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A psychology A to Z
We collect together the entries so far.
Your summer reading
A round-up of some recent book extracts we've published here, with thanks to the publishers.
Wonder Woman: the first psychological superhero
In an exclusive extract from his new edited book Wonder Woman Psychology, Travis Langley introduces a superhero with particularly psychological origins.
What's underrated / overrated in psychology?
We're looking for your contributions to a new format.
Featured job: Head of Psychological Services, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
G... is for Gratitude
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
A psychology summer
We set some challenges to keep you occupied over the holidays.
Around the house
An exclusive extract from 'Careful!', the new book by Steve Casner (published by Macmillan).
The power of the arts
Sally Marlow and Kate Johnstone, Associate Editors for Culture, consider its novel use in mental health.
‘A man got to do what he got to do’
Chris Athanasiadis suggests how depressed men can transcend their stoic approach.
Pull up a chair
Matthew Pugh on the use and potential of chairwork.

If you could have a conversation with someone important, or with a part of yourself, who would you chose to speak to? What would you want to say? How might it feel to be able to truly speak...

Is slowness the essence of knowledge?
Eloise Stark looks at whether ‘slow and steady wins the race’.
Faces in the wild
Brian Parkinson (University of Oxford) reviews the evidence on interpersonal effects of facial expression.
False memories of childhood abuse
Are therapists to blame? Chris R. Brewin and Bernice Andrews consider the evidence in a controversial area.
Democracy in danger – a special feature
In the run-up to the UK General Election, we collect links to coverage in our June edition and much more.
The truth we rarely hear: From mirror to prism
In this 'long read' extract from 'Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World', Tasha Eurich shows how considering how others see us can add colour to the picture we hold of ourselves.
Reclaiming the truth
Karen M. Douglas, Chee Siang Ang and Farzin Deravi on conspiracy theories and fake news on social media.
The deliberate publication of fictitious information, hoaxes and propaganda on social media – 'fake news' has become one way so-called conspiracy theories are spread. Could psychology hold the key to...
A vaccine against bias
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Chris Chambers (a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the school of psychology, Cardiff University) tells the story of his contribution to the development of ‘Registered Reports’; plus a Q+A.
F is for… Fear
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
Beyond borders
Alastair Nightingale, Simon Goodman and Sam Parker seek more prominence for psychological perspectives on the refugee crisis in Europe.

Psychology as a discipline is not always seen as relevant when it comes to drawing up policies about immigration. Yet psychological theory goes to the core of the debate.

Building democracy
Ashley Weinberg considers how psychology can inform the design and restoration of the physical spaces in which our political processes take place.

The Palace of Westminster, is crumbling. Psychologists can play a part in rebuilding it, and other similar spaces, as physical embodiments of democratic ideals.

Democracy in danger
How can psychology help? asks Roger Paxton.

Democracy (rule by the people), and specifically liberal democracy (democracy with individual rights and freedoms protected), is a central and precious part of our heritage. But now, in...

‘Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself’
At the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Brighton in May, Peter Kinderman delivered his Presidential Address.

Fifty years ago, on 1 September 1967, the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr delivered a speech entitled ‘The role of the behavioral scientist in the civil rights...

Our turbulent minds
In a public lecture before the Society’s Annual Conference in Brighton in May, outgoing President Professor Peter Kinderman argued that ‘everybody's crazy, but nobody's ill’, and outlined and why that matters.
What to read… if you care about climate change
Recommendations from Sally Weintrobe.

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