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> Coverage of mental health research is poor
Our Research Digest has news of a recent study publshed by researchers from the Insitute of Psychiatry....
> Easily embarrassed are more altruistic
Social interactions can feel like walking a tight-rope, an excruciating pit of embarrassment always just one tiny misstep away. ...
> Are smells as evocative as we think?
We wore ankle-length blue coats at my school, in the Tudor-style. When it rained, the wool of the coat gave off a pungent smell, rather like wet dog. ...
> Wives do most of the housework
More women than ever go out to work and yet surveys in western countries show that wives continue to take on the lion's share of domestic chores....
> People most creative when sleepy
Are you an evening person? Guess what? Early in the day, when you're bleary eyed, stumbling about in the fog of sleepiness, you're probably at your cr...
> Bring back post-trauma debriefing?
You've probably seen on the news, after a disaster, the announcement that trained counsellors will be on hand as a matter of routine. Or you used to....
> Babies know when you make a mistake
Our Research Digest has news of a study looking at the role of prosody in the ability of infants to infer whether an adult intended to perform an a...
> Our memory is distorted in seconds
Memory isn't etched in neural stone. It's a creative process, sketched in sand....
> CBT trainees are more skilled than they think
A new study of trainee cognitive behavioural therapists suggestst they tend to underestimate how good they are at conducting therapy....
> Predicting the behaviour of others
Psychologists have identified an important reason why our insight into our own psyches is so poor....
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