Psychic

Source: WeAre/Shutterstock We all make mistakes, and we do so on a regular basis. Some errors are small, such as “No, we don't need to stop at the store; there is plenty of milk left for breakfast. Some are…

Source: Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock We all said yes when we knew better, and most of the time the impact is as insignificant as eating an appetizer just to be polite. But sometimes the impact is life…

Source: Chris Curtis / Shutterstock Guest Written by Annelise Murphy at the University of Utah We laugh when Madeline Kahn, as Mrs. White in the movie Index, says, "Life after death is as unlikely as sex after…

Source: xiangying_xu / Pixabay Dreams have long captivated the interest of experimental psychologists, and theories abound as to why they exist. Some claim that dreams are the result of random triggering of…

Source: Pressmaster/Shutterstock There has been a lot of research on happiness and subjective well-being over the past 50 years – it seems everyone is out to figure out the exact formula for joy. Although there…

Source: GaudiLab / Shutterstock You can think of yourself as a "sociable person" because you get really good vibes from those you interact with. Or, at least you think you do. What are people really saying…

Source: Viktoria Gavrilina / Shutterstock On November 6, 2017, researchers from the Harvard University School of Public Health reported in the review Circulation that moderate to vigorous physical activity…

Rhine Research Center, Durham NC. Photo: Kay Whatley Have you ever volunteered for a research study? If you are interested in participating in a research study, the Rhine Research Center in Durham is seeking participants for a study…

Donald Trump wouldn't be President of the United States without the votes of many, including Obamacare members and immigrants, who are likely to find themselves in a worse situation because of its policy. For some Democratic supporters,…

Source: StockLite/Shutterstock Gaslighting is a tactic in which a person or entity, in order to gain more power, forces a victim to question their reality. It works much better than you think. Everyone is…

Source: Travis Seera / Pexels "Personality" is a word used to describe traits that are consistent over time and space. For example, we would expect a very outgoing person to be outgoing at home, at work, and at…

Let's not fall prey to simple tricks and pseudo-scienceIn all of the above "psychic" phenomena, what we see is that even scholarly scientists can be trapped in their preferred bias-permitting worldview. It was no accident when crooks faked…

The Paradise Found Reading Room. (Photo: Max Ufberg)Amy begins our clairvoyance reading with a bombshell: "Right now I see these purple points of light, which I have never seen before," she said, her voice calm and easy. "There is!-->…

If you pay for the look a little dated official site of the Society for Psychical Research visit, you are greeted with a quote meant to make skeptics think: "I will not commit the fashionable stupidity of treating anything I cannot explain…

Whitson's research, on the other hand, shows how easy it is for all of us to imagine strange happenings when we feel overwhelmed. Her latest experiment revealed that even priming someone with a sense of hope - normally seen as a positive…

Source: Pressmaster/Shutterstock At one second midnight on January 1, the day will change from Tuesday to Wednesday, usually a meaningless transition. But somehow we decided that this change, which will end…

Students gain critical thinking and analytical skills in a new psychology course this fall examining topics such as psychic spies, ghosts, and fortune tellers. Parapsychology: Science or Pseudoscience is a course that helps students…

Source: Antonio Guillem / Shutterstock I began to meditate shortly after September 11th. I lived in Manhattan, an already chaotic place, in extremely chaotic times. I realized that I had no control over my…

Paranormal activities have always been a part of folklore. Whether it's books or movies, the thrill of facing an unknown entity has always drawn crowds. In academia, there are people who are determined to explore…

By Glenn McDonaldDiscovery NewsIt seems like paranormal stories are popping up every day, and everywhere, in pop culture and the media. Weird news sites number in the hundreds, and there are TV shows dedicated to psychic abilities,…

Source: Pixabay People with depression can suffer from cognitive distortions about everyday events. Examples of such cognitive distortions are "selective abstraction", "dichotomous thinking" and "catastrophic…

An epidemic of depression Our society is in the throes of a virtual epidemic of depression. The numbers are quite impressive. Over 20 percent of the American population will experience at least one episode of what we…