Understanding the viral “nihilist penguin” story and the real science and psychology behind it Explore the conflict between ...

In Part 1 of this series, I offered a brief review of Freud, his understanding of the unconscious, and relevant updates to the psychoanalytic theories and methods he devised. This post will focus on a ...

Sigmund Freud's observation that people often shun freedom due to its inherent responsibility resonates today. His theories ...

Anthony Hopkins as Freud and Matthew Goode as Lewis, in a scene from "Freud's Last Session" Courtesy Sony Pictures and Larsen Publicity “Freud’s Last Session,” directed by Matthew Brown and starring ...

An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined 100 years ago may help lend scientific support for one of his key theories, and help connect it with current neuroscience. Howard Shevrin, Ph ...

In June 1897, Freud took his family to the mountains outside Vienna. They picked flowers and hunted mushrooms, as was their custom, but he remained haunted by the problem of hysteria. He was having, ...

Man does not have an "inner self" that directs him to act in a certain way. Rather, man acts the way he does because he has been rewarded or punished for his behavior. A child's personality can be ...