psychology

the discipline that studies mind and behavior. psychology sits between neuroscience (the hardware) and sociology (the collective). it asks how individuals perceive, think, feel, and act

in the crystal, psychology spans three domains:

neuro — cognition, attention, memory, learning, decision-making

sense — perception, emotion, qualia, embodiment

socio — social behavior, group dynamics, cultural influence

branches

cognitive psychology → neuro (attention, memory, reasoning, mental models)

developmental psychology → neuro + bio (how minds grow across lifespan)

social psychology → socio + neuro (group influence, conformity, identity)

clinical psychology → neuro + bio (mental health, therapy, diagnosis)

perceptual psychology → sense (vision, hearing, multisensory integration)

evolutionary psychology → bio + game (adaptive behavior, mate selection, cooperation)