The Missing Link

Personality

A 50-Plus-Year Perspective on Personality Theory

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on March 21, 2022

Personality is taught today as it was over half a century ago. A new approach that enables progress is considered.

Psychology

Understanding How Reinforcement Works

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on April 26, 2020

Skinner was right. The rat survives reinforcement as a changed rat. But how?

Career

How Does Biofeedback Work?

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on February 12, 2020

Biofeedback is a popular treatment for a wide variety of disorders but explanations of how it works are far from complete.

Neuroscience

Belated Happy Birthday AlphaZero

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on February 18, 2019

AlphaZero is a super artificial intelligence that has developed insight. A new approach to cognitive psychology is needed to understand it. Four network principles are provided.

Neuroscience

How Does Instinct Work?

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on September 28, 2018

Instinct involves inherited behavior. How can behaviors be inherited?

Cognition

Living Comfortably with Hypocrisy and Negative Evidence

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on March 22, 2015

How do people live comfortably with hypocrisy and negative evidence?

Mindfulness

Why Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Work?

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on March 10, 2015

What mechanism explains how mindfulness-based treatments work?

Neuroscience

The Missing Link Between Psychology and Biology

Warren W Tryon Ph.D. on February 10, 2015

How does psychology influence biology? How does biology influence psychology? Read on to find an answer.