Monthly Archives: October 2019

Post Of The Week – Tuesday 22nd October 2019

October 22, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Evolutionary Psychology, Learning, Memory, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Siblings Of Problem Gamblers When we study risk factors in addiction, we look at the idea of personality as a risk factor, linking this to genetic differences in impulsivity between individuals. As evidence, we use work done by Karen Ersche which featured in a BBC news report a few years ago. This evidence from […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 6th October 2019

October 6, 2019 · by · in Biopsychology, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Nature - Nurture, Obedience, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal The work we do on the nature-nurture debate now has its origins in the eugenics movement in the late nineteenth century. This programme explores these ideas. I haven’t watched it yet but it looks excellent.   2) Talking To Children In Year 1, we look caregiver-infant interactions at the start […]