The Psychologist, December 2012

Lorenzo Stafford on our ancient and under-appreciated sense of smell in the first of our special issue, 'An explosion of the senses'

Charles Spence and Betina Piqueras-Fiszman investigate this and other questions behind a novel dining experience.

Lawrence D. Rosenblum and Michael S. Gordon look beyond the traditional five senses, to echolocation and more.

Alberto Gallace seeks to understand tactile interactions.

Chris Plack on competing theories of pitch perception.

Michael S. Gordon on how philosophers and early psychologists conceptualised our sensory abilities.

Jon Sutton reports from Ian Deary's talk on Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson and the Scottish Mental Surveys of 1932 and 1947.

Christina MacDonald shares her experiences as an assistant psychologist working on a pilot project supporting victims of human trafficking.

As psychology at the University of East London celebrates its 50th anniversary, Miles Thomas (UEL) talks to its first Head of Department, John Radford.

John M. Findlay and Iain D. Gilchrist describe their efforts to ensure eye movements play a central role in our understanding of ‘active vision’.

The US election, problem-solving in the community, and more

Professor of Women's Health Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. With online only answers.

Carly Samson with the latest in our series for budding writers.

Image by Joanne de Nobriga.

Ian Florance met Robert Bor to talk about aviation psychology and more.

Including Oliver Burkeman.

Fiona Jones on the media's treatment of schizophrenia

President’s column; ‘PsychSource’ launches; new Society-funded POSTnote; e-learning wins award; and more.

environmental psychology; the language of suicide; referendum; and more

creativity; self-control; event reports