Science

Mood Disorder Mood disorder, also known as mood (affective) disorders is a category of illnesses that describe a serious change in mood. It is a…

Folie à deux Folie à deux is a rare psychiatric occurrence in which one person’s psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, are transmitted to another person.…

About Delirium Delirium is a state of confusion that comes on very suddenly and lasts hours to days. If your loved one becomes delirious, it…

About Delusion Definition – Delusions are fixed and firmly held beliefs that have no basis in reality. As a pathology, it is distinct from a…

Idée Fixe An idée fixe is a preoccupation of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it, a fixation. The name…

Filter Bubble A filter bubble is an intellectual isolation that can occur when websites make use of algorithms to selectively assume the information a user…

False Consensus Effect The false consensus effect occurs when we overestimate the number of other people (or the extent to which other people) shares our…

Echo Chamber “Echo chamber” is a term widely used in today’s lexicon, that describes a situation where certain ideas, beliefs or data points are reinforced…

Denialism Denialism is the employment of rhetorical tactics to give the appearance of argument or legitimate debate when in actuality there is none. In the…

Belief Perseverance Belief perseverance is a concept that highlights the tendency for people to hold their beliefs as true, even when there is ample evidence…

Apophenia Definition – Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. It can be classed as a false alarm,…

About Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias, the tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one’s existing beliefs. It is…