Monthly Archives: March 2015
Post Of The Week – Sunday 29th March,2015
1) Germanwings On Friday, I really didn’t feel like being a Psychology teacher. News was coming through about Andreas Lubitz’s health record and its apparent connection with the crash. I normally seize on anything in the news which connects to the course we study. The news on Friday was too disturbing. There are people who […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 22nd March, 2015
1) No Health Without Mental Health This slogan was at the heart of legislation brought in by the government in 2011 to address the gap in provision between physical and mental health services. This review from the King’s Fund looks at where we have got to since then. http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/verdict/has-government-put-mental-health-equal-footing-physical-health?utm_source=kftwitter&utm_medium=social It is clear from this news […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday March 14th 2015
1) What makes identical twins different? This video from Kings College London explains epigenetics. Identical twins may be born with the same DNA but end up being different, sometimes in important ways. That must be down to the way the environments they each experience lead to some genes being switched on but others staying switched […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday March 8th 2015
1) How Science Works – Peer Review This video from the Royal Society explains both the history and the practice of peer review. There are problems to do with peer review and the process of validating new knowledge: publication bias and the file drawer phenomenon. This video explains how it should work. 2) The Damage […]
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