MetaFilter posts tagged with psychology and death

Afterlife and the Mind

amyms — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:07:54 -0800

Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death. Why do we wonder where our mind goes when the body is dead? Shouldn’t it be obvious that the mind is dead, too? Examining self-consciousness and mortality.

The Saddam Sessions

kliuless — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:33:50 -0800

Saddam's Confessions - Given Saddam Hussein's central place in the American Consciousness over the last couple decades and particularly in recent years, I found 60 minutes' interview with FBI interrogator George Piro pretty fascinating.

Death Grip

homunculus — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:45:30 -0800

Death Grip: How Political Psychology Explains Bush's Ghastly Success. Interesting article on the work of psychologists Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski. [Via Disinformation.]

transitional states of mind

nickyskye — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:55:25 -0800

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Part One. Part Two. [YouTube videos] [more inside]

Welcome, fear-mongering overlords

warbaby — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:43:20 -0800

Ernst Becker proposed terror management theory to explain toxic leaders (among other things.) The war on terror provides many examples of how fear-mongering enables the rise of authoritarian regimes. Some have even found that self-inflicted fear mongering can cause permanent cognitive and behavioral impairment. Does this mean that conservativism is actually a form of mental disability? Others disagree. (previously in comments here and here)

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

moonbird — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:15:34 -0800

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the pioneering psychologist who devoted her life to studying death and dying, has moved on.