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One on one... with Sue Llewelyn
... as I wish I had spent more time learning about history, music, science and literature. One guiding principle from ... sadly neglected in trying to be a good psychologist, like music, literature, science and history. - Sue Llewelyn is ...
One on One... with Costas Karageorghis
... hard to know where the next meal is coming from in the music business. This is what prevented me from going headlong into music performance as a career. During my university years, I ... with two million.’ One musical selection A piece of music...
Speaking the language of learning
... CBT will be of less use than techniques such as art and music therapy. I am on the lookout all the time for ... job as a play worker for the NHS in Reading and, like music therapists, play therapists are much more in demand in ...
One on one... Judith Eberhardt
... haunting lyrics accompanied by ethereally beautiful music. It’s about being in love, it’s about pain, and ... I’ve grown up and matured in tandem with Radiohead’s music. One nugget of advice for aspiring psychologists ...
One on one - with Bill McKeachie
... I gave my grand piano to my daughter. I couldn’t see the music any more.’ (He had macular degeneration). ... pieces you had memorised?’ ‘No. I never could memorise music.’ What a tragedy! One on one - with Bill McKeachie ...
Experiencing time in daily life
... tempo in the sound of the boiling kettle, almost like music; you planned (automatically and without awareness) the ... or clowns going around; in a call centre, background music will be used. Such activities divert people’s ...
Forum
... voice, bonding, and parent-soothing? Hospitals now give music CDs to new parents to soothe infants; there are plenty ... arrive at school hardly talking; teenagers are preferring music (Yule, 2008); swearing is generally reduced to one word ... and obscuring...
Letters: austerity and more
... menu, the dish of the day, and more drinks. Look out for music: this increases the degree of drink-buying. Music with prosocial lyrics is the most devious of the lot: ... Better still, have someone else pay. Speaking of music, pay close...
‘Tears were and still are crucial for our functioning’
... make them cry, such as sentimental movies or listening to music that engenders feelings of sadness. On the other hand, ... to more positive factors such as weddings, reunions and music. Our findings indicated, however, that the most ...
Are understandings of mental illness mired in the past?
... attacked and brain-injured in the street and now hears music from his childhood whenever a generalised seizure is ... the development of seizures, to the hearing of childhood music, to the worries about the future, is perfectly ...
Secular ecstasies
... (where ‘art’ means paintings, literature or classical music). Laski’s contribution to wresting free ... might include: The experience of chills while listening to music, whether in the nightclub or at the concert hall. ... possessing beneficial effects;...
Working for an autism charity
... we receive; for example we have recently set up a new music and art room, as music in particular is a popular interest amongst members. We ...
‘Psychology is a young subject… even early in your career, you can contribute to its development’
... hugely on getting experience. ‘No, my first loves were music and skateboarding! At 16 I combined music and psychology. That said, I always had an interest in ... it was called psychology! I have always been fascinated by music theory but when I...
Letters
... psychological responsibility will change the mood music; it’ll make people think; it’ll make psychology ... care you like, then nurses do talking therapies now. Music therapy, art therapy, psychotherapy, counselling ...
Is it not beautiful?
... as well as in sound (waves, waterfalls and rain) and music (birdsong and nursery rhymes). Mathematical fractals ... in the Society section. Alex Forsythe said: ‘Noel loved music, and any donations to ... – a charity that helps disadvantaged kids with ...
Searching for superhuman
... would you believe that anyone could identify a piece of music merely by looking at the groove patterns on a vinyl ... anything other than his own vast knowledge of orchestral music from Beethoven onwards, combined with an ability to ...
One on one… with Peter Venables
... on the way to a friend’s party. O ne saddest piece of music, which is nevertheless a favourite Richard Strauss’s ...
New voices: Learning from learners
I immerse myself in three disciplines: research, music and art. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University ...
State of the art - Synaesthesia
... A? What does the number 1 taste of? Does listening to music, speaking or eating food produce colours, shapes or ...
So you think you can dance?
... – and he intends to be nothing short of dazzling. The music begins and he starts to move. You hold your breath… ...
Excursions into broader theorising
... understanding of people. I also studied philosophy and music. Much of my time though was spent acting, and ...
'We need a transformation in how we regard difference, diversity and inclusivity in psychology’
... identity since he felt it might affect his role in rock music. ‘The Parsees community were appreciated by British ...
Why I study...media psychology
... to study psychology. As an English graduate and freelance music journalist, I found myself near Zurich doing a feature ...
Hearing pitch – right place, wrong time?
... It is arguably the most important perceptual dimension of music, allowing us to appreciate melody and harmony. In ...
The Psychologist Presents… at Latitude Festival
Since 2015, The Psychologist has had a slot at the annual music and arts event in Suffolk. Here are some transcripts ...