Archive for April 2015

References to alcohol in UK pop music are on the increase

"My wine is good to me, it helps me pass the time. And my good old buddy whiskey keeps me warmer than the sunshine," Aloe Blacc – ...

One of the longest-debated and most studied issues in psychology is whether and how our personalities are affected by our birth order and th...

Their actions are criminal and they cause untold misery, but repeat burglars are skilled at what they do and in that sense they are experts....

". .. the optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose ,” Kahlil Gibran. Optimi...

Children diagnosed with autism often have distinctive sensory experiences, such as being ultra sensitive to noise, or finding enjoyment in r...

Our pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links : Autistic Traits Aren’t Linked To Brain Anatomy? Neuroskeptic (a pre...

It seems as though neuroscience is particularly popular and seductive. Not only is the discipline enjoying some eye-spinningly massive new g...

Image: Flickr/Greg The sense of accomplishment from running a marathon is hugely uplifting. But let's not romanticise it, there's al...

The super-heroines who feature in the X-Men series and other comic-book films challenge traditional gender stereotypes in the sense that the...

The UK General Election is weeks away and the political parties are doing all they can to attract our votes. Psychology tells us that not on...

Where we look betrays what we're thinking. For instance, given a choice between two snacks, people spend longer looking at the alternat...