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Congratulations to the BPS Book Award 2024 winners
20 December 2024
The BPS is pleased to announce this year’s winners of our annual Book Award.
- Books and reading
New Research Board chair
27 January 2025
Dr Richard Stephens is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University
- BPS updates
This one physiological measure has a surprisingly strong link with men’s and women’s propensity for violence
07 March 2016
Study shows that to understand societal problems we should look closely at the psychological and biological factors that are involved, writes Richard Stephens.
- Legal, criminological and forensic
- Psychobiology
Pursuing an evidence base for science communication
12 May 2022
Richard Stephens, Chair of the Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee, with a personal plea.
- Research
- Teaching and learning
Why do so many people dislike the word "moist"?
18 May 2016
It all comes down to semantics writes Richard Stephens.
- Cognition and perception
Swearing – the language of life and death
25 September 2013
Richard Stephens leads us through a colourful research journey.
- Research
Huh? Study finds taboo billboards improve driving performance
11 July 2016
More research is needed before anyone recommends transport authorities to actively encourage risqué advertising billboards on the roadside writes Richard Stephens.
- Cognition and perception
The psychology behind The Psychologist
24 November 2023
Dr Richard Stephens, Chair of the Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee, writes.
- Research
Being fluent at swearing is a sign of healthy verbal ability
11 December 2015
At the heart of the “poverty of vocabulary” explanation for swearing is the assumption that people swear because they lack the intellectual capacity or motivation to bring to mind a more suitable expression.
- Cognition and perception
- Emotion
- Language and communication
The British Psychological Society audio interviews
13 March 2023
Around 2013, science journalist Wendy Barnaby talked with some of our authors.
- BPS updates
Episode 20: How to cope with pain
02 March 2020
We test the pain-reducing effect of swearing, and learn how virtual reality could provide a welcome distraction to patients suffering from chronic pain.
- Research
- Periodicals
An interview with Dr Richard Stephens
Series: Psych-Talk Volume: 1 Issue: 66
Date of Publication: 01-06-2010
Author(s): Helen Galliard
View An interview with Dr Richard Stephens