The word “reality” and the adjective “real” might be among the most widely used terms to describe the whole human experience of the world and the fundamental structure of the world, regardless of our perception of it. But is the pathway where we receive information, process it, and store it within what we know as […]
Category: Psychology
The term “narrative psychology” was introduced by psychologist Theodor Sarbin (1911–2005) in the mid-1980s. Sarbin was a pioneer in a psychological theory known as role theory, which examines behaviour and its social acceptability based on individuals’ social and gender roles. Sarbin positioned narrative as the fundamental metaphor in psychology. Concurrently with Sarbin’s work, Dan McAdams, […]
After reading Daniel Dennett’s greatest book, Consciousness Explained, I conceived the idea of knitting as a metaphor for consciousness. Consciousness can happen in multiple degrees, from a lack of acknowledgement or control to intense experiences that can override any other experience in our brains. We learn some things permanently, notice others with errors in memory […]
In the audio lectures “the language and the mind” by Spencer Kelly, I learned how speaking more than one language can enhance cognitive control, which results from the continuous need to block the native language almost every time the speaker wants to use another language. I haven’t found the time yet to read more and […]
(عربي) A small radio in a bunker can make its owner feel like he’s connected to the world, even if no real mutual communication is happening with real people, the feeling of being associated with the world is still important. Probably that feeling isn’t as important as it is for all people, as some people […]
[عربي] Short summary: If you don’t have questions, something you’re looking for, something you’re trying to prove, a hypothesis that you’re collecting information for, or at least something that interests you so that you like to collect information about it, then no information could be stored in your mind, and if some of it got […]