Photo Credit If your new year's resolution is to give up smoking, you may find that brief bursts of exercise may reduce your cravings, according to research presented by Professor Adrian Taylor from the University of…

What happens in the brain when you get dumped? Helen Fisher and her colleagues put people who were in love and people who had just been dumped in an MRI scanner. In this video she talks…

Narcissism is a personality disorder, characterised by "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy" (DSM IV-TR). Narcissists have an exaggerated sense of self-importance, believe they are special and unique, have…

Vygotsky criticised Piaget’s emphasis on the child’s interaction with the environment, claiming that Piaget ignores the role of social interaction. Vygotsky, in contrast, sees the child as an apprentice who learns through interacting with others rather…