When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

You’re lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. Your eyes are tired, but your mind is wide awake, replaying old conversations, imagining worst-case scenarios, questioning every decision. Overthinking ...

“I felt like my brain was controlled by a computer chip.” “I wasn’t myself.” “I couldn’t think for myself. I really couldn’t think at all.” “I looked in the mirror and felt like I wasn’t there.” “All ...