The longevity machine aims to answer various questions about aging. What does this experiment involve? What have they found so far? Find out in the following article. The longevity machine is the colloquial name given to one of the most ambitious experiments of today . It is a platform called Lifespan Machine , developed by scientists at the […]
This experiment sought to find out if it was possible for humans to not need to sleep. Although the story could be true, it points more to a legend spread on the Internet.When we discuss research that violated scientific ethics and respect for human rights, it is inevitable to refer to the Russian sleep experiment. […]
With the collaboration of other prestigious researchers, Koffka’s ideas were fundamental to understanding how human beings perceive and relate to the world around us. Almost everyone is familiar with the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” and a German psychologist has a lot to do with it. Kurt Koffka was […]
Among the great contributions that psychology has made, the forgetting curve and the favorable impact of spaced repetition stand out. Learn more about the researcher who was in charge of these. At a time when psychology was still not separated from philosophy, Hermann Ebbinghaus, along with other researchers, challenged the notion that mental processes could […]
Democritus was one of the first thinkers to develop a theory about atoms. Philosophy has reflected on various topics. Let’s delve deeper into the postulates of this Greek, which were novel for his time. The figure of Democritus of Abdera was very important for the beginnings of philosophy. Born in the 5th century BC, this […]
If there is a key figure in 20th century psychology, it is Lawrence Kohlberg, who proposed the stages of moral development in man. Here we explain his theory and also a little of his more personal side. The formation of moral judgment is a topic that has been widely studied by psychology in the last […]
Thomas Hobbes’ ideas on human nature, politics and society sparked debates among his contemporaries and later philosophers. Let’s delve into the life and work of this English intellectual. If we look at Thomas Hobbes’s biography, we find that he was a modern thinker, the protagonist of various controversies regarding his postulates. According to him, man is […]
Your aesthetic self also builds your personality and your identity. Because every book you read, music you listen to, painting you admire or verse you write participates in your definition and even mediates your psychological well-being. Can our interest in art promote psychological well-being? The answer is yes. We should all develop an “aesthetic self” capable […]
Behind a beautiful painting, there is sometimes a dark side that needs to be uncovered. Following this idea, today we want to talk about the hidden side of Vincent Van Gogh’s work. Acclaimed as one of the main exponents of post-impressionism, you may not know that behind the light emanating from his paintings, there is a […]
Admire Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”. Enjoy the details of Dali’s paintings. Did you know that seeing these works, whether in person or online, has a beneficial effect on your mental health? There is evidence to support the hypothesis that contemplating works of art protects our mental health . The good news related to this discovery is […]