All Articles by Veronica Pamoukaghlian, MA
Ms. Pamoukaghlian holds a Masters in Creative Writing. She has directed two documentaries shot in psychiatric wards, which were shown at psychiatric conferences all over the world. She is currently finishing her first feature film, about a 75-year old man who competes in the Decathlon, a co-production between Hollywood and Uruguay.
Mind Games – Science’s Attempts at Thought Control
If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind is controllable - what then? --- George Orwell, in 1984The concept of brainwashing was first used to describe certain obscure procedures carried out in early Communist China, but the idea of "cleansing the mind" can be traced back all the way to fourth century Confucian thinkers.
Bibliotherapy – The Healing Power of Books
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. --- Franz KafkaIn this era of tablets, videogames and virtual reality, it may seem anachronistic for kids to be told that "reading is good for you." Though there are many ways in which reading can be beneficial for the education of youth, there are other ways in which books can improve our lives.
The Taste of Immorality in the Brain
Immorality is inevitably tied to social constructions and our value system. Ultimately, it is defined by the idea of morality inherent to our social context. We seldom stop to think about what the intrinsic idea of immorality actually means in the mind. In a way, if our brain reacts to something that can be called immorality in a particular way, these reactions define our personal views of what is moral or immoral, sifting the general accepted beliefs of society through the filter of our own psyche.
Women After Sex
First there was mystery. Why do women want to cuddle and men want to hit the road (after sex), then there was brain scanning and evolutionary psychology, and the mystery was no more. According to a groundbreaking study from the Journal of Sex Research, it would seem that when it comes to post-coital behaviors, men and women could well belong to different planets.
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