The more selfies you take, the more your self-perception is influenced by the indirect experience you get through these images. Your external self-image no longer needs to be mediated by other people.

Our memory is more like a kaleidoscope, we piece together different visual memory fragments into constantly changing images. It is fairly easy to show that the image of the self that exists in ...

Some people can’t get enough of self-help books. Others are more skeptical. While every genre has its gems, to self-help skeptics like me many books of this type can seem like the same common ...

“I would venture to say that photographs, likes, and comments are the aspects of the Facebook experience that are most important in driving the self-esteem effects, and that photos are maybe the ...

But the game doesn't end there ­ what follows is an arduous journey to sell the book. Here's a look behind the scenes (Pic: Getty Images) “Over the past five years, at least 30-50 self ...