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Hannah Wilkinson on a ‘normalising’, psychoeducation approach to Tourette’s Syndrome.

From denial, disbelief and deflection, towards Truth

Dr Rebekah Eglinton is Chief Psychologist to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Here she highlights the experiences over 6,000 victims and survivors have shared with the Inquiry’s Truth Project, and the importance of their accounts in contributing to change for the better. The Inquiry’s Final Report is due to be published next year.

'Work is what you do, not a place you go'

Environmental Psychologist and workplace strategist, Dr Nigel Oseland, gives his perspective on the return to the office.

Socially Valued, Not Inherently Valuable

An extract from The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden, with kind permission from the publisher Princeton University Press.

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Talent liberation

Dr Maggi Evans on a way to tackle the ‘Great Resignation’ and record vacancies.

Collective and compassionate leadership

An extract from 'Compassionate leadership: Sustaining wisdom, humanity and presence in health and social care', by Michael West, published by Swirling Leaf Press.

Traditional approaches to leadership have important limitations, with an emphasis on developing individual capability while neglecting collective leadership capability. They are also limited...

Creating safer night-time economies

Kimberley Hill and Graham Towl argue that we must work together to change the culture.

Personality – A question of habit

In order to advance our discipline, we sometimes need to change the way the profession thinks of its central variables. We currently need to adjust our notion of personality to emphasise the routines of habit, argues Peter Warr.

Bullying

An archive collection

So you survived a brain tumour… what next?

Rachael Simms-Moore was one of the lucky few – so why didn’t she feel it? A journey to understand and cope took her towards psychology.

Reproducibility, replication and open science

A collection of our coverage on a period that has been variously described as either a 'disaster' or 'triumph' for Psychology.

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The uncanny

Dr Jon Sutton introduces the December 2021 issue.

Changing the language of care

Carmel Jacob-Thomson with a professional and personal reflection on the words used to talk to and about Care Experienced Children and Young People.

An exploration of pain science and art

Ed Keogh on his involvement in a public engagement project.

Developments in psychology’s Covid research

Emma Barratt on ways of working and areas of interest.

Fighting half-truths with semi-fiction

David Harper on his involvement with a new book, The American way: Stories of invasion (Comma Press).

Uncanny dehumanization

An exclusive extract from 'Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization', by David Livingstone Smith, courtesy of Harvard University Press.

Eroding the uncanny valley

Emma L. Barratt hears from researchers understanding our reactions to robotics.

Uncanny places

Lucy Huskinson explores…

During the pandemic, many people reported that their familiar neighbourhoods, towns, and cities had transformed into strange places. No longer alive with the hustle and bustle of people going...

The same but different: A new reality following limb loss

Clare Uytman.

Limb loss and prosthesis use create a new reality. Experiences are on a fluctuating spectrum from grief and shock to relief and gratitude, particularly where the limb removal relieves pain or...

‘The uncanny depends on a disruption to the self’

Our journalist Ella Rhodes uncovers uncanny thoughts and cognitive paradoxes…

There’s something about the in-between, liminal, spaces in our minds that allow unbidden, unwelcome, uncanny thoughts and experiences to emerge. Whether hearing voices, experiencing déjà vu or...