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Post Of The Week – Tuesday 4th May 2021

May 4, 2021 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Biopsychology, Early Social Development · Leave a comment

It’s been a busy time with assessments. Nevertheless, Psychology carries on. Here are some recent highlights. 1) Steven Pinker On Milgram Here is the lecture from his Harvard series. Steven Pinker recommends watching Milgram’s own film. You can find that here. 2) The Reunion – Romanian Orphanages Here’s a radio programme about the Romanian orphanages […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 27th March, 2021

March 27, 2021 · by · in Cognition And Development, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience · Leave a comment

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 Week – Sunday 10th January 2021

January 10, 2021 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Eating Behaviour, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) The Pattern Seekers We look at Simon Baron-Cohen’s early research into theory of mind and autism as part of Cognition And Development in Year 2. He has just published a new book, The Pattern Seekers. He writes about it in this article in New Scientist which for now, at least, is not behind a […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 2nd November 2019

November 2, 2019 · by · in Biopsychology, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Evolutionary Psychology, Memory, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience · Leave a comment

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 – Saturday 28th September 2019

September 28, 2019 · by · in Biopsychology, Depression, Social Influence · Leave a comment

  1) Stanford Prison Experiment This article sums up recent critical evidence for the Stanford Prison Experiment which we will work on in Year 1 soon. Zimbardo’s conclusion, as stated in the video we watch about this study is that you can put good people in an evil place and the evil place wins. A […]

Post Of The Week – Thursday 19th September 2019

September 19, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Nudges The Year 1 induction task includes a section on nudges. Giles Yeo in the video we watch makes changes to the arrangement of drinks in the fridges of takeaways in order to push people to buy healthier drinks. This article explains a similar process with the online orders at McDonalds.   2) Contagious […]

Post Of The Week – Tuesday 30th July 2019

July 30, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Young, British And Depressed Channel 4 broadcast a programme with this title as part of Dispatches yesterday. I don’t have a link but it should be possible to find it however you access Channel 4. It looked at two specific issues. One was about whether it makes sense to put a label on the […]

Post Of The Week – Wednesday 22nd May 2019

May 22, 2019 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Evolutionary Psychology, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Genetics Of Depression Here is Ed Yong writing clearly and purposefully about the problems with research into the genetic basis of depression. I have been using this research as part of our course for a while. More recent research gives a more nuanced and plausible account of how genes might influence depression.   2) […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 28th April, 2019

April 28, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) All In The Mind – Clarke And Carrie Carlisle Clarke Carlisle was a professional footballer. He has suffered severe depression. He and his wife talk about their experience in this episode of All In The Mind. It is extraordinarily good. We’ve been thinking about the definition of abnormality in terms of failure to function […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 31st March, 2019

March 31, 2019 · by · in Biopsychology, Depression, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) The Future Of Depression Treatment In Year 1 last week, we were looking at how understanding the biology of OCD might lead to better treatment. If the genetic basis of OCD in each individual case is understood, then treatment can be personalised. This video looks at how research in relation to depression addressing this […]

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