The Psychologist, August 2016
Behind the masks
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Behind the masks
William Todd Schultz offers a psychobiography primer.
From the Research Digest, August 2016
Some highlights from our blog.
One on one… with Paul Dolan
‘Happiness is seen as a trivial concern’
Overcoming psychological hurt
Janet Smithson watches 'Mr v Mrs: Call the Mediator' on BBC Two.
Big picture: Art is the process of memory
Featuring Professor Nicky Clayton and Mr Clive Wilkins. Image by Nick Saffell.
A door to minds and emotions
Derek Collett looks at the life and psychological novels of Nigel Balchin.
Book reviews August 2016
A selection including 'Talking sense about medicine'.
An actor’s life for me?
Ian Florance meets Naomi Hynd.
Quest for identity: recovering from eating disorders
Lucia Giombini outlines her work and thinking around anorexia.
‘Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional’
Kirk Strosahl talks to Kal Kseib about acceptance and commitment therapy.
'I do not know you but we are intimate, you and I'
We present the top three entries in our second annual poetry competition.
Opinion: Why research using animals is important in psychology
Stacey A. Bedwell argues the case.
Off the beaten track
Ron Roberts argues for a critical take on modernity, a psychology of heart and mind.
Call for improved perinatal services
New British Psychological Society briefing paper.
Going the extra mile for the mind
Ella Rhodes reports from the All in the Mind awards.
Innovation in psychology teaching
Award for the University of Lincoln's undergraduate course.
‘Travel to learn, return to inspire’
A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust award for psychologist Dan Johnson.
Fellowships for medical science contributions
Ella Rhodes reports.
Psychology by the pint
Ella Rhodes reports.
In the room, and using your voice
A letter from our August edition.
Socialising with work colleagues
A letter from our August edition.
Alex Harrop (1935–2016)
An appreciation.
Psychology in the honours
Ella Rhodes reports.
Revolution in the air?
A collection of letters from our August edition.
School skirt bans
A letter from our August edition.
The long road to qualification
A letter from our August edition.
The Brexit poll, part two
We canvassed psychologically-informed opinion on the EU Referendum result, and it keeps coming…
The Brexit poll
We canvassed psychologically-informed opinion on the EU Referendum result and what happens next.
'You must be joking': 007 in the laboratory and academia
With a proper psychologist making an appearance in the latest James Bond film, Professor G. Neil Martin looks at how and why scientists have studied the secret agent.
Heroes and villains
From Beowulf and Grendel to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, drama hinges on the characters we love, or love to hate. What’s their secret, asks David Robson.