The Psychologist, April 2017
Five depictions of the brain
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Sure to resonate
Dr Lydia J. Harkin reviews 'Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric', by John R. Suler.
Algorithms and alchemy
Rabeea Saleem, writer and psychology student based in Pakistan, reviews 'Hit Makers: How Things Become Popular', by Derek Thompson.
Caring for the dying
Dr Levina Smook reviews The Way We Die Now, by Seamus O’Mahony.
Warm your heart
'Highly Illogical Behaviour', by John Corey Whaley, reviewed by Sanaa Hyder.
Beyond madness
Stephanie Allan reviews the film 'Mad to Be Normal', directed by Robert Mullan.
Salute the leader – mask the masses?
Sally Marlow and Mike Thompson collaborate at an exhibition of monumental change.
Featured job: Clinical Psychologist, West Kirby Residential School
From the April 2017 edition.
Technological innovation and health
Ella Rhodes reports on the AXA PPP Health Tech and You Awards.
Virtual learning for autistic children
Ella Rhodes reports.
Are we failing children in care?
Richard Jones and Ruth Tully write.
What’s the cure for an academic epidemic?
Ella Rhodes reports.
‘Clear basis for change’ on social justice
Ella Rhodes reports on a British Psychological Society audit.
President’s letter, April 2017
Peter Kinderman's final contribution.
Ethics reviews – a ‘two-way street’
A letter from our April edition.
Issues that matter
Praise from Australia.
Alcohol problem
Should The Psychologist accept alcohol advertising?
Playing the Trump card
Bill Gall is disturbed by our coverage.
Fame – who’s gonna live for ever?
Adrian Furnham writes.
Gustav Jahoda FRSE, FBA (1920–2016)
An appreciation from his son, in collaboration with his siblings and Professor Ivana Markova.
‘It is lonely to be a single voice insisting on holding a fixed ethic…’
Samuel Landau is a community rabbi and a trainee clinical psychologist. Here, he reflects on how wearing these two hats has required frequent consideration of difference, diversity and tolerance.
‘There is only one mental condition, the human condition’
Martin Seager is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Change, Grow, Live, and Branch Consultant with the Central London Samaritans.
D is for… Deception
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
Five depictions of the brain
Andrew P. Wickens (a winner of the British Psychological Society’s Book Award) considers their historical significance.
The creative navigator’s compass
Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins on memory and perception – and how we know which way we are facing.
Chocolate cake, sex, and valuing behaviour
Jonathan Myers looks at how we make choices.
Building spatial skills in preschool
Nora S. Newcombe looks beyond literacy and numeracy.
Zander Wedderburn 1935-2017
Helen E. Ross (University of Stirling) remembers the academic and former President of the British Psychological Society.
Who makes a good companion?
We speak of Dr Sarita J. Robinson about her chapter in a new book 'Doctor Who Psychology', published by Sterling; reprint the chapter; and George Sik reviews the book.
John Barker 1945-2016
An appreciation from Vic Dulewicz and Clive Fletcher.
A misplaced fear of militarism?
Dr Mike Rennie responds to previous correspondence.
‘Many fairy tales about the brain still propagate through our field’
Our editor Jon Sutton poses the questions on the eve of the publication of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new book, 'How Emotions Are Made'.
What some people say about what they think they think
We speak to Professor Brian M. Hughes about his new Palgrave book ‘Rethinking Psychology’, and run an exclusive extract.