Tag Archives: eye witness testimony
Post Of The Week – Thursday, 11th July 2019
1) Screen Time Here is a piece of video from Andrew Przybylski about the effects of screen time. This piece from The Guardian also by him covers similar ground. It’s an example of popular fears being out of step with the science. 2) And On Gambling …. Andrew Przybylski comments at the end of […]
Post Of The Week – Thursday 27th June 2019
1) Chris Packham: Asperger’s And Me This programme was originally broadcast in 2017 and is back on iPlayer for the next three weeks. It deals not only with the symptoms of autism but asks broader questions about abnormality and cure. 2) All In The Mind This has been a fine series. It looks like […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 2nd June 2018
1) The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs I happened to watch the second episode of this two part series. It is here. A substantial amount of the programme is devoted to the use of antidepressant drugs for adolescents. The programme features some important arguments from experts in this area and explains how clinical guidelines are […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday February 17th, 2018
1) Implanting False Memories A crucial claim of Elizabeth Loftus’ research is that it is possible to manipulate testimony and to implant false memories. We look at some of her research here. A problem with this research is that the memories which are implanted and manipulated seem trivial in comparison with the court cases to […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 18th June 2017
1) The Psychology Of Cults Cults are interesting from a social psychological point of view. They are based on obedience to an authority figure and rely on compliance. This video from TED Ed touches on some other Psychology concepts. 2) The Smartphone Psychiatrist The psychiatrist in question is Tom Insel. This extended profile is […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 8th October 2016
1) Super Recognisers We’re on eye witness testimony in AS/Year 1. The research behind this link concerns officers whose job it is to recognise people from still images and CCTV: “super recognisers”. The research identified members of the public using a test in the Science Museum who were exceptionally good at this task. It found that […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 13th December 2014
1) Understanding Other People’s Actions In A2, we learn about mirror neurons. The AQA line, which we repeat in lessons, is that the mirror neuron system is fundamental to social cognition because it enables our brains to shadow the actions or expressions of others and understand what they are thinking and feeling. James Kilner from […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday, November 16th 2014
1) The Neuroscience Of Memory This year in AS Memory, I have given you the opportunity to see some current research on the neuroscience of memory. The idea has been to see how the models of forty or fifty years ago have been built on as we have understood more about how the brain works. […]
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