Tag Archives: gender
Post Of The Week – Saturday 13th February 2021
1) Social Cognition We’ll be look at this as a sub-topic in Year 2 after half term. Here, Barbara Sahakian and colleagues look at the impact on young children interacting with each other because of pandemic restrictions. It’s a story about nature and nurture. It is also a story about the connection between social cognition […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 23rd January, 2021
1) Brain Drain As you work at home in lessons, you may keep your phone alongside whatever device you are using. There’s evidence that even having the phone there takes up memory and processing capacity and prevents you from processing whatever you are supposed to be doing. Here is a review of that evidence. 2) […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 13th September, 2020
1) False Memory We’ve started Year 12 with a practical on false memory. It uses the same procedure as Year 13 used at the end of last term. Here’s a piece of video from TED Ed about false memory. Its author is a professor at Harvard. 2) Poverty, Well Being And Diet I have been […]
Post Of The Week – Monday 17th June 2019
1) Nature And Well-Being This is a theme behind the practical we do in Year 1 comparing a mindfulness video and a walk in a biodiverse environment for their effect in reducing stress. This article and this article relate to same piece of research which is published here. It shows an association between spending two […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 31st March, 2019
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 […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 17th March, 2019
1) Brain Stimulation For OCD When we study OCD, we look at the effect of deep brain stimulation. This study shows how that research moves on. Two specific areas deep within the brain are named. 2) Rorschach This video relates to ideas within the psychodynamic approach which we explore in Year 2. 3) […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 16th September 2018
1) The Complete Guide To The Science Of Mindfulness Later in the year in Year 1, we’ll looking at mindfulness in the context of the work we do on the fight or flight response. This article summarises what is know about the science of mindfulness. In many ways, it is like other areas of psychology. […]
Post Of The Week – Tuesday 28th August 2018
1) Sleep And Studying The Brain This article from BBC Future looks at how brain imaging is used to understand what happens in our brains when we sleep. It shows who research moves on. The research that Dement and Kleitman did in the 1950s used EEG to demonstrate different stages of sleep. Modern methods can […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 1st April 2018
1) Problem Gambling This extract of You And Yours on Radio 4 features Henrietta Bowden-Jones who also features in the audio on the gambling webpage. It focuses on a case of a woman who lost a very large amount of money through online gambling. Three points emerge. Firstly, the personal account does not include reference […]
DHSB/DHSG Psychology Research Digest 
Recent Comments