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New fathers in lockdown – a golden opportunity
For International Men’s Day, John Barry of the Male Psychology section shares some thoughts on how new dads can embrace lockdown as an opportunity to bond with their children.
View resultIs it time to reassess the role of diet and nutrition in psychological illness?
Depression is a psychological illness with physiological correlates, and one consistent biological feature of depression is an elevated immune response called inflammation.
View resultLooking back on ECP 2023
It’s been three weeks since we welcomed the psychological world to Brighton for the European Congress of Psychology 2023.
View resultIt’s okay not to be okay – understanding loneliness when caregiving for young children
This article is a collaboration between educational psychologists and mothers Abigail Wright, Gemma Ellis and Victoria Wolfe.
View resultThe response of a nation and admiration for a leader - a steadfast and manageable grief?
As many around the nation mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Associate Fellow of the BPS Julie Stokes OBE, who founded the charity Winston’s Wish to support children with grief, explores the country’s reaction to the Queen’s death and also reflects on her being celebrated as a strong female leader.
View resultThe delicate dance of workforce wellbeing and psychological safety
A culture of openness and psychological safety promotes wellbeing and acts as a buffer to stress, as well as helping improve organisational effectiveness and job satisfaction.
View resultWhy psychology needs to start taking emoji seriously
Dr Linda Kaye is hosting one of our Psychology in the Pub events in York next week, and here provides a primer on "The Psychology of Emoji" and what to expect!
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BPS research highlights concerns over spending the festive season alone
07 March 2022
New research from The British Psychological Society (BPS) has found that 41% of people surveyed are worried that a family member, friend or loved one will be lonely this Christmas.
- Health and wellbeing
Reach out to those you are concerned about this Loneliness Awareness Week, says BPS
12 June 2024
The BPS gives its top tips on how to help others this Loneliness Awareness Week
- Government and politics
- Health and wellbeing
- Mental health
New Directory of Media Production Psychologists launched
01 March 2024
The new directory will make it easier for production companies to find psychologists with appropriate backgrounds, skills and training for media production work.
- BPS updates
Celebrating 75 years of the NHS
05 July 2023
The BPS is celebrating the NHS’s 75th birthday, recognising all the staff who work in the health service and the contribution of psychology and psychologists.
- NHS
The role of educational psychology in promoting inclusive education
26 April 2022
Promoting inclusive education has multiple benefits for children, the quality of education and can be more cost-efficient, says a new position paper from the DECP.
- Education
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
Study unearths evidence of inequality and discrimination in sport and exercise psychology
08 April 2022
Nearly one third of people working, studying or carrying out research in the sport and exercise psychology field faced discrimination or inequality, the findings reveal.
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Sport and Exercise
BPS welcomes Royal Foundation’s early years report
27 November 2020
We welcome the findings of the Royal Foundation’s report, ‘State of the nation: understanding public attitudes to the early years’, recently launched by the Duchess of Cambridge.
- Children, young people and families
BPS urges government to prioritise funding of early intervention and prevention mental health services in Spring Budget
06 February 2023
Prevention is key to alleviating financial pressures on the health service and saving individuals from unnecessarily reaching a point of mental health crisis.
- Government and politics
- Mental health
- Work and occupational
Call for members to join an Advisory Group for mental capacity issues
09 October 2024
Advisory Group members play an essential role in developing standards and guidance on mental capacity issues for psychologists.
- Mental health
BPS evidence underpins recommendations from members of Scottish Parliament on the health and wellbeing of children and young people
18 May 2022
The BPS is pleased that the report into the health and wellbeing of children and young people explicitly responds to several of its key recommendations and evidence.
- Children, young people and families
- Mental health
BPS responds to Northern Ireland three-year strategic plan for health and social care
23 December 2024
The plan aims to manage current budget and staffing challenges and secure better outcomes for staff, patients, service users and the Northern Ireland population.
- Government and politics
- Health and wellbeing
- Mental health
BPS response to the rollout of Family Hubs
13 February 2023
We welcome the rollout of Family Hubs, and urge the government to invest further in early intervention and prevention services.
- Children, young people and families
- Government and politics
- Mental health
What’s in a baby’s smile?
23 March 2009
A “reactive smile” is where the baby looks at a toy, turns to their mum and smiles only after making eye contact.
- Developmental
- Emotion
You hunky smile magnet
21 January 2007
Female participants rated a male face as more attractive after it had been stared at by a smiling woman, but less attractive if a woman with a neutral expression had stared at it.
- Relationships and romance
- Sex and gender
- Social and behavioural
The cost of a smile
25 January 2017
In an online exclusive, Megan Alice Jack, a psychology student and part-time customer-service assistant, considers emotional labour in such work.
- Emotion
Smiling fighters are more likely to lose
11 March 2013
A new study has analysed photographs taken at dozens of pre-fight encounters and found that competitors who smile are more likely to lose the match the next day.
- Emotion
- Sport and Exercise
Contrary to popular belief, smiling makes you look older
27 April 2018
The effects of smiling on perceived age defy belief.
- Social and behavioural
Most people can fake a genuine "Duchenne" smile
12 November 2012
Fake smiles feature the upturned mouth but there’s something missing in the eyes, or so it was long claimed.
- Emotion
Why, when we’re distressed, do we sometimes smile?
18 July 2007
Is it to camouflage our true feelings? Or because smiling comforts us?
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
Smiling and an overlooked problem
15 December 2014
Ella Rhodes reports on the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prizes.
- BPS updates
Adopting a smile can make you feel happier, large global study finds
16 November 2022
"Many Smiles Collaboration" finds some evidence that smiling can make you feel happier - but sticking a pen in your mouth is unlikely to do anything.
- Emotion
- Research
Smile at a party and people are more likely to remember seeing your face there
03 July 2015
Research has found that smiling faces have a “unitising effect” whereby the face and its context are bound together in memory.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
Electrical smiles spark better moods
24 October 2024
The debate on whether facial expressions can influence mood rages on, with new work using electrical stimulation adding a fresh twist.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
Feeling and smiling
18 January 1999
Rob Briner gives an overview of what we currently know about emotion in the workplace.
- Emotion
- Work and occupational
- Periodicals
- Periodicals
- Periodicals
Smiling Mind
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 286
Date of Publication: 01-10-2016
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View Smiling MindI’d Know that Smile Anywhere
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 126
Date of Publication: 01-04-2014
Author(s): Mark Connors
View I’d Know that Smile Anywhere‘Smiling makes me feel better’
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 172
Date of Publication: 01-04-2007
Author(s): Liz Doherr
View ‘Smiling makes me feel better’Smiles in face matching: Idiosyncratic information revealed through a smile improves unfamiliar face matching performance
19-06-2018
- Mila Mileva
- A. Mike Burton
When smiles (and frowns) speak words: Does power impact the correspondence between self-reported affect and facial expressions?
03-01-2020
- Stefan Leach
- Mario Weick
Social, cognitive, and physiological aspects of humour perception from 4 to 8 months: Two longitudinal studies
25-09-2017
- Gina C. Mireault
- Susan C. Crockenberg
- Keri Heilman
- John E. Sparrow
- Kassandra Cousineau
- Brady Rainville
Witnessed inclusion improves identification of Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles
19-01-2022
- Paige Fischer
- Krisztina V. Jakobsen
Why are you smiling at me? Social functions of enjoyment and non-enjoyment smiles
24-12-2010
- Lucy Johnston
- Lynden Miles
- C. Neil Macrae
Embodying imagined contact: Facial feedback moderates the intergroup consequences of mental simulation
09-12-2013
- Michal Bilewicz
- Aleksandra Kogan
Emotional behaviour during the learning of a contingency in early infancy
01-09-1985
- Michael Lewis
- Margaret Wolan Sullivan
- Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies: Investigation of verbal and non-verbal signs of deception exhibited by criminal offenders and non-offenders
24-12-2010
- Stephen Porter
- Naomi L. Doucette
- Michael Woodworth
- Jeff Earle
- Bonnie MacNeil
Is social phobia related to lack of social skills? Duration of skill-related behaviours and ratings of behavioural adequacy
24-12-2010
- Sarah R. Baker
- Robert J. Edelmann
Customer-induced stress in call centre work: A comparison of audio- and videoconference
31-12-2010
- Jürgen Wegge
- Joachim Vogt
- Christiane Wecking
TEACHERS' REPORTED PRACTICES TOWARDS GIRLS AND BOYS IN SCIENCE AND LANGUAGES
01-11-1987
- NORMAN WORRALL
- HELEN TSARNA
Sensitivity to differences between enjoyment and non-enjoyment smiles in children with autism spectrum disorder
23-12-2010
- Meredith Blampied
- Lucy Johnston
- Lynden Miles
- Kathleen Liberty
Tactile stimulation as a component of social interchange: New interpretations for the still-face effect
01-06-1990
- Dale M. Stack
- Darwin W. Muir
Can infants’ orientation to social stimuli predict later joint attention skills?
16-05-2011
- Inge Schietecatte
- Herbert Roeyers
- Petra Warreyn
The effects of social exclusion on processing of social information – A cognitive psychology perspective
27-11-2018
- Aleksi H. Syrjämäki
- Jari K. Hietanen