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Geoffrey Stephenson 1939-2021
... the youngest of three boys in a family of enthusiasts for music, cricket and sailing. After the war they moved to North ... children and grandchildren, his enthusiasm for classical music (he was an excellent violinist and enjoyed choral ...
Professor Glyn Humphreys 1954-2016
... trips overseas, the weddings and birthdays, the children, music, food and laughter. Glyn and his wife and collaborator ... and much-liked member of the community. He loved music, swimming, and wining and dining with friends and ...
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...
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;...
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 ...
Big Picture: Beyond seizures
... exhibitions and art-science workshops, theatre, film, music, sound art, and outreach talks. They are currently ...
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 ...
Homelessness
... Force on Psychology’s Contribution to End Homelessness Music and change with Charlie Alcock Hope, control and ...
On ‘meatheads’ and ‘soy boys’
... weights to the sound of heavy grunts and loud hip-hop music… The opening sequence of James Cameron’s recent ...
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… ...
State of the art: Psychopathy
... it, psychopathic individuals ‘know the words but not the music’ (p.217). In this article we argue that although ...
Zander Wedderburn 1935-2017
... Presbyterian Church, and were both keen on folk music. Zander played the guitar and sang with a deep voice at ...
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 ...
Something about nothing
... to the moves, which follow the light and shade in the music; the highs and lows from one phrase to another. The ...
Paul Thorne 1938-2019
... least possible fuss. And that is what we gave him, with music he loved, laughter and tears. But we would like to ...
‘I asked Laura what she thought happens after death…’
... in society, finds its voice in literature, films, plays, music etc (2) . But in Western society, in serious and ...
New voices: Learning from learners
I immerse myself in three disciplines: research, music and art. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University ...
Big picture: The flotsam and jetsam of life
... as triggers of memories of a time or place, such as music, books, photos, stamps and maps, which I think of as ...
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 ...