Tag Archives: Harlow

Post Of The Week – Saturday 23rd December, 2017

December 23, 2017 · by · in Depression, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Models Of Abnormality, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Transfer Effects Of Working Memory Training When studying working memory, we look at the idea that understanding a child’s working memory may be important in understanding why s/he might be having problems learning in school. There is also the claim that it is possible to train children to develop better working memory. This article based […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 18th September 2016

September 18, 2016 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Early Social Development, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Stress And Depression I’ve not had time to listen to more than a fraction of this but it sounds really interesting. Carmine Pariante from King’s College London explores the links between stress and depression. This is important for what it tells us about the relationship between nature and nurture as well as about the […]

Bowlby, Harlow And Anna Freud: Changing The Way We Think About Childhood

November 20, 2013 · by · in Early Social Development, Uncategorized · 2 Comments

The debate between learning theory and Bowlby’s theory has its origins 50 years or more ago. How did the work of Bowlby, Harlow and Anna Freud change the way we think about children? Have these changes been positive or negative? Listen to this programme about Anna Freud http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0s6m You can read more about Anna Freud […]