We'd rather do something that requires mental effort than do nothing at all
Although much has been made of the aversiveness of effort, the study suggests that being bored is at least as unpleasant — if not more so.
House and home
Our latest edition has articles and interviews around why Psychologists should pay more attention to the concept.
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Our favourite Research Digest stories of 2022
14 December 2022
For our final post of the year, we’re taking a look back at the papers we particularly enjoyed covering in 2022.
The future is now for work and organizational psychology
15 December 2022
Ingrid Covington introduces interviews with three keynote speakers from the forthcoming Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, in Poland.
Neurodiversity-affirmative education: why and how?
15 December 2022
Dinah Aitken and Sue Fletcher-Watson.
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Coping with Christmas
Lucy Maddox with some tips from psychological practice and research.
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- Emotion
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Purpose
12 September 2022
An exclusive extract from 'Transcend: The new science of self-actualization', from Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. (Sheldon Press).
Autonomy: a pillar of success
23 August 2022
Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist Dr Josephine Perry has just published her fifth book; The 10 Pillars of Success. Here, we take a look one of the key pillars; autonomy.
How to train a cat
12 May 2022
Zazie Todd with an adapted extract from her new book, Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy.
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‘We try to remove all barriers to accessing a psychologist’
Pip Wood and Dr Rebecca Magill on ‘the GP Clinical Psychologist’.
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