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Memory is perhaps the most alluring topic of research in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. Through decades of trivial and breakthrough research insights, we know a little bit about memory. In fact, some of the aspects of memory have become common knowledge. You'll see people say 'my short term memory is bad but long term memory is good'. People know two types of memory, and that is good. Some are even aware of the types of content they remember well (facts, names, places, directions, etc.) The self-reflective nature of one's own memories produces intuitive insight. ... But there is the labyrinth of research that is confusing and yet solid in certain contexts. We know a lot, and we do not know a lot. In this article, we will look at what the research says about our memory. Also, try to reflect upon your own memories using these models. Should be fun! There are two ways we can look at memory. How the biology in the brain accommodates and represents memory (...

Life gives you lemons and sometimes you can't make a lemonade, or have a tequila, or fling some dirt, or paint it black, or punch a wall. So this post will steer away from all motivational, inspirational ideas and give you mental techniques to combat anxiety, nervousness, and stress. Stress and anxiety is a fundamental fact about being human. We do feel stress, we do get anxious, we do get cranky. Be it a break-up, a proposal, a job interview, a moment of truth, an examination. It could even be a slow buildup of stress-induced anxiety such as approaching deadlines, financial crises, interpersonal fights, etc.  I'm sure you can list at least a 20 different ways you can experience some stress or anxiety. Do you want a way to reduce anxiety in those scenarios?  Sometimes anxiety is too much. And there lies the problem. We, humans, are capable of managing a fair deal of stress and anxiety, in fact, some of it helps us make wise decisions. It is when managing that anxiety and stres...

If one thing positive psychology has given the world, it's the assurance that humans can be in a state of unreal focus called the 'flow'. That moment where you are one with everything you are doing and you are in the zone. That perfect moment. I kid you not. I've been there a few times and I just got goosebumps writing the previous sentence. That's the popular understanding of 'Flow'. Btw, positive psychology has given us valuable insights into the human mind. Here are a particularly useful set of insights on how to be happy . Positive psychology: Flow and how to experience it What is flow? Flow is the mental and physical state where a person is fully immersed, focused, and enjoys the activity he/she is doing. When in flow, a person is said to be in the 'zone'. A person in flow could be one with the activity but disconnected from everything around. Hyper-focused and blind to unnecessary background information. Fully engaged and immersed in the activi...

This article is a critical evaluation of the primary research methods used by the classical theorists in the psychoanalytical school of thought. Broad methods have been described as traditionally used by Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Erik Erikson. There are 2 sections in this post. The first one is about 13 broad research methods used by these 3 theorists. The second one is about the modern research methods used in further research in psychoanalysis. I've described the 2 sections with respect to theorists and not methods because some of them used the same method but with a radically different approach. For example, Freud and Jung, both used dream analysis; but Freud interpreted them with his free association technique and Jung interpreted them with a basis of archetypes and interconnected dreams (You'll find more detail below). A Critical evaluation of the research methodology used in psychoanalysis  Let us begin with a small introduction to the 3 theorists. Please note that th...