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Square root transformation of Poisson process. How Var[P(sqrt(lambda))] ~ 1/4?

neuroscience statistics

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Resources on understanding the Orchestrated objective reduction

perception consciousness

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Evidence for differences in resilience between generations

personality measurement

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How do I find the right psychologist for myself? [closed]

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Is there a criterion to distinct between a philia and a paraphilia?

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Are the personality tests (specifically, the big five test) in open source psychometric project reliable?

psychology

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Is there any evidence that people follow crowds less at a certain age?

developmental-psychology

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Can an autistic have very advance language skills?

developmental-psychology language autism speech

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Mental/psychiatric illnesses/disorders: natural or social kinds? [closed]

mental-illness

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Different plasticity mechanisms in different species

neuroscience animal-cognition plasticity

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Are there synapses on other neuron terminals in human brain like in Aplysia

neuroscience neurophysiology plasticity

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Is an autistic person's brain different from a non-autistic one?

neuroscience autism

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Is Eratomanic delusion just a type of Grandiose delusion?

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Is there any evidence of “learning” on a single neuron, or a network?

learning

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Does severe autism necessarily include intellectual disability symptoms?

intelligence autism

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Which area of psychology studies false beliefs?

cognitive-psychology rationality cbt human-error belief

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What's the psychological basis for “Look at me when I'm talking to you”?

cognitive-psychology

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Is there a word that differentiate between image rotation and image translation?

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Is leg jiggling a focus aid?

performance motor concentration

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What happens psychologically to a Robinson Crusoe?

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What's the difference between how a person with NPD views social hierarchies versus a non-disordered person? [closed]

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Are the archetypes and other latent factors from Dealing with People You Can't Stand psychometrically valid?

personality measurement model

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Is multitasking a myth?

cognitive-psychology memory cognitive-modeling performance sex-differences

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What do you call this fear response?

emotion

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What practical dysfunctionality characterizes severe autism?

abnormal-psychology autism

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What is the correlation between posting GIFs in group chats and IQ

iq

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How is it called when a child does everything very fast (that fast that it is better to slowdown a bit)? [closed]

psychology behavior

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Does lack of social-economic opportunities for self-realisation and personal growth explain homophobia (at least partly)?

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Do solutions for complicated problems ripe during long breaks? [duplicate]

io-psychology problem-solving creativity

asked Jan 12 at 19:59 Michael 111

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What does the following sentence mean? I don't understand what they are referring to when they say “saturating concentrations” and “basal conditions”?

neuroscience

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Why do many think that “heavier objects fall faster” is more intuitive before scientific training?

intuition

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Rate of Change in Neural Plasticity

neuroscience neural-network plasticity

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Email per day - mental practitioner

clinical-psychology

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The BOOM of social media, related with new features of self-promotion, rather than chats to engage with others?

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We should not publicly say our goals to everyone. But how far it can be actually applied?

goals

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What's the psychological concept behind mobile game design and marketing?

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Types of receptors on a single synapse or neuron

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What is the research design for the study I am proposing?

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Does any neurological research exist surrounding Buddhist “enlightenment”?

meditation

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Feeling like the floor is moving [closed]

stress anxiety trauma

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Are the incidents of autism spectrum disorder on the rise, or is there an increase due to better definition of diagnostic criteria?

autism

answered Jan 8 at 21:44 Always Confused 492

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What makes it necessary to define autism beyond perceptual dysfunction?

autism

answered Jan 8 at 19:48 Always Confused 492

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Why does autism sometimes only visibly appear later in life?

autism

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What is the scientific evaluation of Rapid Transformational Therapy?

therapy hypnosis person-centered-therapy

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research based criteria domain and DSM5

neuroscience clinical-psychology dsm

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When and how did the concept of psychological trauma begin to be extended and expanded to include more mundane and less severe experiences?

ptsd definition trauma

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Term/theory of psychological effect: asking for counter-arguments without (ever thinking of) considering them in decision [duplicate]

terminology

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How to fit averaged data to obtain a single psychometric function?

methodology data psychophysics task-analysis

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