“Beyond Heroes and Villains” at Psychology Today First 50

Travis Langley on August 5, 2014 — Leave a Comment

Since August 1, 2012, I’ve posted 50 articles at PsychologyToday.com in my ongoing “Beyond Heroes and Villains” column. (I know it’s called a blog, but look up the word’s origin. It’s still not a log of my life, so online column is more accurate.) Some of these have the advantage of time, having accumulated views for two years. Some of the newer ones are rapidly changing ranks, like the most recent post (“Singing Those Comic-Con Blues: How Do We Return to ‘Normal’?”) but here’s where things stand today.

1 A Dark and Stormy Knight: Why Batman?
2 Does Iron Man 3’s Hero Suffer Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
3 The Dark Knight Rises: What Motivates Bane?
4 The Avengers Teach Psychology: Class Assemble!
5 A Clinical Perspective on Panic and PTSD in Iron Man 3
6 Twitter Takes on Iron Man 3: Why Can’t Tony Stark Sleep?
7 Are Batman’s Enemies Insane? Sounder Minds—Part 1
8 Batman at 75: The Psychology of Why the Dark Knight Endures
9 Doctor Who: The Man Who Regrets and the Man Who Forgets
10 Are Batman’s Enemies Insane? Unsound Minds—Part 2
11 Doctor Who: Fear the Weeping Angels and Don’t Blink
12 Super Sex Theorists: “Hung up on Superheroes’ Sex Organs”
13 Are Olympic Athletes Heroes?
14 Why Stick to a PTSD Diagnosis Based on Lies by Jodi Arias?
15 Superman’s True Disguise: The Power of Social Invisibility
16 Star Trek: The Mental Frontier
17 Batman’s Case Files: Bane, the Man Who Broke the Bat
18 Batman’s Case Files: Immortality versus Extinction
19 What Is Superhero Therapy?
20 Ye Olde Masters of Sex: Sexology Before Masters and Johnson
21 Heroes of Cosplay, Part 1: Can We All Play Together?
22 Necessary Evil Documentary: Exploring Super-Villainy
23 Aurora Judge Rules “Truth Serum” Can Test Suspect’s Insanity
24 Who Are Your Heroes?
25 Superheroine Recovery: An Interview With Batgirl’s Therapist
26 Misremembering Batman
27 The Bat of the Shadow: Batman’s Role Models
28 Superheroes, Supervillains, and Ourselves upon the OCEAN
29 Psychology of Cult TV: Better Living by “Geeking Out”
30 Joking Matter: Adam West and Colleagues Analyze the Joker
31 Weddings, Funerals, Reboots–Capes and Cognitive Dissonance
32 Comics Arts Conference Brings Psychology to Comic-Con 2013
33 Westboro Baptist Church: Modeling Empathy on the High Road
34 Haunted by Sigmund Freud: Adaptation or Defense Mechanisms?
35 Freud: The Secret Casebook, Tell Me About Your Profiler
36 Orange Is the New Black: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Compounded?
37 Spectacular Tragedy in a Just World: The Power of “Why?”
38 Legends of the Knight Documentary Explores Power of Stories
39 The Arkham Sessions: Batman, Man-Bat, and that Killer Clown
40 Sole Survivor Finds Hope in a Hogwarts Wizard’s Words
41 “Legends of the Knight” Video Chat on Batman and Psychology
42 The Arkham Sessions Delve Deeper Into the Animated Batman
43 Risky Sessions: Superheroes on the (Steel-Reinforced) Couch
44 WonderCon Psych 2013: Comics and Zombies and Sith! Oh, My!
45 San Diego Comic-Con Program 2014: The Comics Arts Conference
46 WonderCon: Batman vs. Jason! Kirk vs. Vader! Who vs. Holmes!
47 Heroism Conference: The Hero Round Table with Phil Zimbardo
48 Cortex Crusaders Put Comic-Con on the Convention Couch
49 Singing Those Comic-Con Blues: How Do We Return to “Normal”?
50 Super Skinners or Fantastic Freuds? Psych at Comic-Con ’14
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