Archive for May 2014

Guest hosts – Thank you!

Since the beginning of April, host duties on the blog have been handled by a series of eight excellent psychologists and bloggers. We have n...

I’m someone who when sat in front of a fast food menu will always make a beeline for the most artery-clogging burger and a large fries. At t...

In his famous 1974 lecture, Cargo Cult Science , Richard Feynman recalls his experience of suggesting to a psychology student that she shoul...

Depression is a growing public health concern, affecting 1 in 9 people at some point in their lives, and with a third of sufferers experien...

Over 65 per cent of women are believed to have done it at least once in their lives. Magazines, TV shows and self-help books all talk about ...

If your partner’s undergoing a lower limb amputation (LLA) it is likely sex would be the last thing on your mind. You would, however, be pre...

Imagine having a miscarriage and keeping it secret because you’d get the blame for your pregnancy loss? We might believe that only happened ...

Can a musician be dyslexic? The question might seem an odd one, but its relevance becomes clear when you look at auditory theories of dyslex...

Journals, especially high-impact journals, are notorious for not being interested in publishing replication studies, especially those that f...

Some years after I had completed my clinical training, I remember meeting a ten-year-old boy, Peter. Peter's parents wanted my opinion o...

When the American Medical Association formally recognised obesity as a disease in June 2013, plenty of public health officials were thrille...