18 ideas about #psychology have been added on IdeaMill.
I watched this video and picked up the idea that logic doesn’t... Read more
Is there a relationship between abortion and mental health issues?
Many anti-abortion supporters claim getting an abortion can lead to mental health... Read more
The Overview Effect
After astronaut Edgar Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the... Read more
AC – Artificial Consciousness
It’s been a big idea for a while now, but this idea... Read more
Mock terrorists, rather than fear them
As Steven Levitt pointed out in “Freakonomics”, this approach worked well in... Read more
Mood-freezing (catharsis) pills
The idea of “catharsis” implies that by releasing our anger, we’ll rid... Read more
The ‘Happiness Hypothesis’ – Happiness = pleasure + engagement + meaning
“Father of positive psychology”, Professor Martin Seligman suggests that pleasure’s inbuilt flaw... Read more
The Mind-Body Problem is still a Problem
The idea that consciousness may not need a physical body. Why should... Read more
The Quantum Brain Hypothesis
The quantum mind or quantum consciousness is a group of hypotheses proposing... Read more
Maths Busking
Juggling, music and art have had their day. It’s time for scientists,... Read more
So many normal people live under the sway of bad ideas
This idea is so illuminating and is about ideas themselves. Its a... Read more
‘The dark triad’ is what makes people successful
The dark triad – The combination of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism Yes,... Read more
Reality is a trick of the mind
According to cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman – we don’t experience the world... Read more
Placebo medicine tests
Doctors should tell people that their prescribed medicine is a placebo, and... Read more
Hindsight bias – thinking you were right when you were wrong
One of our most common human tendencies is to think that we... Read more
End the terrorist security warnings on busses and trains now paranoid Tony Blair has long gone
I don’t need shops or cafe’s to constantly tell me to remember... Read more