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New horizons

Christian Jarrett takes psychology into space, discovering how astronauts are selected and supported.

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Can psychology change the world?

Tommy MacKay, winner of the Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, on applied psychology and the human welfare agenda

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Stepping up primary care

Jim White on a radical approach to mental health, which looks beyond individual therapy to offer something more creative and relevant

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Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth

Malcolm Macmillan updates a familiar tale, 160 years after its inception.

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Running the world-class programme in athletics

Dave Collins, Performance Director at UK Athletics, on how he will be putting his background in psychology to use in pursuit of medals this month

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Running to catch the sun

We are all heading for the grave in an indifferent universe. How do we cope with such existential concerns? Dan Jones investigates

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Psychology and visible difference

Diana Harcourt and Nichola Rumsey introduce the special issue

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On vines and minds

Miles Thomas with a call to professional arms on a topic that many of us find of personal interest.

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The great baby signing debate

Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon on an area where academia meets public interest

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The name game

We all have one, and it might determine our fate in a number of intriguing and bizarre ways. Nicholas Christenfeld and Britta Larsen investigate.

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Orgasm

Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer and Beverly Whipple view the subject of orgasms as an experience that is an integration of body, nervous system and the mind.

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Questioning the banality of evil

S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen D. Reicher re-examine the established view, in an article based on the 2007 Argyle Lecture

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ISSN: 0952-8229 (Print), 2398-1529 (online)

...From the archive

Student writer competition winners

Lesley Thoms, the winner in the undergraduate category, suggests a role for ecopsychology in improving well-being. Tom Stafford, the winner in the postgraduate category, investigates the coffee break.

‘I’ve read every word of more than 240 consecutive issues of The Psychologist’
One on one… with Peter Dillon-Hooper, who this month retires from the BPS and his post as Assistant Editor of The Psychologist after more than 20 years of service.