Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

The Oedipus Complex is named after the character from a Greek tragedy who killed his father by mistake, and slept with his mother without realising who she was. Freud's ideas on sexual development ...

Also called the oedipal complex, the Oedipus complex is a term used in the psychosexual stages of development theory by Sigmund Freud. The concept, first proposed by Freud in 1899 and not formally ...

While its relevance in modern psychology has been largely contested, understanding its origins and implications offers valuable insight into the historical development of thought on human desire and ...

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional. Several students on campus completing the Humanities (HUM) sequence have recently reported developing psychological symptoms in line ...

You may have read headlines last fall along the lines of "Have you got a hot mom? Chances are your wife will be a looker, too." That one was courtesy of New Scientist, but other media outlets, ...

The Electra complex is a term used to describe the female version of the Oedipus complex. It involves a girl, aged between 3 and 6, becoming subconsciously sexually attached to her father and ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...