The Psychologist, March 2015
Words and sorcery
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Words and sorcery
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Words and sorcery
Simon Oxenham and Jon Sutton consider the causes and consequences of bad writing in psychology.
Managing and coping with sexual identity at work
Y. Barry Chung, Tiffany K. Chang and Ciemone S. Rose consider the issue of LGBT people in the workplace.
Eye on fiction: A disquieting look at dementia
Mike Bender provides a critique of Lisa Genova’s novel Still Alice, the film adaptation of which is out in March.
Eldercare: The new frontier of work–family balance
Lisa Calvano on the psychological impact of caring for spouses and parents.
Big Picture: The path to participation
Image by Nicki Evans, member of Walk and Talk, who runs the website Psychology in the Real World.
Web-only reviews
Some extra book reviews.
Happy maps
A TED talk from Daniele Quercia.
One on one… with Peter Venables
‘go on analysing data into your later years’
‘Sometimes, I feel that the psychological well-being practitioner role is undervalued’
Katie Bogart outlines her working life and its contribution to improving access to therapy.
Helping triumph over phobia
Harriet Mills is a Data Collection Manager and Assistant Psychologist with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
President’s column: February 2015
Dorothy Miell Contact Dorothy Miell via the Society’s Leicester office, or e-mail: [email protected]
Risks of conversion therapy
Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy.
Amplifying a relationship with psychology
Ian Florance talks to social psychologist Professor Robin Goodwin.
An interactive mind
Our editor Jon Sutton talks to Andreas Roepstorff (Aarhus University).
New voices: Are we mindful of how we talk about mindfulness?
Kate Williams with the latest in our series for budding writers.
Sweet memories
Michael A. Smith looks at glucose effects on human memory performance.
From the Research Digest
A selection which appears in our March issue. For more, see www.bps.org.uk/digest
The key to national security?
The formation by the British Army of Brigade 77 has been in the headlines. Ella Rhodes reports.
Mental health heroes
Ella Rhodes reports on the Deputy Prime Minister's reception.
Robert G. Andry (1923–2014)
Barbara Tizard (1926–2015)
A tribute.
The fitness of the fitness to practise process
A query, and a response from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
More letters…
…From the March issue.
Easy speaking
Professor Bruce Hood (University of Bristol) has an idea to increase public engagement.
Psychologists against austerity
Numerous signatories call psychologists to action; and we hear from the Chief Executive of Off the Record.
Masculinity, trauma and 'shell-shock'
Tracey Loughran delivers a fitting tribute to the men who suffered in the First World War, and in more modern conflicts.
A behavioural science Large Hadron Collider?
University College London psychologists have teamed up with Bupa to launch digital behaviour hub. Eloise Smart reports.
Listen to your heart
This Valentine's Day, we launch the first ever Research Digest podcast, and take a love-themed trawl through the archives.
Scars as a celebration of life
Jon Sutton reports on a new exhibition led by Dr Liza Morton, who then gives her perspective.
What's the point of the 'autism' label?
Professor Rita Jordan and Graham Collin's exchange of letters.
Sensory trickery in the kitchen
Our journalist Ella Rhodes reports from an unusual synaesthetic event.
23 questions about the lives of scientists
A new website led by Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore.
Psychology and neuroscience at TED
Ella Rhodes reports on the line up for Vancouver 2015.
The civilisation of virtual worlds
Our journalist Ella Rhodes synthesises some recent coverage of the changing face of gaming; with comment from Professor Chris Ferguson.
Making the 'invisibilia' visible
Nick Hartley reviews a new radio show and podcast.
Finding the golden thread of consciousness
Vaughan Bell reviews the new Tom Stoppard play at the National Theatre.
What do psychologists think about machines that think?
Ella Rhodes reports on contributions to the annual Edge.org question.
Far from safe and sound in secure settings
The results of a psychologist-led survey reveal the pressures facing prison officers and workers in psychiatric hospitals. Ella Rhodes reports.
You will weep… Eichmann didn't
Professor Steve Reicher (University of St Andrews) reviews the BBC Two drama The Eichmann Show.
Is packaging the plain and simple answer?
Government plans for the sale of cigarettes in England are gathering pace - but does the research evidence support the strategy? Jon Sutton speaks to two health psychologists.