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... to this condition in the pages of The Psychologist (‘Music – shelter for the frazzled mind?’, December 2009). ... on a task to identify emotional depiction within music (which apparently does not detract from their appreciation of the music)....
'It is diverse brains and the consequent breadth of talents and abilities that are pivotal to our future'
... for boys, with some unqualified teaching in English and music, as the men were being called up into the Forces, ... Meanwhile I received a scholarship to Brighton School of Music and trained to be a singer. Peer pressure then led me ...
One to one ...with Ray Bull
... The first LP by The Doors, in 1967. It changed ‘rock music’ for ever. One alternative career path Mathematician or something relating to rock music (having been on the Student Union Social Committee for ...
‘The arts use a lot of psychology in designing the artistic experience’
... even today. Coming from such a family, the world of dance, music, theatre and visual arts was just as real for me as the ... Quotient, we use the performing arts (theatre, puppetry, music, dance, etc.) as a source of content and method to ... of research on the...
Interview: 'Time is all you've got'
... Youth Orchestra, so that link between time perception and music, particularly I suppose with rhythmic parts like bass ... interaction between them. There’s been work on time in music, by Marie Rhys-Jones and Marianne Boltz who was her ... we played it on our...
Careers
... I told my father as a teenager that I wanted to do either music or psychology his response was “music’s a hobby and psychology isn’t serious”. I ended ... ‘In my 20s I studied double bass at the Royal Academy of Music in the same student cohort...
From the blues to CBT
... your interest in the area stem from experiences in the music business? To some extent: that and growing up in the ...
Online only - One on one with Deborah Christie
... the time. One cultural recommendation (i.e. Book, film, music) Milan Kundera’s The unbearable lightness of being, ...
One on one... with Constantina Demosthenous
... The Swan Lake ballet with Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music in the Vienna State Opera… The combination of the place, the performance and the music mesmerised me. One article from The Psychologist ...
Interview: Would you want a super memory?
... individuals have been identified who have super memory for music, being able to recall tens of thousands of songs. Derek ... and be able to replay it on the piano, and it appears that music was the natural way for him to channel his energy and ... particular...
A trip down memory lane (via Penny Lane)
... are on whether brain trainer software works and on music and memory.’ Catriona also gets asked by the media to ... is very responsive nowadays.’ Magical mystery tour Music came up regularly in our conversation, partly as a key ... – was on the stereo. If only...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...