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Psychoanalysis and Philosophy of Mind

Freudian and philosophical approaches to the mind.

Almanac Flatulence as a Defence Against Dread
  • What clinical argument did Mara Sidoli make in 'Farting as a Defence Against Unspeakable Dread'?
  • How did Sidoli frame flatulence as a psychic defence mechanism rather than a purely physical act?
  • What made this paper, despite its subject, a serious contribution to the psychoanalytic literature?
Almanac What a Sigh Actually Means
  • What emotions do people typically signal when they sigh, according to Teigen's research?
  • Why do listeners tend to interpret someone else's sigh as sadness when the sigher meant frustration?
Almanac Asking Liars How Often They Lie
  • How does self-reported lying frequency change from childhood through adulthood?
  • What is the core methodological paradox in asking people to self-report how often they lie?
  • How concentrated is lying among a small number of prolific liars, according to the study?
Almanac Stabbing a Doll Made the Grudge Lighter
  • What psychological effects does workplace injustice typically produce in employees?
  • What does the voodoo doll study reveal about the function of harmless displaced aggression?
Almanac Bug Experts, Afraid of Eight Legs
  • What pattern did Richard Vetter notice among entomologists who studied insects professionally?
  • Why might having eight legs instead of six trigger fear even in scientists who study similar creatures without fear?
Almanac Strangers Stare Up at Nothing Together
  • What experiment did Milgram, Bickman, and Berkowitz run on a New York City pavement in the late 1960s?
  • Why did this study of crowd behavior receive an Ig Nobel more than fifty years after it was conducted?