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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

Geoff Bunn introduces a special issue marking the 150th Anniversary of Gustav Fechner’s Elements of Psychophysics.

The experimental psychologist's fallacy

Extracts from a recording of Frederic Charles Bartlett speaking made in 1959 by John C. Kenna, the Society’s first Honorary Archivist.

Bartlett speaks: What makes a good experimental psychologist?

Philip Barnard with some experimental highlights from the influential Applied Psychology Research Unit.

Choice, confusion and consciousness

Graham Richards looks at nine methodological lessons of a highly successful failure.

Loss of innocence in the Torres Straits

Elizabeth Valentine profiles three women at the forefront of the development of the discipline.

Women in early 20th-century experimental psychology

Peter Lamont on how early psychologists turned to the grand wizards in an effort to transform illusions into a reality.

The misdirected quest

Daniel N. Robinson on the 150th anniversary of a text that many consider to be the first in experimental psychology.

Fechner's Elemente – an establishment of its own 

David K. Robinson on an important meeting of minds at Leipzig University.

Founding fathers

Alan Costall engages in some presentist futurology.

Looking ahead: The future of experimental psychology

Nathalie L. Chernoff on career opportunities in the history of psychology.

Drawing on a long and esteemed tradition

Ian Florance talks to Adrian Owen about the ‘brain drain’ and more.

‘Science is international’

Media

Professor of Psychology at York University, Canada, and blogger on the history of psychology

One on one... with Christopher Green

diary drawings of mental illness; forensic psychology; ‘Aspergirls’ and more (including web only reviews).


Book reviews, December 2010

President’s column; new Community Psychology Section, and a call to support the formation of a Disaster, Crisis and Trauma Section; improving work–life balance; preserving our history; and psychology at the Science Museum


Society, December 2010

Including William James; Gustav Fechner; occupational debate; gender and more

Forum, December 2010

spending review; Alzheimer’s; magic and autism; graduate employment; tasty morsels from the Research Digest; and Sinéad Rhodes on ADHD in the news


News, December 2010

The Psychologist, December 2010

Jon Sutton interviews Cordelia Fine about neurosexism and more.

The battle of the sex differences

Daniel Wright on how fiction can aid our understanding of delusional misidentifications.

No self without self-delusion 

Frank Belschak and Deanne Den Hartog unravel positive and negative aspects of proactive behaviour at work.

Being proactive at work – blessing or bane?

David Uzzell delivered the joint British Academy/British Psychological Society Annual Lecture, on psychology and climate change.

Collective solutions to a global problem

…with Anne Treisman (including online-only answers)

One on one... with Anne Treisman

Ludy T. Benjamin Jr on a fascinating trial and a psychologist’s role in it.

Coca-Cola – Brain tonic or poison?

Phil Boyes with the second in our series for budding writers.


New Voices: Remembering the veterans

Top occupational psychologists discuss the state of the discipline.

Occupational psychology in a changing world

Kisane Prutton on the media’s particular appetite for psychology


Media: The blind feeding the blind

Ian Florance talks to staff at global financial services company UBS.

Selling the value of occupational psychology

neurosexism and politics as Simon Baron-Cohen reviews Cordelia Fine’s new book; why aren’t we saving the planet; and sensory marketing.


Book reviews, November 2010

toothless, geriatric lions and the ethics of animal research in the President’s column; accreditation through partnership; the language of music; and more


Society, November 2010

‘approved clinicians’; the power of bad; BAME psychologists; and more.


Forum, November 2010

Science is Vital campaign; ‘over-identification’ of special educational needs; the ‘halfalogue’; Ig Nobel Awards; the glass cliff for female leaders; and more.


News, November 2010

The Psychologist, November 2010

Marc Jones and David Lavallee on the psychology of the Ryder Cup.

A good walk worth watching

Clare Kambamettu, Elinor Llewellyn, Mary Longley and Paul Davis report on how they tackle problem drinking.

An NHS alcohol service

Chris Frith talks to Lance Workman about schizophrenia, scanning and more.

The man who looks inside people's heads

Paul M. Jenkinson and Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou look at an example of good intentions and poor awareness in the motor system.

So you think you can dance?

Eirini Flouri with an overview of the theory and evidence.

Fathers' behaviours and children's problems

Anita Mehay and Zoё Fortune look at life as a mental health researcher.

Research realities

Mark M. Smith on when ‘looking’ back makes less sense.

Looking Back: The explosion of sensory history

Ian Florance meets members of the University of the West of England’s Centre for Appearance Research.

Celebrating appearance

One challenge? 'To truly believe in something…'

One on one... with Jeune Guishard-Pine

scanning for autism; scientific misconduct; A-levels; Pakistan floods; psychosis tapestry; the latest nuggets from the Research Digest; Mark Sergeant on media coverage surrounding the trapped Chilean miners; and more


News, Digest and Media: October 2010

safer surgery; reading development; autism and intensive interaction; stories and analogies; Barbara Tizard; coaching; and web-only reviews.


Book Reviews, October 2010

President’s column; bipolar report; independent practitioners forum; Society awards; a view from Northern Ireland; and more.


Society, October 2010

the Society’s journals – a question of collegiality; mindfulness; approved clinicians; consultation on whether the psychology degree is fit for purpose; and columns on Marc Hauser and survival

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