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Recovered-memory therapy (RMT) is a catch-all term for a controversial and scientifically discredited form of psychotherapy that critics say utilizes one or more unproven therapeutic techniques (such as some forms of psychoanalysis, hypnosis, journaling, past life regression, guided imagery, and the use of sodium amytal interviews) to purportedly help patients recall previously forgotten memories.
Cognitive reframing can be useful in many ways, such as when trying to improve memory, reduce test anxiety, and helping parents and children cope with disabilities. For example, people with memory problems were told that their memory could be improved by shifting their perspective on their problem. After receiving treatment, their memory ...
Psychology (from Ancient Greek: ψυχή psykhē "breath, spirit, soul"; and -λογία, -logia "study of" [1]) is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of human mental functions and behavior.
The Journal of Counseling Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1954 and covers research in counseling psychology. [1] The current editor-in-chief is Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. (University of Maryland, College Park).
Memory & Cognition is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering cognitive science. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Psychonomic Society and was established in 1973. The editor-in-chief is Bennett Schwartz (Florida International University).
Memory improvement is the act of enhancing one's memory. Factors motivating research on improving memory include conditions such as amnesia , age-related memory loss , people’s desire to enhance their memory, and the search to determine factors that impact memory and cognition .
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. [1] Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside the realm of empirical ...
Review of General Psychology is the quarterly scientific journal of the American Psychological Association Division 1: The Society for General Psychology. [1] The journal publishes cross-disciplinary psychological articles that are conceptual, theoretical, and methodological in nature.