Personality traits are consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish people from one another (Johnson, 1997). In my last post, I explained how the behavioral aspect of ...
You may have noticed a lot more chatter on TikTok these days about intrusive thoughts. While some people use the term to describe their random impulses to, say, open and close their fridge door ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine and provide important ...
Do you remember that old idea that you only use 10 percent of your brain? Occasionally, you still see people repeat it. It’s a myth, largely promoted by some very old neuroscience data when we did not ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Sometimes less is more. Another oft-used proverb is that at ...
Thoughts weave their way across your mind constantly. From your first moment of consciousness after waking until you close your eyes to sleep (and sometimes, long after that), you’re generally ...
Simon McCarthy-Jones receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program via a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Network. The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 ...
Religious OCD, or scrupulosity, is a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) where a person experiences obsessions and compulsions that fixate on religion or morality. Treatment can involve ...