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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

Martin J. Pickering gave the Broadbent Lecture at the Society's Annual Conference, on the remarkable and unconscious ways that people align in conversations.

The Dance of Dialogue

Khadj Rouf with a personal perspective on changes and how they are affecting psychologists and the public.


The National Health Service reforms: The Emporer's New Clothes?

Josephine Ross with some fascinating anecdotal accounts of creative and scientific insights in dreams.


Sleep on a problem... It works like a dream

Vitaliy Panok, Valentyna Pavlenko and Liliya Korallo with the lastest in our international series.

Psychology in the Ukraine

Gill Aitken, winner of the Society's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, with a personal account.


Women and secure settings

Julie Perks talks about the usefulness of archives and what we will lose if access is restricted.


Spearman and the Importance of Archives

The Critique of Psychology; hypnosis; person-centred counselling and more


Book Reviews, December 2006

Ray Miller writes on archives and statutory regulation.


President's column, December 2006

The Society redesigns its website; 2006 Award for excellence in teaching; and more.


Society, December 2006

A host of letters including interrogation, value for money and parental style of the society. 


Letters, December 2006

Including the future of psychology in the NHS, face transplants, plus a report from a discussion meeting at the Royal Society. 


News, December 2006

Jennifer Wild and Jon Sutton on the latest psychology in the media.


Media, December 2006

Martin Pickering's Broadbent Lecture, and more.

The Psychologist, December 2006

Mel Goodale and David Milner, winners of the Society’s Book Award, outline their research.

One brain - two visual systems

Students - clinical psychology: is it for you?

Patrick Rabbitt on a long and winding road of research.


Tales of the unexpected - 25 years of cognitive gerontology

Why I study... Statistics

Sheila Keegan on what we can learn from the world of commercial qualitative research.


Qualitative research - emerging from the cocoon of science

Eirini Flouri looks at parental aspirations and educational outcomes in socio-economically disadvantaged children.


Raising expectations

Gordon Claridge delivered the Hans Eysenck Lecture at the Annual Conference in Cardiff. 


Divided selves as nervous types

Bipolar depression, and the media watching the Society.


All in the brain?

President's column, November 2006

Including statutory regulation, toxic childhood, risk assessment, young researchers and more.


News, November 2006

Including post-trauma counselling, CPD, Freud, the future of educational psychology and more.


Letters, November 2006

Including the Psychological Testing Centre, ballot results, educational psychologist funding, and more. 


Society, November 2006

Book reviews, November 2006

The Psychologist, November 2006

David Dunning with some fascinating studies into how and why we are deluded about the self.


Strangers to ourselves?

Peter E. Morris and Catherine O. Fritz with the first in our ‘How to…’ series of evidence-based advice.


How to... improve your memory

Sonia Livingstone’s Argyle Lecture from the Society’s Annual Conference, on rules and roles in the media-rich home.


Reflections on the games families play

Ninna Makrinov,  Judith Scharager and Rogelio Diaz with the latest in our international series.


Psychology in Chile

Christian Jarrett on psychology’s place in new architectural development.

Is there a psychologist in the building?

Peter Farrell, Kevin Woods, Sarah Lewis, Steve Rooney, Garry Squires and Mike O'Connor discuss the implications of a government-funded review of the work of educational psychologists.



The future of educational psychologists within the new children's services

President's column, October 2006

Book reviews, October 2006

Including psychologists' role in national security, psychokinesis, educational psychology review, and reports from the British Association Festival of Science.


News, October 2006

Society, October 2006

Jennifer McIntosh and Sandie Cleland on first years' expectations.

Students, October 2006

Including Freud, voluntary experience, the BPS as a bad parent, and much more.


Letters, October 2006

The Psychologist, October 2006

Freud understood that remembering is motivated by goals and nonconscious processes. Martin A. Conway reflects on his ideas.

Special issue: Memory and desire - Reading Freud

Mick Power on theoretical and practical influences. 


A life in the unconscious

Wendy Hollway on how Freud has influenced her thinking on theory and method.


Psychoanalysis in social psychological research

Stephen Frosh on the tension between order and disorder in his and Freud’s careers.


Special issue: A life on the margins

Michael Billig with his personal reflections.

Special issue: The persistence of Freud

Mark Solms on a perhaps unlikely alliance.


Special issue: Putting the psyche into neuropsychology

Simon Baron-Cohen on Freud’s place in present and future research.


Special issue: Empathy - Freudian origins and 21st century neuroscience

Brian Rock and Peter Fonagy introduce this special issue, marking the 150th anniversary of Freud’s birth.

Special issue: Freud's influence - Personal and professional perspectives

Laura Golding and Ian Gray look at the what, why and how.


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