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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

Can caffeine actually keep you fit and healthy into old age? Rebecca Thompson and Karen Keene investigate.

The pros and cons of caffeine

Alan S. Brown asks whether we can hope to study this intriguing phenomenon scientifically.

Getting to grips with deja vu

John B. Davies argues that it is time for a paradigm shift in psychology. 


Personal space: Bring on the physics revolution

Sarah M. Coyne on a new twist in the media violence debate.


Indirect aggression on screen - a hidden problem?

Rudolf N. Cardinal, joint winner of the Society's 2002 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology, writes about his work.


Waiting for better things

The Psychologist December 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, December 2004

Daniel Freeman and Philippa A. Garety take a look at the psychology of paranoia.



Bats amongst birds

In his Hans Eysenck Lecture, Martin Davies describes how he has continued to integrate the correlational and experimental in the study of personality and cognition.



Personality - two ways of thinking about it

Tom Stafford (University of Sheffield) meets renowned neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran.



An artful brain

Kausar Suhail with the latest in our international series.



Psychology in Pakistan

Darren Ellis and John Cromby on the health implications of emotional expression.



It's not always good to talk

The Psychologist November 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, November 2004

Esther Burkitt on whether those pictures stuck to the fridge are really a window to a child’s mind.

Drawing conclusions from children's art

Avril Rea looks at the growing challenge of working with interpreters.



Now you're talking my language

John Radford searches for unity in psychology.



Personal space: All for one and one for all?

K. V. Petrides, Adrian Furnham and Norah Frederickson argue for a trait approach to the misunderstood construct.



Emotional intelligence

Jules Davidoff delivered the C.S. Myers Lecture at the 2004 Annual Conference.



Coloured thinking

Michael A. West (Chair of the Society’s Journals Committee) provides guidance and encouragement in a vital activity. 



Zen and the art of journal article reviewing

Mark Burton on the contribution of Ignacio Martín-Baró and his followers.



Viva Nacho! Liberating psychology in Latin America

The Psychologist October 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, October 2004

Andrew Silke looks at the responses, obstacles and ways forward.



Terrorism, 9/11 and psychology

Cedric E. Ginestet talked to Professor Hein de Vries of the Maastricht Health Research Institute for Prevention and Care about international collaboration on smoking prevention.



Interview with Hein de Vries

Mark Bennett delivered the Michael Argyle Lecture at the Society’s 2004 Annual Conference.



Children and social identity

Jonathan St B.T. Evans takes a satirical look back from the future. 



The Presidential Address 2038

Cedric E. Ginestet and Elisabeth Spitz with the latest in our international series.



Psychology in France

Why I study... laterality

The Psychologist September 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, September 2004

Lih-Mei Liao and Mary Boyle guest edit this special issue. Iain Morland exposes the psychoanalytic roots of modern surgical management of intersexuality; Celia Kitzinger discusses the implications of intersexuality for the psychology of women; Melissa Hines writes on the role of hormones in brain development and behaviour; and Lih-Mei Liao and Mary Boyle ask what we can learn from intersex people themselves.



Intersex - special issue

Presidents’ Award winner Margaret J. Snowling looks at risk and protective factors.



Language skills and learning to read

Martyn Barrett (University of Surrey) interviews Paul A. Singh Ghuman, who retires this month from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.



The wisdom of culture

Tony Ward and Frederick Hickling with the latest in our international series.

Psychology in the English-speaking Caribbean

The Psychologist, August 2004

Gerard Bailes looks for the reality behind the TV depictions.



Sieges, the police, and a psychologist?

John Marzillier argues against ‘outcome research’.



The myth of evidence-based psychotherapy

Annual Conference 2004

In the undergraduate category, Alexa Ispas looks at repairing historical rifts - is collective guilt the answer? Then in the postgraduate category, Susan Rasmussen looks at the imperfection of perfectionism.



Student writer competition winners 2004

The Psychologist, July 2004

Do we believe in magic? And if we do, then why? Eugene Subbotsky investigates.



Magical thinking - Reality or illusion?

Following recent articles in The Psychologist on the Rorschach test, John T. E. Richardson looks at its prehistory.



The origins of inkblots

Why I study... Disgust

The Psychologist, June 2004

Hugh Foot and Alison Sanford on the practical and ethical issues involved in using students in research.

The use and abuse of student participants

In the latest of our interviews explaining the Society’s directorate structure, we meet Professor Dominic Abrams (Chair of the Research Board), followed by Ray Miller (Chair of the Professional Practice Board).



Science and practice

Mark Van Vugt on how leaders can encourage loyalty and sacrifice.



Follow the leader... but at what cost?

Slovenia joins the European Union this month, and its psychologists are keen to develop their subject and structures in line with the rest of Europe. Here, Velko S. Rus and Vid Pecjak outline the history and current state of Slovenian psychology.



Psychology in Slovenia

Brinder Bains and Priti Shah on a new role for psychologists.



Primary care mental health workers - Bridging the gap

Dorothy Fielding (Vice Chair of the Division of Clinical Psychology) interviews Til Wykes about the Mental Health Research Network. 



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