What is depression or anxiety? High rates of overlap and similar symptoms make diagnoses difficult.

Keywords and ideas Cocktail party effect → being able to listen to someone while ignoring all the other sounds;Early selection models → filter is located and pre-programmed in the beginning of the process;Late selection models → filter is programmed at the end of the process;Broadbent’s filter → eliminates all unattended messages;Attenuation model of attention →…

An in depth look of what happens during the creative process

Sometimes as a kid, when I’d arrange my stuffed animals in their spots on my bed in the morning, I’d wish I was one of them so I could stay home in that comfort-zone. Although I enjoyed reading…