Tag Archives: schizophrenia

Post Of The Week – Thursday, 11th July 2019

July 11, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Social Influence, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

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 – Saturday 6th May 2017

May 6, 2017 · by · in Biopsychology, Neuroscience · Leave a comment

1) Split Brain Patients This article refers to a piece of research about split brain patients which was published a couple of months ago. Sperry’s split brain research is designed to show how each half of the brain works separately in patients whose corpus callosum has been severed. An object presented to the left visual field […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 29th November 2014

November 29, 2014 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Attitudes To Mental Illness, Cognition And Development, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Learning, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) We Don’t Do Schizophrenia But …. There has been some debate this week about a report by the British Psychological Society about psychosis and schizophrenia. It has attracted some controversy. The issues are discussed in depth and persuasively in this post from the Mental Elf here. http://www.thementalelf.net/treatment-and-prevention/medicines/antipsychotics/understanding-psychosis-and-schizophrenia-a-critique-by-laws-langford-and-huda/ If you scroll down, you can read […]

Post Of The Week – Thursday 21st November

November 21, 2013 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Cognition And Development, Early Social Development, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Eye Witness Testimony – The Innocence Project When we looked at the importance of Elizabeth Loftus’ research, we mentioned its application to cases of misidentification of criminals. The Innocence Project in the United States campaigns to exonerate prisoners who have been wrongly convicted of crimes. This exoneration often involves DNA evidence. I used to […]