Posted The Power of the Mind to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Of all the things that I have learned this semester I believe that out of all of them I will remember how the interplay between different parts of the brain play together to create a sense of self. The...
Posted Video Games and Violence to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
The video game industry has grown from its humble starts with Pong and Pac man earning its pay one quarter at a time to a 25 billion dollar industry in a quarter century. Throughout its entire history the question of...
Posted Amnesia and Video Game Plots to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Amnesia seems to show its face quite often within the plot of computer role playing games, appearing in Fallout: New Vegas, Baldur's Gate II, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and (not surprisingly) Amnesia: The Dark Descent. In each of the examples above the...
Posted Free Will and the Mind to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Free will is the ability to make decisions without interference from outside factors. Using this humans can seemingly make conscious decisions that may not be predictable by any means. This could simply be deciding what to eat or what color...
Posted Synesthesia, a mixing of the senses to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
If you try reading the words in the above picture out loud you are likely to say the color the word is written in. For instance upon trying to say yellow you might actually say green. This shows how...