Jung’s word association test is one of the most interesting psychological tests, based on the idea that our unconscious can take control of the conscious will, in this way a word can evoke past trauma or give rise to the visibility of an unresolved internal conflict. This instrument has been widely accepted for several decades […]
For many parents it may seem like an exaggeration that soft drink consumption can promote aggressive behaviors in their children, however, exaggerated or not, science supports this idea. . The literature indicates that there is a clear link between aggressive behavior and children’s consumption of soft drinks, but does it happen to all or certain
Our emotions have a powerful effect on food choice and eating habits. For example, the link between emotion and diet has been found to be stronger in obese and dieting people than in thin, non-dietary people (Sanchez and Pontes 2012). . Emotions are not the cause of overweight, but how we deal with those emotions
The relationship between asthma and mind has long been debated; in fact, it is very easy to observe this association in everyday life; the most obvious thing is the link between a nervous state and an asthma attack; however, what science has discovered so far is not yet clear. The question is: Is there a
The double bond theory was developed by anthropologist Gregory Bateson and his research team in Palo Alto, California (1956), is a concept in psychology that refers to conflicting relationships where behaviors of affection and aggression are expressed simultaneously, where the two are strongly emotionally involved and cannot separate from each other. This theory was formulated
Free association is a tool of psychoanalysis created by the very father of this clinical field, Sigmund Freud, which consists of inviting the patient to express everything that happens to him during a therapy session, with the intention of having as few filters as possible or prejudge between what the patient thinks and what he
The legacy left by my grandfather is not measured in material goods, even in antique watches or black-and-white photographs. The real gift was timeshare, slow walks dragging dried leaves at school, the taste of chocolate I kept in my pocket or oceanfront hours, in a summer that knew a thousand stories. have passed between reality
