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I've been feeling nostalgic since the recent death of Dr. Joyce Brothers the other week.

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Cognitive neuroscience represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain's functioning and not merely from information-processing models and theories.

It's nearly impossible to understand chronic psychosomatic pain without having experienced it.

A newly married, mentally disabled couple's dream of living together -- up until now beset by legal troubles and care facilities that refused their wishes -- is about to come true.

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Frank Lloyd Wright is often touted as the greatest architect in American history, but he is also remembered as a man corrupted by power.

A mother seeking custody of her three young children in a divorce battle has been ordered to present herself for a psychological assessment because, a Durban High Court judge has ruled, the best interests of the children trump her constitutional right to privacy.

It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen.

A Florida teacher was suspended for three days without pay for touching a female student with a banana during a lesson on Freudian psychology.

Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference .

It is often believed that mega-events like the Olympics are good for a city or country.

In the name of healthy aging, Terry Larose submitted to a head-to-toe physical, rhymed off words that start with S, and answered questions such as whether he had someone to hug him.

A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more compassionate.

Maggie Koerth-Baker has an article in The New York Times that surveys some recent research on the psychology of conspiracy believers.

With more than 40 million people-roughly a third of working Americans-not getting enough shut-eye, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's no wonder that industries ranging from furniture makers to pharmaceutical companies are making big money by offering to help people get the recommended seven to nine hours a night.

The Immortality Project awards $2.3 million to study near-death experiences, beliefs in an afterlife and the ageless hydra RIVERSIDE, Calif.

Stereotype threat, the fear of failing in a way that reinforces derogatory stereotypes of one's social group, undermines performance in school, sports and the workplace.

WHEN THOMAS Joiner was 25 years old, his father-whose name was also Thomas Joiner and who could do anything-disappeared from the family's home.