The Psychologist, February 2015
The surprising world of synaesthesia
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Big Picture: Inside the heart and mind of a city
Psychologist Colin Ellard is applying traditional and technological approaches to the study of urban spaces and those who inhabit them.
Experiencing death to improve life
Jelena Martinovic on near-death experiences and psychology in the 1960s and 70s.
One on one… with Migel Jayasinghe
‘I became an atheist and freethinker’
Web-only reviews
Some online exclusives.
January 2015: More reviews
A round-up of other reviews from the February issue.
Common threads and fault lines
Emeritus Professor Patrick Rabbitt reviews 'Working Memory and Ageing', by Robert Logie and Robin Morris.
Lose weight or lose the bet
Emma Norris reviews Weighing up the Enemy, on Channel 4.
Playing a small part in a journey of discovery
We hear from Rachel Mulholland (Glasgow Caledonian University).
'I owe my career to inspirational deaf people’
Andy Cornes talks to Ian Florance.
Society, February 2015
News from our February issue, including President's Column, Society awards and more.
"I felt let down by psychology"
We hear from a brain injury survivor, researchers and a practitioner.
‘We are not islands, there is such a thing as society’
Robin Dunbar talks to Lance Workman about his attempts to see the big picture and find the big number.
New Voices: together against bullying
Suzy Clarkson with the latest in our series for budding writers.
The unheard victims
Michelle Lowe and Bob Balfour look at service provision for male sexual abuse survivors.
Does our unconscious rule?
Magda Osman refocuses our view on the evidence.
How relationships help us to age well
Laura Soulsby and Kate Bennett consider a rich evidence base.
The surprising world of synaesthesia
Jack Dutton meets those with the condition and the researchers who study them. Might it have benefits, and could it even be taught?
From the Research Digest
February's selection from the Society's Research Digest blog.
A synaesthetic dining experience
Ella Rhodes on a new residency.
Psychology4Graduates 2014
Ella Rhodes went to hear about career opportunities at this BPS event in London
Other news
More from our February issue, by Ella Rhodes.
Enlightening and practical
Ella Rhodes reports from the Fourth International Congress of Coaching Psychology, 11–12 December 2014, London.
Curbing exaggerated reporting
Ella Rhodes on a new study into how mainstream media report scientific findings.
fMRI guide for journalists
Ella Rhodes on a new resource from Cambridge University cognitive neuroscientist Dr Jon Simons.
Psychologists honoured
Ella Rhodes speaks to the three psychologists recognised in New Year list.
Alan Raymond Reynolds (1955–2014)
Other letters
More from the February issue.
Where have all the BAME psychologists gone?
How can The Psychologist increase participation amongst ethnic minority groups? (Including editorial update).
Mental illness - mired in controversy?
Following Vaughan Bell and John Cromby's 'Head to Head' in the January issue, the discussion continues.
Body weight and the credibility of psychologists
What might fat stigma mean for overweight practitioners?
Don’t forget the child victims
The discussion concerning sex offenders and their treatment continues.
Staff satisfaction in universities is important too
Professor Dorothy Bishop's guest column.
Birdman - oddball, dark and engaging
Emma Norris reviews Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
No torture without psychologists?
Ella Rhodes reports on the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program.
Society, February 2015
News from our February issue, including President's Column, Society awards and more.