The typology of Personality in dogs is not widely researched, but the research that does exist on this topic shares one common conclusion: dogs have personality The newest research found that dogs even share the same personality traits as humans. For humans we have 5 dimensions of personality, called the Big Five: extrave... More..

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a manual that is used by psychologists and therapists for diagnosing mental disorders. Today we are on the fourth edition of this manual, DSM-IV-TR, and the fifth is expected in the year 2011. There is a European version called the ICD, which is basically the... More..

Normal fear. We all understand that fear is a necessity. Without fear we would put ourselves in great dangers. Fear, on itself, is normal... it is the ABSENCE of fear that is not. But somethimes fear can take proportions that are maladaptive or pathological, how can we understand that? 1. fear in development there are ... More..

When we are children our parents read us tales, of a prins and a prinsess... and you think that love is a natural thing, that you will know when "your" prins is knocking on the door and that relationships don't need much effort. Well, i don't know how about you, but I found out that relationships can be hard and love can hurt... More..

When i was a little girl, I lived in Ukraine. I vagely remember our nahbours wedding when i was visiting my great grandmother in the vilage. I remember the whole vilage coming to the wedding. There was a big feast, open fires and music. During the day i remember that all the guests received a flower broche to put on their cl... More..

in 2004 i stumbled on an interesting profile on hi5. i wasn't looking for a relationship, i mostly wanted to meet people from different countries and continents. And that is how i met my soon to be husband. We had a connection from the moment that we talked over this silly Internet. Two years ago he moved to Europe and at... More..

The psychology of art is an old subject. Freud used many analogies with art, and was a big fan of Leonardo Da Vinci. Vygotsky used art for catharsis. But still to this day, psychologists can not pinpoint the exact power of art. One knows the effects of it on the human psyche, but not the mechanisms underlying. Let us tak... More..