Biological psychology has come to the fore over the past years. The mapping of the human genome combined with improved brain-scanning techniques has meant that the biological correlation to psychological conditions is more easily identifiable, and it is clear that many mental disorders like major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia are explainable through a gene x environment interaction. This … Read More
Lifelong learning – old dogs and new tricks
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks – or so the saying goes. Developmental psychologists like Piaget tended to assume that cognition and the corresponding brain development were complete by the age of about twenty. However, recent research into brain neuroplasticity shows that adults, even older adults, can continue to learn throughout their lives, and improve their brains in … Read More