Recent questions tagged psycology

Description : Would you like to interview a serial killer? Who?

Last Answer : The psychiatrist from the Fort Hood massacre Nidal Malik Hasan. I would like to find out how someone who is supposed to be mentally stable could go on a shooting spree.

Description : Do the mentally insane sometimes have moment of cognitive clarity and..?

Last Answer : My father was the same way. He had schizoaffective disorder with bipolar. He was very intelligent and during his better days he knew the reality of his illness.

Description : Is something psychologically wrong with me?

Last Answer : sounds like you’re psychic (ESP: Extrasensory perception), and I don’t know that it can stop it.

Description : How can I stop picking at scabs?

Last Answer : I am not being flippant when asking this… Have you tried covering them w/ band aids? Wearing long sleeves? Keeping them moisturized w/ lotion (scabs itch)?

Description : Why is it difficult to remember dreams?

Last Answer : Almost all dreams occur during REM (rapid eye movement )sleep. Scientists do not understand why dreaming is important, one theory is that the brain is either cataloging the information it acquired during ... are awakened at various intervals during the night when they are in the middle of a dream.

Description : What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? 

Last Answer : Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that affects some individuals during the winter months when there is less sunlight. One hypothesis is that since there are fewer hours of daylight during the ... average living room lighting of 100 lux and a bright sunny day of about 100,000 lux. 

Description : What are the stages of sleep? 

Last Answer : Data collected from EEGs (electroencephalograms) of brain activity during sleep have shown at least four separate stages of sleep. During stage 1, heart and breathing rates decrease slightly, the eyes roll slowly ... stage 3 sleep, followed by stages 2 and then 1, before the cycle begins again.