Monthly Archives: October 2017
Post Of The Week – Saturday 28th October 2017
1) OCD As Dysfunctional Habit This podcast from MQ looks at OCD not as the product of irrational thinking but as a dysfunctional habit. The idea has been around for a while and is controversial but the research and the personal testimony are interesting. 2) Aspergers And Me Chris Packham’s documentary last week was […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 22nd October 2017
1) Chris Packham – Asperger’s And Me In this programme, Chris Packham describes his experience of autism. It’s psychologically well informed, with an exploration of brain stimulation and behavioural therapies as treatments for autism. It is also a powerful personal story, questioning our assumptions about abnormality and cure. 2) Obesity This TED introduces obesity […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 15th October 2017
1) Virtual Reality Therapy I first showed students videos about this almost 20 years ago. This article explains what is being done with VR therapy now. It looks at how its time may now be coming but also what has prevented its development to this point. 2) Richard Thaler – Nobel Prize Richard Thaler […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 8th October 2017
1) The Touch Of Madness This article is a long read but, if you stick with it, a rewarding one. It describes the work of Nev Jones, someone who has both studied psychosis and experienced it. At the heart of this is how we define and respond to abnormality. 2) And Another Long Read […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 1st October 2017
1) Conspirators In Their Own Memory Loss We’ve been working this week in Year 1 on explanations of forgetting. We focused on two broader evaluation points. Interference and retrieval failure due to absence as cues as explanations of forgetting are based on inference. They are not based on direct observation but rather are based on […]
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