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Confirmation bias
In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias (or confirmatory bias) is a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical ... > more -
Healthy Aging
Sports Medicine
Cosmetic Surgery
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Perception
Attention Deficit Disorder
Facial symmetry
Facial symmetry is one of a number of traits associated with health, physical attractiveness and beauty of a person or animal. It is also hypothesized as a factor in interpersonal attraction. R.J. ... > more -
Psychedelic Drugs
Illegal Drugs
Healthy Aging
Attention Deficit Disorder
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Psychedelic drug
Psychedelic drugs are psychoactive drugs whose primary action is to alter the thought processes of the brain. Many psychedelic drugs are thought to disable filters which block or suppress signals ... > more -
Psychopathology
Psychopathology is a term which refers to either the study of mental illness or mental distress or the manifestation of behaviours and experiences which may be indicative of mental illness or ... > more -
Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia
The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia or the dopamine hypothesis of psychosis is a theory that argues that the unusual behaviour and experiences associated with schizophrenia (sometimes extended ... > more -
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, ... > more -
Milgram experiment
The Milgram experiment (Obedience to Authority Study) was a famous scientific experiment of social ... > more -
Virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, be it a real or imagined one. Most current virtual reality environments are primarily ... > more
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