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 ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

Guest columnist Param Srikantia is a professor in the Baldwin Wallace University School of Business and Elliot Srikantia is an art director in New York City. If you want to subscribe to Param’s free ...

Ethics, Shadow, and Catharsis in Practice. Psychology, 16, 1182-1192. doi: 10.4236/psych.2025.1610069 . The intersection of ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...

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 ...

Neuroscience tells us that most of the work done by our brains happens on an unconscious level, but when does that “a-ha!” moment occur? And what happens during it? New research investigates. Share on ...

At any given moment, your brain notes millions of observations: the music in your headphones, the temperature of your water as you sip it, the proximity of the stranger next to you on the subway. If ...

Oftentimes, we’re at the mercy of our emotions. But the most successful people in the world know where these emotions come from, why they happen and can use that awareness to manage and control their ...