The Psychologist, May 2015
Back to the ballot box
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Right between your ears
Ella Rhodes on a new social psychological documentary.
Big picture: Are prisoners calmer when their cells are pink?
Image from research by Oliver Genschow. Words by Christian Jarrett for our Research Digest.
Book reviews May 2015
‘Have and appreciate one’s luxuries’
One on one… with Sonia Livingstone
Filming trauma
Edgar Jones explores the making of an innovative film designed to show the treatment of soldiers suffering from shell shock.
A mission to educate
Ian Florance talks to clinical psychologist Jane McCartney about her book, her background and her media work.
The flying psychologist
Robert Williams, a UK-trained clinical psychologist, reflects on nearly 20 years of mental health service delivery with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
Psychobiology – where mind meets matter
Members of the Society’s Psychobiology Section introduce the field and their network.
President’s column: April 2015
Dorothy Miell's final missive.
In search of an authorial identity
James Elander looks beyond plagiarism.
New voices: The ‘minority’ man?
Jessica McCarrick with the latest in our series for budding writers.
From civvy street to theatre of war
Jon Sutton talks to Jamie Hacker Hughes, incoming Society President, Military and Veteran Specialist and Visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University.
The age of celebrity politics
Sharon Coen considers psychology’s role in a modern phenomenon.
Developing strong and diverse political leaders
Jo Silvester and Madeleine Wyatt look at the issue of training for politicians, and its relationship with work psychology.
Becoming an MP
Helena Cooper-Thomas considers the transition into the role, and how this compares with other workplaces.
Sorcery with words
Letters respond to the March article 'Words and sorcery'.
Back to the ballot box
Our journalist Ella Rhodes meets researchers in psychology and politics in search of answers to voter apathy.
What has neuroscience done for psychotherapy?
A letter in response to Jon Roiser's cover article for April's issue.
Tattoo regret
Is this an area in need of more research?
In defence of inferential statistics
Letters respond to an APA journal banning the reporting of null hypothesis significance testing procedures and confidence intervals.
Increased training costs
A letter concerning the Health Psychology qualification.
Breastfeeding - behind the headlines
Ella Rhodes looks at a recent study.
Psychology and the Germanwings crash
Our journalist Ella Rhodes looks for light and insight in the media response.
True magic in the human side
Tom Holliman reviews Louis Theroux's two-part documentary 'By Reason of Insanity'.
For the mind, for the planet
Ella Rhodes on a new report on sustainability from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
When is a Dr not a Dr?
Professor Dorothy Bishop considers academic titles, and sexism.
Mind mysteries at the Big Bang
Ella Rhodes reports on the British Psychological Society presence at the Birmingham science fair.
Chappie: Blomkamp's fabulous robot
Dr Michael Szollosy from the University of Sheffield reviews a new science fiction film.
Starting a national conversation about suicide
Professor Rory O'Connor (University of Glasgow) talks about his involvement in the BBC1 programme 'Life after suicide'.
Is science broken?
Ella Rhodes reports from a debate at University College London.
Stumped by big numbers?
In the wake of England's World Cup demise, former professional cricketer and Chartered Psychologist Alastair Storie considers whether elite sporting performance relies on crunching the numbers, or on an absence of thought.