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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

Articles by Pasco Fearon (resampling), David Clark-Carter (effect size), Jeremy Miles and Mark Shevlin (structural equation modelling), Andy Field (meta analysis), and Daniel Wright and Sian Williams (reporting results). 



Special issue: Are you behind the times?

Spearman Medal winner Thalia Eley on combining old and new approaches to the development of anxiety and depression.



Something borrowed, something blue

The Psychologist, December 2003

Peter Bull on the strategic use of evasive talk in the corridors of power.

Slippery politicians?

Phil Stringer interviews comparative psychologist Tony Dickinson, Fellow of the Royal Society.



Leader of the pack

Of witch crazes and health scares

Jack Rachman’s Hans Eysenck Memorial Lecture, at the 2003 Annual Conference in Bournemouth.

Eysenck and the development of CBT

Steve Cooper, Chair of the Society’s National Honours Group, introduces some personal reflections on what those letters can do for you – and for psychology. 



Decorating the top of the table

Mark Griffiths gives his practical recommendations based on psychological theory and research.



Action plan: Problem gambling

The Psychologist, November 2003

Articles by Howard Gardner (Higher Education in the era of globalisation), Barry Jones (Alcohol consumption on the campus), Hazel Willis, Margaret Stroebe and Miles Hewstone (Homesick blues), and Rowan Bayne (Love, money and studying: You and your personality type at university).

Special feature: Can psychology revolutionise Higher Education?

Ian J. Deary, winner of the Society’s 2002 Book Award, ‘looks down’ on a controversial area in this article from October 2003.

Ten things I hated about intelligence research

Penny J. Furness considers the psychosocial issues surrounding facial transplants.



Facing the future

Broadcaster Nick Ross on what psychology did for him.



Access to souls denied, access to science granted

Can Psychology revolutionise Higher Education?

The Psychologist, October 2003

Ian H. Robertson gave the Myers Lecture at the 2003 Annual Conference – Now pay attention.



The absent mind - Attention and error

On a certain blindness in modern psychology

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, winner of the 2002 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology, investigated our ‘self-monitoring’ mechanism and what happens when it fails.



Touching on the cause of delusions

Janet Sayers on the potential of a meeting of psychoanalysis, neuropsychology and religion.



Divine therapy?

Usha Goswami gave this year’s Broadbent Lecture at the Annual Conference, suggesting that the rhyme and rhythm of different languages holds the key to dyslexia.



How to beat dyslexia

The Psychologist, September 2003

Adrian C. North and David J. Hargreaves on two common misconceptions.

Is music important?

Vaughan Bell, Peter Halligan and Hadyn Ellis on the sometimes fine line between normality and abnormality.

Beliefs about delusions

Patrick Davies and Zara Lipsey look at the disturbing rise of pro-anorexia websites.


Ana's gone surfing

Jim McCourt met Dr Louis D. Kramer and Jill Bellingham to discuss the work of the Society’s Professional Conduct Board.


Discipline matters

At the Annual Conference in Bournemouth, Graham Davey gave his Presidential Address.


Doing clinical psychology research - What is interesting isn't always useful

The Psychologist, August 2003

Miles Hewstone, winner of the 2001 Presidents’ Award, on a key social psychological strategy for reducing intergroup conflict.

Intergroup contact - Panacea for prejudice?

In the May issue John Donnelly spoke out in favour of the Rorschach test, but Robert Forde thinks psychologists could face legal action if they follow his advice.


Defending the indefensible

CPD - What should we be developing?

Matt Baker, joint winner in our student writer competition, shares his views on drug use and rehabilitation; and Stefania de Vito, joint winner in our student writer competition, on episodic future thinking

Student Writer Competition winners

The Psychologist, July 2003

Associate Editors for Conference reports Kate Cavanagh and Paul Redford introduce our coverage of the 2003 Annual Conference.

The tides of March

Julian Boon’s work with the police has been the subject of a Channel 4 series. Jon Sutton met him to discuss his approach to offender profiling.

The real Boon

Stephen Joseph believes client-centred psychotherapy is a misunderstood approach with profound significance.


Why the client knows best

Oliver James's 'Personal space' on developmental psychopathology as a basis for politics.


They muck you up

Claire Hewson looks at the pros and cons.


Conducting research on the internet

The Psychologist, June 2003

Lucy Johnstone takes a look at a controversial therapy, still being used in the UK.

A shocking treatment?

Linda Clare, Alan Baddeley, Esme Moniz-Cook and Bob Woods discuss advances in the understanding of dementia.


A quiet revolution

Blot on the landscape?

Jon Sutton met Tim Radford, Science Editor for The Guardian.

Read all about it

Jean Nicol-Maveyraud on the research of Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, in this 2003 piece.

Mind over money

The Psychologist, May 2003

What’s it like to smell pain and taste words? Jamie Ward on the unusual world of the synaesthete.

State of the art - Synaesthesia

Trevor Butt (University of Huddersfield) interviews Phil Salmon.


A 'critical friend' in times of need

Salvador Algarabel and Juan V. Luciano with an outline of the state of psychology in their country.


Psychology in Spain

Robert Resnick argues that psychologists should be allowed to prescribe medication. With commentaries from Lucy Johnstone, Morgan Sammons and Ronald Levant, and Jim Orford.


Peer commentary - To prescribe or not to prescribe - Is that the question?

Rufus May, Janice Hartley and Tamasin Knight give their views on the government proposals to introduce Community Treatment Orders.


Making the personal political

Synaesthesia, and new President Zander Wedderburn in the PDF download.

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