Category Evolutionary Psychology
Post Of The Week – Saturday 27th March, 2021
1) Genes For Autism When the human genome was published 20 years ago, people thought it would be possible to identify genes for particular conditions. This has turned out not to be the case but the idea persists as an assumption. This article explains the problem. There are genetic variants associated with autism but these […]
Post Of The Term – Saturday 19th December 2020
The blog has been inactive for a while. It’s been a busy term. Here are some Psychology highlights of the last three months related to our course. 1) The Battle Over Dyslexia In Psychology, much depends on how we define disorders. This article tells the story of how dyslexia was originally diagnosed, how that diagnosis […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 11th January, 2020
1) Reductionism And Addiction This article is about one researcher’s journey to understanding the complexity of addiction through her own experience of it. It’s sometimes difficult to understand how the focus on Psychology has become more holistic. This article explains it well. On a similar theme, here is Pim Cuijpers on preventing depression. “Although improving […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 28th December 2019
1) Ed Bullmore We came across Ed Bullmore talking about nature-nurture the other week in Year 2. Here is a piece about his work on inflammation and depression. The article is also useful for understanding how science takes a more holistic approach. Depression is no longer assumed to be one thing. Research into cancer now […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 2nd November 2019
1) Anorexia nervosa rates increase among 8 to 12-year olds That is the title of this news release from the IOPPN. As the article indicates, this might be connected to changes in social pressures on young children. It might also be connected to changes in the way in which data is collected. 2) Ways […]
Post Of The Week – Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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 21st April 2019
1) Nicotine This article explains how nicotine replacement therapy works. It refers to a Cochrane Review which has just been published. 2) Kevin Mitchell – Innate We have used in Year 1 some video of Kevin Mitchell talking about the impact of genes on behaviour. Here is an excellent review of his recent book, […]
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