Author: Loren Soeiro

The role of dopamine in the minds of completists and other collectors.  Article written by Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-neurochemical-self/201405/why-you-cant-stop

Grocery stores use psychological research to induce consumers to spend more, but you can counteract their efforts.  Article written by Jamie Logie.

http://www.regainedwellness.com/supermarket-psychology/

One psychoanalyst’s perspective on his work, which can also be read as a guide to analytic treatment for those seeking psychotherapy.  Article written by Lawrence D. Blum, M.D.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-freud/201405/why-i-love-psychoanalysis-and-you-might-too

Ideas about the possible origins of a criticizing inner voice, along with some self-help and treatment recommendations.  Article written by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/05/15/suggestions-for-quieting-your-inner-critic/

New evidence has led to the identity of “Little Albert,” the infant conditioned to fear furry, white animals — and also suggests that psychologist John B. Watson, the “father of behaviorism,” consciously chose to experiment on a neurologically impaired child.  Article written by Kendra Cherry.

http://psychology.about.com/od/classicalconditioning/a/sad-tale-of-little-albert.htm