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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

Guest Editors Bernice Andrews and Chris R. Brewin introduce a special issue on Freudian theory in the light of modern research. 


What did Freud get right?

Susan M. Andersen and Regina Miranda argue that transference is a normal, everyday process.


Transference - How past relationships emerge in the present

Peter Fonagy assesses evidence for the effectiveness of psychoanalytic treatment.


The outcome of psychoanalysis - The hope of a future

Mark Solms on dreaming in the neuropsychological age.


Freudian dream theory today

Mick Power delves into the unconscious and finds several of Freud’s ideas alive and well.


Freud and the unconscious

James Reason on unconscious urges and cognitive cock-ups.


Freudian slips revisited

Chris R. Brewin and Bernice Andrews uncover parallels between repression and modern cognitive theories of forgetting.


Psychological defence mechanisms - The example of repression

Steve Baldwin and Paul Cooper debate the issues.


Head to head: How should ADHD be treated?

What did Freud get right? A special issue.

The Psychologist, December 2000

John Sloboda and Peter Coleman's Personal Space.

Taking a stand

John Wilding, Susan Cook and Josh Davis present some curious findings from the field of ‘earwitness’ testimony.

Sound familiar?

Stephen E. G. Lea introduces the Society’s new guidelines for psychologists working with animals.


Towards an ethical use of animals

Sue Cavill talks to those in the front line and finds that the Western model of help may not be the most suitable.


Psychology in practice - Welfare of refugees

Should the Society speak out on public issues?

The Psychologist, November 2000

Adrian Furnham looks at research on lay theories of intelligence and sex differences in estimated intelligence.


Thinking about intelligence

Chloe Smith turns the tables on Freud to give her personal analysis of his motives.


Freud - the ambition theory

In the 1999 Spearman Medal Lecture Simon Killcross discussed the complex role of this influential part of the brain.


The amygdala, emotion and learning

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Uta Frith and Richard Nisbett reveal the roots and fruits of their most famous contributions, introduced by Robert Sternberg; plus online extras, from Adrian Furnham, Michael Gazzaniga and Susan Fiske.

Making a difference

The Psychologist, October 2000

Michael A. West looks at how to turn creative thinking into innovative practice. Do you recognise yourself or your work environment in his account?


State of the art: Creativity and innovation at work

Paul E. Mullen, Michele Pathé and Rosemary Purcell provide some insights into a modern-day problem.


Cutting edge: Stalking

Why I study... driving

Creativity and innovation at work and more.

The Psychologist, September 2000

In the C.S. Myers Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference in 2000, Stephen E.G. Lea asked ‘If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?'

Making money out of psychology – Can we explain economic behaviour?

John Raven expresses concern over the widening gap between the routinised application of ethical codes and the true seriousness of the ethical dilemmas faced by our profession.


Ethical dilemmas

Lynn B. Myers explores repression: what it is, how it’s done and what it might mean for psychological research and for repressors themselves.


Deceiving others or deceiving themselves?

In her 2000 Presidential Address Pat Frankish reflected on the need for a ‘hearts and minds’ approach to change.


Thought and feeling - You can't have one without the other

The Psychologist, August 2000

Derek Mitchell and James Blair argue that psychopaths lack the ‘music of emotion’.


State of the art: Psychopathy

Why I study - Bullying in Schools

Menna Jones, the winner in the postgraduate category, argues for a psychological explanation of bipolar disorder.
Alex Linley, the winner in the undergraduate category, discusses the relationship between adversity and success.


Student writer competition winners, 2000

Psychopathy, conference reports and more.

The Psychologist, July 2000

Associate Editor for Conference reports Fiona Jones introduces our coverage of the 2000 Annual Conference.


Coverage of the Annual Conference 2000 in Winchester

Mark H. Johnson looks at babies’ cognitive and brain development and describes how they actively contribute to the construction of their own brain.


State of the Art: How babies' brains work

David Pilgrim argues that recent Society guidance on the use of diagnostic classifications in court misses the point.


Psychiatric diagnosis: More questions than answers

The Psychologist, June 2000

Robert J. Sternberg delivered the Broadbent Lecture at the Society’s London Conference in December 1999.


Half a career spent trying to find the right questions

Judy Dunn reveals the illuminating perspectives offered by the study of what are, for most people, their longest-lasting relationships.


State of the Art: Siblings

Why I Study: Talk-in-interaction

John Sheppard interviews Tommy MacKay, the Society’s new President, on his life, the year ahead and the joys of (slight) eccentricity.


Interview with Tommy MacKay

The Psychologist, May 2000

Stephen Newstead gives a psychological perspective on recent developments in higher education. This article is an abridged version of his Award for Distinguished Contributions to 
the Teaching of Psychology lecture at the Society’s London Conference, December 1999.


Silk Purse or Sow's Ear?

Barrie Gunter argues that TV ratings systems may be based on an incomplete understanding of audience psychology.


Avoiding unsavoury television

John Sheppard interviews Tony Gale, who this month finishes as the Society’s Honorary General Secretary, on his time in office and his view of recent changes in the Society’s structure and functioning.


Changing Ethos

The Psychologist, April 2000

David Messer looks at the continuing controversies.


State of the Art: Language Acquisition

John Sheppard interviews Colin Newman, who is retiring after two decades as the Society’s Executive Secretary.


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