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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

Antigonos Sochos considers whether a familiar concept can be extended to social groups, ideological systems and social institutions.

Attachment – beyond interpersonal relationships

Books from the December issue (including web-only).

Reviews

Dr Jeremy Swinson on a film directed by Bill Pohlid.

Love and Mercy 

Gail A. Hornstein considers artistic depictions of insanity.

Madness from the outside in 

One on one… with Marcus Munafò

Ian Florance talks community psychology with Maggie Peake.

Striving for a fairer society

Emma Nielsen (right) and Kavita Solder (left) remove the blinkers and experience the career peaks and troughs together.

The only way is clinical?

Professor Paul A. Singh Ghuman recognised.

Award for Promoting  Equality of Opportunity

‘The psychology really dictates all the finance’

Professor Lynne Murray and Michael Bond both win the British Psychological Society's award. Ella Rhodes reports.


Book awards

Matthew Connolly reports from the fifth annual Stories of Psychology symposium, held on Wednesday 14 October 2015 at Senate House, University of London

Stories of clinical psychology 

Lance Workman meets Gerd Gigerenzer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Harding Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin.

‘I took the plunge and  chose the risky option’ 

PresidentsOffice@bps.org.uk Twitter: @profjamiehh

President’s column - Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes

Zayba Ghazali with the latest in our series for budding writers.

Can we be scientific about science education?

Big picture: The flotsam and jetsam of life

Chelsea Schein, Amelia Goranson and Kurt Gray consider why immoral acts always seem to be those that cause harm – especially to children.

The uncensored truth about morality

Amanda Henwood and Maggie Ellis on ‘Adaptive Interaction’.

Giving a voice to people with advanced dementia

Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson argue there’s a role for psychologists in helping people with their Advance Decisions. With the online-extra of our editor Jon Sutton's own Advance Decision.

A matter of life and death

Antarctic challenge

Children of war

From the Research Digest, December 2015

Opening doors for girls in science

More letters…

Oliver James questions the utility of the Human Genome Project when it comes to understanding our psychology.

Not in your genes

Does a culture of graduate volunteering represent 'a socio-economic and politically driven subjugation of women'? 

Money on my mind

A letter responds to our September 'New voices' article.

Negative effects of reward systems in classrooms

Ella Rhodes reports on a role for psychology and psychologists in tackling a major societal issue.

Championing responsible antibiotic use

Ella Rhodes reports from the first-year celebration of the Wellcome Trust funded Hubbub group.

Actively investigating rest

Steve Silberman's Neurotribes, a history of perceptions of autism, has won the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. Jon Sutton reports.

'A rallying call to respect difference'

After a social media outpouring on destinations for psychology majors, Ella Rhodes calls for a UK equivalent.

What has #ThisPsychGrad been up to?

Elisa Brann, a Research Assistant at University College London, reports from a workshop on neuroscience and the law.

Sowing the seeds on responsibility

Jon Sutton reports from the launch of the Play in Education Development and Learning (PEDaL) Centre at the University of Cambridge.

Time for serious research on play

Kate Johnstone reviews A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (published by Picador), shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

A little life less ordinary

The Psychologist, December 2015

The only way to succeed is to not try, argues Edward Slingerland.

Wu-wei – doing less and wanting more

Words by Natalia Kucirkova (Open University), image by Open University. 

Big Picture: A ‘selfie’ with a difference 

Ben Shephard considers our discipline’s involvement, on all sides.

Psychology and the Great War, 1914–1918 

Reviews, November 2015

Kate Johnstone reviews a Martin McDonagh play from the Royal Court Theatre.

Hangmen 

Ian Florance interviews Siobhan O’Neill, around her policy work on suicide and self-harm.

‘There are political, moral and ethical imperatives’

Karen M. Zabrucky (Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University) describes how a tragic incident influenced her career as a cognitive psychologist.

A life ‘chasing memories’

President’s column November 2015

Steven MacDonald with the latest in our series for budding writers.

New Voices: Working in a ‘goldfish bowl’ – ethics in rural practice

Cary Cooper tells Gail Kinman about his efforts to change occupational culture through wide dissemination of psychological theory and research.

‘Be brave, psychology needs you!’  

Laura M. Kurtycz looks at how to counter ‘learned helplessness.

Choice and control for animals in captivity

Warren Mansell and Timothy A. Carey introduce a theory dating back to the 1950s that is increasingly touted as revitalising the behavioural sciences.

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