The Psychologist, September 2024
‘There are many ways to communicate science’ - A collection of articles and interviews taking a creative approach to ensuring that Psychology matters.
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‘There are many ways to communicate science’ - A collection of articles and interviews taking a creative approach to ensuring that Psychology matters.
This is a member only download
Access to PDFs of Psychologist issues is restricted to members of the society. Join us to enjoy this and a host of other benefits.
Editorial, September 2024
Editor Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
‘It’s taking women’s accounts seriously’
Ella Rhodes on a project from Psychology’s Feminist Voices and the British Psychological Society’s Psychology of Women and Equalities Section (POWES).
'Working in public engagement gave me experience of synthesising and explaining difficult concepts'
'Wonders of the Mind: Understanding the Universe Inside Our Heads' is a kids' book by Dr Francesca Fotheringham, endorsed by the British Psychological Society. Ella Rhodes reports.
Society campaign on NHS resilience and wellbeing hubs wins award
The BPS campaign to offer support to the NHS and social care staff won the Chartered Institute for Public Relations Excellence Award.
‘Providing NHS staff with external support is deeply rewarding’
Psychology student Ruby Allitt interviews her mum, Clinical Psychologist Dr Jo Jordan.
In brief from the BPS, September 2024
Updates from the BPS.
Expected standards for Assistant Psychologists
The guidance is aimed at anyone employing Assistant Psychologists in the United Kingdom. Ella Rhodes reports.
From the Annual General Meeting 2024
Updates from the BPS Annual General Meeting in July 2024.
'We want to see behavioural research used to benefit society'
Ella Rhodes spoke to the Director and Deputy Director for the Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour (CENTRE-UB) about their plans.
Self-censorship, controversy and taboo in psychological science
Emma Young digests the research.
Hybrid workers are more satisfied, quit less than onsite workers
Randomised control trial finds greater satisfaction and comparative productivity in those who work hybridly.
New sleep study ignites brain cleaning controversy
Recent work challenges ideas of increased toxin clearance during sleep — though some researchers question the study’s methods.
Ignoring face trustworthiness may get harder with age
Older people may have difficulties separating trustworthy appearances from harmful actions, according to new research, leaving them potentially more susceptible to bad actors.
The silent inner world of anendophasia
New work finds lack of inner voice has cognitive consequences.
Mixed emotions may not be mixed after all
Recent work finds mixed emotions have distinct neural signatures.
Does a ‘good story’ get in the way of the truth?
Marcus Munafò, our Associate Editor for Research, on 'storytelling' around scientific research findings.
‘There are many ways to communicate science’
Welcoming Dr Ashleigh Johnstone and Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper, Associate Editors for our Voices In Psychology programme.
The psychology behind The Psychologist
Dr Richard Stephens, Chair of the Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee, writes.
‘Everyone should be part of science’
Our Editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Gilly Forrester, Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex, and an experienced science communicator.
Beyond bullshit: Writing with compassion, clarity and creativity
Kathryn Waddington with a call to arms…
Poetic synthesis – a ‘special language’ for research
Katharine Slade, a PhD Student at Aston University, on using ‘research poetry’ with qualitative data in health psychology.
‘It's down to you to be more reflective around screen use’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Pete Etchells, author of 'Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and How to Spend it Better)'.
‘Intrigue and entertainment value has to be balanced against people’s wellbeing’
Florence Plant meets Chartered Psychologist Dr Howard Fine, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist on TV productions including The Traitors, Race Across the World and Squid Games.
Joined in dance
Monia Brizzi, a counselling psychologist, and Anthony Ordman, a senior consultant in pain medicine, work together at the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine.
Mapping the terrain of technology
Catherine Knibbs on writing a new book for the British Psychological Society ‘Ask the Experts’ series.
‘We can’t put a lid on certain topics in the hope that they will go away’
Jennifer Gledhill hears about online environments from therapist, researcher and author Catherine Knibbs.
Advocating change
Victoria Rogers reviews Dr Louise Newson's book, 'The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause and Menopause'.
‘No, I don’t want to be sent on a yoga retreat!’
Jennifer Cox, psychotherapist and author of Women Are Angry, explains to Jennifer Gledhill why women are conditioned not to speak out about injustice, how stifled anger damages female bodies, and how to let it out…
A (psychology) love letter to… The Thursday Murder Club
…from Anya Greenhalgh.
'A shared love of the arts, dance and creativity has brought us together'
Joanna Omylinska-Thurston, Vicky Karkou and Scott Thurston describe the development of their ‘Arts for the Blues’ model and intervention.
A (psychology) love letter to… Pixar Animation Studios
Our Deputy Editor, Jennifer Gledhill, has been on a journey with Pixar's cinematic offerings as a constant companion…
Inside the trials and tribulations of adolescence
Sharon-Lin Harwood watches the Pixar sequel Inside Out 2, directed by Kelsey Mann. Contains spoilers…
Connected with meaning
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from a Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section conference.
‘There are ways to tell stories that might spur action, or provide hope’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Sally Marlow, Professor of Practice in Public Understanding of Mental Health Research at King’s College London.
How prosopagnosia was invented
Sharrona Pearl with an adapted chapter from ‘Do I Know You? From Face Blindness to Super Recognition’, courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Press.
Pieces of me
Rob Sheffield on a personal journey for his book, 'Pieces of Us: The Rise, Decline and Future of a Welsh Neighbourhood'.
Unfinished business
James Demetre with a short story inspired by the Zeigarnik Effect.
Plus ca change ….
Steve Newstead writes in.
Spot of publicity on memory and the law
Dr Adrian Skinner writes in.
John E. Hodge 1948-2024
A tribute from Mary McMurran and Stan Renwick.
From the archive: Is a jumper angrier than a tree?
Professor Amanda Waterman (University of Leeds) on her September 2001 cover feature.