The Psychologist, September 2009

Jacob B. Hirsh looks at performance prediction, an area with some of the strongest relationships in psychological research.

Luke Jefferies looks at an approach to communication and social interaction that could be coming of age; and Cathy Harding and Ruth Berry look at the case-study evidence.

Julian Boon and Lynsey Gozna rail against the futility of much psychological research, with particular reference to the ‘chameleon offender’

Mission to Mars; sexual orientation therapy; protecting the vulnerable; Ceri Parsons on provocative reporting in the media; and Christian Jarrett and Jon Sutton report from the European Congress of Psychology in Oslo

Is the ‘cognitive revolution’ a myth? Sandy Hobbs thinks the term is inaccurate and unhelpful; Jeremy Trevelyan Burman disagrees.

Juliet Whitehead on life as a trainee educational psychologist

Benjamin Gardner looks at a method for recruiting to internet-based research studies; and Rory Allen and Ian Hannent on a new computerised tool.

Mallory Wober reflects on two novels by Sebastian Faulks.

Dr Miles Thomas, Dr Victoria Lewis and Caryl Carr.

Carol A. Ireland looks beyond the TV and media portrayals at a difficult but rewarding career.

Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Bath and Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education and University of Exeter.

the invisible smile: living without facial expression; the therapeutic relationship in the cognitive behavioural psychotherapies; and more, including web-only reviews.

including President’s column; Research Board Lifetime Achievement Award; New curator of psychology.

Including the voice of psychology; diagnosing Alzheimer’s; minding our clinical language; community noticeboard and more.