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Alzheimer's patients and daily activities
A link has been discovered between depression in Alzheimer's patients and a declining ability to handle daily activities.
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Uplifting music helps alertness
A person's mental alertness can be improved with uplifting music, new research has suggested.
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Chewing gum helps you concentrate for longer
Chewing gum can help you stay focused for longer on tasks that require continuous monitoring. This is the finding of new research by Kate Morgan and colleagues from Cardiff University published in the British Journal of Psychology last week. 
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Edinburgh Science Festival
How high altitude presents unique challenges for the human body will be discussed by Society member Dr Dominika Dykiert, University of Edinburgh, at the Edinburgh Science Festival, Saturday April 6 at 5:30.
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Colds can reduce cognitive ability
A person's cognitive skills can be impacted when they have a cold, new research has suggested.
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Joint Cognitive Psychology Section & Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference 2013
The joint conference of the British Psychological Society's Cognitive and Developmental Psychology Sections will take place in Reading.  CogDev2013 will bring in many of the leaders in cognitive and developmental psychology from the UK and Eu
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Radio show tonight: Depression and age
Why older people are less likely to seek help when depressed and how they can access the right help are just two of the topics being discussed on a radio programme called ‘The Wireles
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Photographs make a difference
When we're making a snap judgement about a fact, the mere presence of an accompanying photograph makes us more likely to think it's true, even when the photo doesn't provide any
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How to recognise the super-recognisers
Some police officers are far better than others at recognising people glimpsed in CCTV footage, research presented at a Society Conference today will show.
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Our false memories of our favourite music
We think we remember the music we listen to really well, but new research suggests we may be mistaken.
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Psychologists are meeting in Glasgow
The Society Cognitive Psychology Section's Annual Conference is taking place this week at the Menzies Hotel, Glasgow.
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Honorary Fellow awarded prestigious international science prize
Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, will be awarded the Fondation Mattei Dogan Prize in Psychological Science this week.
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Cognitive Psychology Section
The Annual Cognitive Section Conference is the principal means by which the Section serves its membership and this year’s event was held in September at Keele University.
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Stroke victim cannot recognise close family
Neuropsychologists in The Netherlands and the UK have documented the curious case of a 62-year-old stroke patient whose brain damage affected her perception of familiar faces whilst leaving her perception of unfamiliar faces intact.
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Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference 2012
The Section is pleased to announce their 2012 conference will be taking place at the Menzies Hotel, Glasgow.
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Brain size affects ability to maintain friendships
The ability of how well a person is able to maintain friendships may be partly dependent on their brain size.
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Psychologist to give Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood, director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol, will give this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
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The voice on the end of the phone line
Our perception of the world is so restricted by the brain's finite attentional resources that large changes to the visual scene can occur without us noticing.
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Explaining why songs get stuck in your head
The brain has its own jukebox - a personal sound system for your private listening pleasure. The downside is that it has a mind of its own.
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Wine drinkers have good taste in music
Music can influence how wine tastes, a study has found. The research, which appears in the Society’s British Journal of Psychology, was undertaken by Professor Adrian North, a Chartered Psychologist from Heriot Watt University. Professor North examined the taste perceptions of 250 students as they drank wine and listened to music.
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Steve Jobs' gift to cognitive science
The ubiquity of iPhones, iPads and other miniature computers promises to revolutionise research in cognitive science, helping to overcome the discipline's over-dependence on testing Western, educated participants in lab settings.
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Memory is not as reliable we think
Memory may not be as reliable, powerful or objective as many people assume, new research has suggested. Appearing in the journal PLoS ONE, the investigation found individuals are often mistaken regarding their intuitions about the mind.
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For more cerebral Christmas TV
Psychology will be beamed into millions of homes this December with the announcement that Bruce Hood, Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre, is to present this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on the topic 'Meet your brai
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Extras stories from our Research Digest
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:College students aren't very accurate at judging how drunk they are.
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Synaesthesia is more than crossed senses
People with synaesthesia experience odd sensations that make it seem as though their neural wires are crossed.
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