Several recent works have addressed the issue of the origin of religion. Some have linked this occurrence to evolutionary mechanisms, others to sociological processes, and still others to psychological functions. Each position has interest and sheds a different light on a necessarily complex process. The paper examines several of these theories and offers a synthetic perspective which integrate...

This paper discusses the psychosexual correlations and psychological consequences related to torture and behavioral acts that are fundamentally torturous. The influence of participation by learning and the relationship of acts to thought and thought to acts are further discussed to raise awareness to the effects of torture on the torturer. Theories from multiple disciplines are presented in an ...

Dealing with these questions opens the perspective to several further questions. which obviously cannot be answered without some knowledge on social , cultural, political, economic and psychological theories and empirical findings. That is one of the main reasons, why German and Japanese social scienti sts from different disciplines come together. In the following, some suggest ions to deal wi ...

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713734596 Interaction effects of perceived gaze direction and dynamic facial expression: Evidence for appraisal theories of emotion David Sander ab; Didier Grandjean ab; Susanne Kaiser ab; Thomas Wehrle c; Klaus R. Scherer...

Psychological theories disagree on how we attribute emotions to people. A new neuroimaging study shows that such attributions involve a large number of abstract features, rather than a small set of emotion categories.

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This book contains valuable information and commonsense ideas for anyone who is involved with the upbringing of children. It is clearly written and very readable. Dr. de Kok has the happy knack of being able to translate highly complicated psychological theories into everyday language. Here is a book written by an expert which the average parent can read easily without the "mumbo jumbo" of psyc...

This article uses psychological and neural theories to illuminate the use of analogies in literary allegories. It shows how new theories of neural representation, encompassing both cognitive and emotional aspects, have the potential to make sense of many kinds of literary comparisons including allegories. The main text analyzed is George Orwell’s Animal Farm, whose effectiveness is discussed us...

Delusional misidentification syndromes are reviewed by their phenomenology, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, associated clinical findings, etiological theories, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment. Related neuropsychiatric syndromes are described and distinctions between them and delusional misidentification syndromes addressed. Current psychological and biologic-cognitive theories are ...

The value of analogical modeling in scientific theory construction has been endorsed by a number of philosophers of science (e.g., Hesse, 1966; Harré, 1976; Abrantes, 1999). This article provides a brief overview of the important, but neglected, research strategy of analogical modeling. The strategy has proved to be a valuable resource for the development of many scientific theories. It can be ...