You must pay attention to learn, teachers say. Not necessarily, US psychologists now argue: sights we are unaware of can have a lasting impact on our brains. Subliminal training can improve our ...

It’s doubtful that modern psychology would exist—at least in its present form—without William James. James is often referred to as the “founding father” of American psychology. As well as offering the ...

The Beatles' song Yesterday was written in what psychologists refer to as the "hypnagogic state." This is the twilight zone between sleep and wakefulness, when we drowsily linger in a semi-conscious ...

When branch davidian sect members hunkered down in their Waco compound last year and threatened to commit suicide, the FBI turned to an unlikely source. Experts from the FBI Counter-Terrorism Center ...