Goldie Hawn

I just wanted to be normal. I wanted to have a normal life. I wanted to have children. And when I was picked out of a chorus line and cast in a TV series, I got anxious, so I took the bull by the horns and went to see a psychologist. And it was the greatest move I ever made.

American Actress

Gloria Estefan

I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.

American Musician

Gerald Edelman

Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it encounters the world.

American Scientist

Francis Ford Coppola

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.

American Director

A. N. Wilson

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

English Writer

John Eldredge

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

American Author

Edward de Bono

It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.

English Psychologist

Emma Hayes

I might have some performance psychology support for individuals but... the best psychologist is the coach.

English Businesswoman

Giorgio Chiellini

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

Italian Athlete

Danny Rose

I have started seeing a psychologist to try to help me think positively.

English Athlete

Psychologists specialize in different areas. Knowing the specialty helps understand their focus.

Specialty Matters

Psychologists typically do not prescribe medication, unlike psychiatrists.

Not a Psychiatrist

Psychologists often help with mental health issues through talking therapy.

Therapeutic Role

Psychologists working outside health care apply their knowledge differently, like in businesses.

Broader Application

In professional domains, psychologists may not offer therapy but focus on behavior analysis.

Not Always Therapy

Psychologists often work with professionals from other fields, like tech or education.

Interdisciplinary Roles

 economic standards the only perpetually devolving nation in the world and to cope with this or maintain or delusion we also have the highest concentration of psychoanalysts per capita in the world and if you don't want to spend your life in therapy you can do what I did which is you become a psychologist

Rethink how you think...

 "Trolleyology" has been criticized by some philosophers and psychologists. They argue that it doesn't reveal anything because its premise is so unrealistic that study participants don't take it seriously. But new technology is making this kind of ethical analysis more important than ever.

Would you sacrifice one...

 Repetition is a feature that music from cultures around the world tends to share. So, why does music rely so heavily on repetition? One part of the answer come from what psychologists call the mere-exposure effect. In short, people tend to prefer things they've been exposed to before.

Why we love repetition...

 that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves. We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology. So what nonverbals am I talking about? I'm a social psychologist. I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school,

Your body language may...

 They're doing poorly in math because they're anxious about it. Some psychologists think that's because math anxiety decreases a cognitive resource called working memory. That's the short-term memory system that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task.

Why do people get so...

 woman but not this one why does our actresses appearance make such a huge difference empathy is an important motivational state for determining whether or not you will help someone in need but what triggers our sense of empathy for others psychologists have long noted

Helping Hands PIPE Brain...

 A frightening monster? Two friendly bears? Or something else entirely? For nearly a century, ten inkblots like these have been used as what seems like an almost mystical personality test. Long kept confidential for psychologists and their patients,

How does the Rorschach...

 The myth captures the basic idea of narcissism, elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists.

The psychology of...

 in a region that usually flickers into life whenever we think about ourselves. Another reason we're so fond of our possessions is that from a young age we believe they have a unique essence. Psychologists showed us this by using an illusion

Why are we so attached...

 Psychologists of the time speculated that it represented difficulties letting go of childhood, or even a longing to return to one's fetal state. But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways.