Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Aldous Huxley, Sergei Rachmanicoff, Chopin,
Goethe. What do these people have in common? They all used hypnosis to explore and …

It is often said that there are two types of psychological processes: one that is intentional,
controllable, conscious, and inefficient, and another that is unintentional, uncontrollable …

Traditionally, metacognition & higher mental abilities are thought to be exclusively linked to
consciousness. However, a growing number of researchers support the idea that …

In this paper we propose a model for examining personal identity development that moves
attention from a relatively exclusive examination of the individual to an examination of the …

The brain mechanisms of fear have been studied extensively using Pavlovian fear
conditioning, a procedure that allows exploration of how the brain learns about and later …

This article describes 3 studies that explore the role of mindsets in the context of stress. In
Study 1, we present data supporting the reliability and validity of an 8-item instrument, the …

Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and
concomitant deterioration in task performance? One explanation posits a physical resource …

To what extent do we know our own minds when making decisions? Variants of this
question have preoccupied researchers in a wide range of domains, from mainstream …

Self-regulatory failure is a core feature of many social and mental health problems. Self-
regulation can be undermined by failures to transcend overwhelming temptations, negative …

Recent years have seen a rejuvenation of interest in studies of motivation–cognition
interactions arising from many different areas of psychology and neuroscience. The present …