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Editorial, November 2024

Dr Carol Cole is the new Chair of the British Psychological Society's Board of Trustees.

'We need to listen to that heartbeat'

Dr Yi-Ling Lai wins the 2024 British Psychological Society Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge.

'Caring is central to psychology'

Ella Rhodes reports on a British Psychological Society campaign.

‘Every child deserves access to a high-quality education’

The third iteration of the BPS Careers Festival will be on for five days in November 2024.

Psychology careers festival 2024

Dr Louise Edgington writes on the British Psychological Society joining the Climate Minds Coalition.

Personal change leads to system change

Can magic truly be witnessed through the ears alone? The $200 Auditory Magic Challenge invites innovators and illusionists to create captivating illusions that rely solely on auditory perception.

Sleight of sound

Dr Sian Williams – author, broadcaster and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, has appeared at the Senedd with the charity Maggie’s (‘Everyone’s home of cancer care’). 

‘To not lose the joy of living in the fear of dying’

Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Venetia Leonidaki and Dr Rebecca Lockwood about their work in treating behavioural addictions, and upcoming events.

‘There’s something quite unique about behavioural addictions’

Five ways ‘honest’ placebos can help

Thanks to an embarrassing fMRI study, we now know a lot more about what causes us to blush.

What’s behind a blush?

New study sheds light on individual differences in response to small doses of LSD.

Varied responses to LSD may muddy microdosing results

New meta-analysis suggests that unconscious exposure therapy is surprisingly effective.

Could exposure therapy, without conscious exposure, actually work?

New research from the US finds that emphasising diverse hiring practices may backfire, leading White conservatives to more strongly favour White candidates.

For some, diversity initiatives may encourage pro-White hiring decisions

Marcus Munafò explores randomisation processes.

Dispelling myths about randomisation

Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?

The power of virtual reality

Margreet Hendriks reflects on the condition, her practice, and the stories of the women she meets. 

Endometriosis: 190 million unheard voices

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield, Director of the Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) group at the University of Sussex. 

‘I know how to measure difficult things’

Cara Ghiglieri, a post-doc research fellow at the University of Aberdeen, on a research journey shaped by personal experience.

Living and dying with oesophageal cancer

Dr Briony Hudson, associate director for internal research at Marie Curie. 

How can psychologists shape the future of end of life care research? 

Ian Florance interviews Anna Lagerdahl, a clinical psychologist with a special interest in Oncology and Palliative Care.

‘The work concentrates on essentials: the things that really matter to people’

Mark Hudson, Allan Skelly and Victoria Shimmens.

Intellectual Disability revisited: The Emotional Development approach

We feel ashamed of our vulnerabilities and imperfections, but others will often see courage and authenticity in our self-disclosure, writes David Robson in an edited extract of his new book, The Laws of Connection.

The beautiful mess effect

Zhenlin Wang reviews the book 'The Psychology of Starting School: An Evidence-Based Guide for Parents and Teachers', by Claire Hughes, Caoimhe Dempsey and Elian Fink.

Linked lives in ‘school readiness’

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Professor Claire Hughes, Deputy Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, and co-author of The Psychology of Starting School – An Evidence-based Guide for Parents and Teachers. 

‘Happy children are better learners’

Clinical Psychologist and author of 'You Don’t Understand Me: The Young Woman’s Guide to Life', Dr Tara Porter, on the books that have made their mark on her.

Books that shaped me… Dr Tara Porter

Professor Antonia Hamilton (Professor of Social Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London) on a creative and cultural collaboration…

The neuroscience of theatre

New exhibition, War and the Mind, from Imperial War Museums.

Rethinking conflict through a psychological lens

The curator and advisors to the Imperial War Museum exhibition pick out some significant items.

'Every exhibit raises fascinating links between war and the mind'

Three Higher Assistant Psychologists in Rehabilitation Inpatient Services with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust share cultural offerings which have shaped their views on addiction.

'We still have so much to learn about addiction'

Cordelia Galgut asks: Is colleagues’ lived experience of cancer believed, valued and used enough within our profession?

‘My cancer made me a better therapist – so why do we live in the shadows?’

John Raven asks where the interest and research is…

The most important End of Life choice

Working in secondary mental health care has led George Holliday to realise many patients are confused by what their diagnosis means…

‘I don’t see EUPD; I see you and your situation’

Assistant Psychologist Avneet Sandhu embraces identity in clinical psychology.

‘My identity is a powerful asset to my practice’

Looking to tell stories of outsight

Dr Sara Ireland writes in; plus an editor's note on the October issue cover.

Funding and extending what works in prison

Professor Karina Nielsen (1973-2024)

Sally Morley 1942-2024

Professor Celia Kitzinger, Cardiff University, on her November 1998 cover feature.

From the archive: Towards lesbian and gay psychology, November 1998

'Talking about sad, bad and difficult things'

The Psychologist, November 2024

The new millennium does not, strictly speaking, begin until 1 January 2001. But it’s clear that in the public’s view the change in the calendar from 1999 to 2000 is the big psychological event. So here we present some thoughts from various perspectives on why many people see the year 2000 as so significant …


Towards the new millennium

Why I study... brain injury

John Sheppard interviewed Jeffrey Gray of the Institute of Psychiatry just before his ‘retirement’.


Retiring?

Roz Shafran gave the first Award for outstanding doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference in Belfast in April.


Obsessive compulsive disorder

The Psychologist, December 1999

Francesca Happé gave the Spearman Medal Lecture at the Society’s London Conference in December 1998. 
She argued that we can discover more about autism through examples of task success than of failure — and that it involves a distinct cognitive style, rather than deficit.


Understanding assets and deficits in autism - Why success is more

The treadmill syndrome

David Rose and Nigel Foreman describe the application to psychology of a fast-developing new technology.


Virtual reality

Why I study... the psychology of the common cold

Francesca Happe's Spearman Medal lecture.

The Psychologist, November 1999

In her 1999 Presidential Address, Ingrid Lunt outlined her belief in the Society’s ability to draw strength from the many facets of the discipline of psychology.


Unity through diversity: An achievable goal

Guest Editor Bryan Roche introduces a special feature on modern behaviour analysis.


 New wave  analysis

Universities need educational psychologists

The Psychologist, October 1999

John Sloboda gave the Presidents’ Award Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference in Belfast, April 1999. He argued that millions of people could discover the joys of music making if we created modern equivalents of the village brass band and stopped focusing on the need to be best.


Music – where cognition and emotion meet

Ruth Campbell delivered the C.S. Myers Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference in Belfast, April 1999.


Seeing speech in unexpected places - Mouths, machines and minds

Carl Senior and Michael Smith look at how the development of the internet opens up new possibilities for psychological research.


The internet - A possible research tool?

John Sheppard interviews Tom Williams, Chair of the Society’s Professional Affairs Board.


Keeping the momentum going

John Sloboda's President's Award lecture.

The Psychologist, September 1999

Guest Editors Antony J. Chapman and Deirdre O’Reilly introduce a special issue on child development and road safety. They believe that psychology can help to cut down the UK’s alarmingly high rates of child pedestrian accidents.


Children's road safety

Tommy MacKay recorded what may have been the last interview with Boris Semeonoff; on the first anniversary of his death, we publish part of that interview here.


In the presence of a great psychologist - Boris Semeonoff

Why I study... the menstrual cycle

The Psychologist, August 1999

Tommy MacKay argues for radical change in the principles and funding of the British educational system. This article is based on his Award for Challenging Inequality of Opportunity Lecture given at the Society’s Annual Conference, March 1998.


Education and the disadvantaged: Is there any justice?

In her winning entry in the undergraduate category, Kate Lothian considers the detection and treatment of depression in older people.
Alice Muir, the winner in the postgraduate category, takes a new look at stress and anxiety.


Student writer competition winners, 1999

Karen Burt and Mike Oaksford define roles for qualitative methods in developing scientific hypotheses and in fields where objective experiment is impractical.


Qualitative methods: Beyond beliefs and desires

Kate Cavanagh and Paul Redford present more reports from Blackpool.


Annual conference reports

The Psychologist, July 1999

Associate Editor for Conference reports Fiona Jones introduces our coverage of the 1999 Annual Conference.



Daunting challenges - Annual Conference reports

Amina Memon and Daniel B. Wright ask what psychological studies can tell us about the search for the shadowy ‘John Doe 2’.


Eyewitness testimony and the Oklahoma bombing

Sarah Hampson disentangles the Gordian knot of modern personality research.

State of the art: Personality

Why I study... Ethics

The Psychologist, June 1999

Guest Editors Chris Hatton, Richard Hastings and Arlene Vetere introduce a special feature on learning disabilities and mental health, initiated by the North West of England Branch.


A case for inclusion

Helen Prosser argues that the detection and diagnosis of mental health problems in adults with learning disabilities can be greatly improved.


An invisible morbidity?

Anthony Holland demonstrates how analysis of both genes and behaviour can illuminate research and clinical practice in learning disability.


Syndromes, phenotypes and genotypes - Finding the links

John Sheppard interviews Pat Frankish and asks her to set out her ambitions for her presidential year.


Towards 2000

Mark Griffiths explores the empirical reality behind the media hype.


Internet addiction: Fact or fiction?

William R. Lindsay reveals how much psychologists can do to help with emotional problems even when communication is difficult.


Cognitive therapy

The Psychologist, May 1999

Robert H. Logie explains what we know so far about the ‘desktop of the brain’.


State of the art: Working memory

Sally Johnson gives an account of her attempts to deal with the methodological problems of a qualitative study.


The 'horrors' of scientific research

Geoff Lindsay and Petruska Clarkson explore the difficulties of psychotherapeutic work.


Ethical dilemmas of psychotherapists

Why I study... Cognitive gerontology

The Psychologist, April 1999

Peer commentaries by Steve Reicher, Ann Phoenix, and Gerry Finn. Plus reply by Kwame Owusu-Bempah and Dennis Howitt.


Racism - Peer commentaries

In this peer commentary target article, Kwame Owusu-Bempah and Dennis Howitt argue that psychology perpetuates racism — in particular, by contributing to the myth of black self-hatred.


Even their soul is defective

Continuing from last month, Fiona Jones, Associate Editor for Conference reports, presents a further selection of reports from the Society’s London Conference held in December.


London Conference 1998 - Reports

Why I study... Social skills

The Psychologist, March 1999

Associate Editor for Conference reports Fiona Jones introduces the reports from the London


Variations on a theme

Katharine Mair casts doubt on the link between dissociative identity disorder and severe childhood trauma.


Multiple personality and child abuse

Alan Frankland and Lesley Cohen present a draft of new guidelines for good practice in this difficult area, and invite comment and debate.


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