The Psychologist, January 2011

Ron Roberts examines mind and behaviour in the Antarctic.

Sarita Robinson and Nikola Bridges on the psychology and physiology behind staying alive

John Leach looks at why people perish unnecessarily, and the crucial nature of cognitive function.

Carly Amber talks to Jonathan Mason, clinical psychologist with the Queensland Government, Australia.

Photo by Tom Manly, from a study led by Sophie Scott.

John Leach works as a psychologist but came to professional practice late in life and his very specialist interests have led to a move to Norway

James T. Lamiell on a century-old text containing a ‘cornucopia of ideas that remain in the forefront of developmental psychology’.

Matthew Coxon with the third in our series for budding writers.

Jon Sutton talks to clinical neuropsychologist and poet Seán Haldane.

Elisabeth Hill and Anna Barnett examine the case of developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

More nuggets from the Digest; Media: health in the forces, and parliamentary communication, with Mark Sergeant

Professor of Psychology at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Includes online-only answers.

detention and release of mentally disordered patients, the environment, policy making and personnel selection

resolutions in the President’s column; Lifetime Achievement Awards; International Congress of Coaching Psychology; and more.

feeling the future or ‘pathological science’; measuring well-being; awards and event reports; and the smell of anxiety.

Measuring well-being; sexuality; military families; tuition fees; and more