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... to sit back, play tennis and golf and listen to the soul music he loves. But he’s enthusiastic about the future of ...
Character – ‘caught’ or ‘taught’?
... Futures Institute, told the Templeton conference, theatre, music, philosophy, religion (as well as storytelling, of ...
One on one... Dr Raj Gnanaiah
... reliever Going on a drive and listening to classical music clears my head. This seemingly small habit has helped ...
‘This is the moment when everything is changing'
... this had a huge effect on me. We’d set up a tent at music festivals and people in crisis – often related to ...
‘The psychological will always be there… it’s like my skeleton’
... to, you don't deserve that. Do you think that poetry and music can really make a difference then? Definitely. The ...
One on one... with Dr Jane Iles
... name, I’m useless in a pop quiz, but I absolutely love music, dancing and singing (much to the embarrassment of my ...
Letters
... is, to a skilled researcher, like a piece of sheet music is to a skilled musician. However, what if we could ... content. If psychology can use these tools, then our sheet music may be heard much more loudly and clearly than before. ...
A matter of life and death
... range of non-medical issues, such as preferences in food, music, TV programmes and clothing. Advance Statements must be ... I love my brain. I write, I read, I listen to music constantly… Being able to think, discuss and joke ...
One on One... with Mike Eslea
... with their darkly humorous and soul-baring lyrics. Perfect music for this old punk rocker! There’s plenty for ...
Big Picture: Poetry as a mental health resource
... Walton, K. (2011). Thoughtwriting – in poetry and music. New Literary History, 42(3), 455–476. Zeman, A., ...
The psychology of stuff and things
... their youth too. Usually this manifests in a taste for music, books, films and other entertainment from yesteryear, ... a creative star dies, with the mass consumption of their music, books or films or other associated items. Consider how ... with our stuff is...
The Psychologist presents… How to talk so people listen
... answer the question in a very deadpan way: “I was at a music workshop”, or he could say “what do you mean, ... People telephone and say “I’ve got this problem with music next door”, noise next door, whatever it might be. ...
‘Ambivalence is normal human nature’
... In my 20s I was deciding whether to go into psychology or music. Deciding about a life partner was a momentous choice, ...
Thinking back positively
... of the thinking and writing was done at home with calming music, like Satie’s ‘Gymnopedies’ or chilled late-night ...
Psychoeducation doesn’t have to be boring
... musical statues, but rather than simply freezing when the music stops children can choose to pause in a running pose, ...
Shaking off the shackles of imposterism
... with. Just as we think we have found our seat, the music stops and some other hungry postgrad grabs it before we ...
'Part of my role is to inspire hope'
... our toes! Community groups can range from arts and crafts, music appreciation, creative writing to cooking and baking. ...
The future of thinking differently
... remember a word. It helps with maths, too.’ Listening to music also helps her. In class, she finds it easier to focus on what the teacher is saying when she has classical music playing in an earbud in one ear. Her mother lobbied for ...
Student Writer Competition winners
... programmes. An organisation called TAPE offers various music and film projects; there is a strong service user group ... behind the curtain, smoking and chatting playfully. Music is played at full blast, people dance and laugh. ‘You ...
Coping with life in isolation and confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic
... similarly tell us they read books, listen to music, play card games, and cook food as good ways of filling ... 8, 162–6. Philpott, C. (2013). The sounds of silence: music in the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, The Polar ...
‘The fact that we have access to so many different opinions is driving us to believe that we’re in information bubbles’
... educated guesses at what users will like based on the music taste of similar users, as well as their own listening ...
A more fluid approach to drinking
... – evident in the naming of entertainment arenas, live music stadia and festival bars – despite growing ... & Williams, C., (2008), The impact of brand sponsorship of music festivals. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 26 (7), ...
5 minutes with... Rhona Flin
... – interrupting someone who’s mid-task or turning the music up in theatre because the surgeon has completed the ...
‘The buried emotional tangle in the rag and bone shop’
... in the brain and was drawn to the written and visual arts, music, and philosophy because the humanities describe and ...
New therapist, new hope
... it. It seems people with aphantasia can’t ‘hear’ music or similar, either. I am fervently curious to know the ...