Archive

December 2014
Women scientists in psychology – time for action
Fionnuala C. Murphy, Dorothy V.M. Bishop, and Natasha Sigala
Educating Europe
Peter Reddy, Stephan Dutke, Ioulia Papageorgi and Helen Bakker look at how our continental neighbours are nurturing the next generation of psychologists
Methods: Conducting research on the internet – a new era
Claire Hewson provides updates on practicalities and possibilities
What is happening to A-level psychology?
Phil Banyard indicates why we should be worried.
Psychological literacy – from classroom to real world
Julie Hulme considers the implications of the continued popularity of the subject
New Voices: The rise of student consumerism
Nesrin Gokcen with the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information)
Feature: Expectations and destinations
Ian Florance meets students and the people who teach and employ them.

November 2014
Camps, conflict and collectivism
Sixty years after the Robbers Cave study, Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam introduce an appreciation of a Sherif for today and for tomorrow
The unknown Muzafer Sherif
Aysel Kayaoğlu, Sertan Batur and Ersin Aslıtürk consider the social psychologist and political activist
The view from the boys
Gina Perry looks at how Sherif’s participants saw his studies
Necessarily collectivistic
Michael J. Platow and John A. Hunter reflect on Muzafer Sherif’s Boys’ Camp Studies
Can reassurance hurt?
Yuefang Zhou and Gerry Humphris have their own worries about the ‘don’t worry’ message in medical procedures
New Voices: 'It’s like plaiting fog'
Eleanor Willard with the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information)

October 2014
Autism - are we any closer to explaining the enigma?
Uta Frith introduces a special issue
New Voices: What is autism, anyway?
Eilidh Cage with the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information)
Interview with Francesca Happé
Editor Jon Sutton meets a creative, interpersonal, social scientist to talk about autism, DSM-5, women in science, and more
Looking in: My son’s not Rainman
John Williams on being a parent of ‘The Boy’ with autism
Eye on fiction: Generic images of autism
Douwe Draaisma on stereotypes in novels, films and real life
Society
President’s column; Lifetime Achievement Award; understanding psychosis; Society hubs; autism and the criminal justice system; and more
'Autism can be of a positive type'
We meet Stella Acquarone as part of our autism special issue; Aidan Horner on his ‘negative CV’; and Nick Hatton on an unusual PhD setting
The Man With His Head in the Clouds; and more…
… including We are All Completely Beside Ourselves; should research fraud be a criminal offence?; and more, in our ‘Reviews’ section
Autism – myth and reality
Christian Jarrett talks to researchers, people with autism and their relatives, to find out what autism is really like
Looking back: A continuing journey
Patricia Howlin considers where more than 70 years of research and intervention has left us in understanding autism
Combining the old and the new
Jon Brock looks at Bayesian and predictive coding accounts of autistic cognition
One on one… with Simon Baron-Cohen
‘Stories of forgiveness are inspiring to me’ (includes online extras)
Risk and resilience in the developing brain
Mayada Elsabbagh looks at lessons from autism
Big picture: Alien invasion
Picture by William Tipple, with comment from Professor Uta Frith. Download PDF for poster.

September 2014
Special issue: A brave new world for psychology?
David Nutt introduces a special issue considering the use of hallucinogens in research and therapy
Cultures of chemically induced hallucinations
Vaughan Bell considers what we can learn from how other societies approach hallucinogenic drugs
How do hallucinogens work on the brain?
Robin Carhart-Harris, Mendel Kaelen and David Nutt consider a big question on several levels
Looking Back: A brief history of psychedelic psychiatry
Moheb Costandi considers attempts to use hallucinogenic drugs to treat alcoholism and mental disorder
Eye on fiction: Heavenly and hellish - writers on hallucinogens
Dirk Hanson takes a trip from Lewis Carroll to the modern day, via Huxley, Burroughs and others
Viewpoints: Experiences of hallucinogen treatment
We hear from a researcher, participant and clinician on the use of psilocybin to alleviate cancer anxiety
When the trip doesn't end
Henry David Abraham describes his investigations into hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD), along with firsthand accounts

August 2014
Creative Britain
Stephanie Taylor looks at how social psychology explains the phenomenon
Smarter thinking in sport
Martin James Turner describes his use of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) with athletes
Interview: Defeating aliens with critical thinking
Diane Halpern tells Lance Workman about her efforts to improve work–life balance and increase creativity
Does executive coaching work?
… and if so, how? Nadine Page and Erik de Haan consider the evidence.
The end of dyslexia?
Julian G. Elliott and Elena L. Grigorenko argue that the label is a cultural meme that remains unscientific and conceptually problematic

July 2014
Beyond the mythology of war
Our reports from the Society’s Annual Conference, which took place in Birmingham in May. Download the PDF for the full coverage.
New voices: to the left - pseudoneglect
Joanna Brooks on the tendency to pay more attention to the left side of space, in the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices)
EMDR - more than just a therapy for PTSD?
Robin Logie considers a therapy whose mechanism remains unexplained 25 years after it was developed.
On the trail of the elusive successful psychopath
On the trail of the successful psychopath Sarah Francis Smith, Ashley Watts and Scott Lilienfeld
Beliefs about autobiographical memory
Beliefs about autobiographical memory and why they matter. Martin Conway, Lucy Justice and Catriona Morrison
The cycle-ology of the Tour
In this online-only version of her 'News' article, our journalist Ella Rhodes investigates how psychology touches July's race - the participants, spectators and volunteers.

June 2014
Being a Man - putting life before death
Martin Seager and David Wilkins address the need for this special feature on male psychology
Looking Back: Masculinity and mental health - the long view
Ali Haggett gives a historical perspective
Engaging with the emotional lives of men
Roger Kingerlee, Duncan Precious, Luke Sullivan and John Barry consider the design of male-specific services and interventions
Are mental health services inherently feminised?
Linda Morison, Christina Trigeorgis and Mary John investigate
Psychology, men and cancer
Peter Branney, Karl Witty and Ian Eardley call for a consideration of masculinity in understanding and treating the disease
A tapestry of oppression
Jennie Williams, David Stephenson and Frank Keating on how gender inequality is interwoven with other dimensions in society
Opinion: The Scottish question
We sought views on September’s Scottish independence referendum. Here we publish three replies and encourage you to continue the debate.

May 2014
For those psychologists about to rock...
…we salute you. With a little help from his friends, Editor Jon Sutton looks for shortcuts to musical expertise.
Living with severe food allergy
Kathryn Evans and Khadj Rouf look at the psychological challenges for children and parents. Click the box above for an audio interview with Khadj.
Methods: Science in the wild
Tom Dickins looks to an island off the north Devon coast to liberate the imaginations of his students
Are we all paranoid?
Lyn Ellett and Tim Wildschut consider evidence of paranoia in non-clinical populations
Is video game violence bad?
What a ridiculous question, says Christopher J. Ferguson. Surely there is a way out of this endless cycle of research and moralising?
Interview: The accidental academic
‘Dance psychologist’ Peter Lovatt (University of Hertfordshire) talks to Gail Kinman
New voices: Reflections on writing my first textbook
Betty Rudd with the latest in our series – see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information
'You may say I'm a dreamer...'
Michèle Birtel looks at using psychotherapeutic techniques to fight prejudice and stigma

April 2014
Charting 'the mind and body economic'
The Midlands Psychology Group introduce a special issue dedicated to the theme of 'austerity'
Neoliberal austerity and unemployment
David Fryer and Rose Stambe examine critical psychological issues
Inequality and the next generation
Gary Thomas explains how the gradient of difference can impact upon identity in the classroom
Austerity in the university
Ian Parker on increasing pressure and emotional labour at work for academics in times of crisis
New Voices: Personality - at the heart of health
Páraic Ó Súilleabháin on cardiovascular adaptation and health in the latest in our series for budding writers. See www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information.
The impact of austerity on a British council estate
Carl Harris takes an ‘ecological model of systems’ approach

March 2014
Voices of the vulnerable
Broadcaster, journalist and psychology student Sian Williams reports from the frontline on the responsibilities of broadcasters towards those they interview
Secular ecstasies
Ray McBride investigates the phenomenon and what it could mean for mainstream psychology
The times they are a-changin
Angelica Ronald, winner of the Spearman Medal 2012, looks at autism spectrum disorder and ADHD in the light of revisions to diagnostic procedures
Humanitarian work psychology
Stuart C. Carr and Malcolm MacLachlan present a manifesto for tackling global inequalities at work
New Voices: Is it time for active procrastination?
Anna Abramowski with the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information
Interview: "People have been ignoring the body for a long time"
Our editor Jon Sutton spoke to cognitive neuroscientist and ‘master of illusion’ Henrik Ehrsson at last year’s European Congress of Psychology in Stockholm

February 2014
Improving aircraft safety
Don Harris discusses the role of human error in air accidents and how aviation psychology has contributed to making flying as safe as possible
New Voices: Breaking free -prisoners and mental health
Anna Roberts makes the case for improving mental health services in prisons, with the latest in our series for budding writers
The stressed sex?
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman consider men, women and mental health. Plus listen to an interview with Daniel.
What intelligence tests miss
Keith E. Stanovich and Richard F. West on why we need rationality quotient (RQ) tests as well as IQ tests

January 2014
Mid Staffordshire Hospital Report
Narinder Kapur asks what psychology has to offer
Eye on fiction: Capturing the experience of homophobia
Martin Milton on André Carl van der Merwe’s novel Moffie
New Voices: Parental alienation – time to notice, time to intervene
Sue Whitcombe looks at broken child–parent relationships and the damage they can cause, in the latest in our series for budding writers
Wishful seeing
Emily Balcetis outlines research on how desires and motivations change perceptions in the eyes of the beholder
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...From the archive
Robert Resnick argues that psychologists should
be allowed to prescribe medication. With commentaries from Lucy Johnstone, Morgan Sammons and Ronald Levant, and Jim Orford.
John Groeger