Mental Research

By Matthew Warren When we talk to children about the characteristics of boys and girls, our choice of words and syntax can profoundly affect what they take out of the conversation....

By Emily Reynolds Emotional states can be fleeting and somewhat inexplicable - you can feel great one minute and in the garbage dumps the next, sometimes for no apparent reason. It...

Our weekly round-up of the best psychological coverage from elsewhere on the internet It is wrong to say that introverts have been better off during the pandemic, writes Lis Ku The...

By Emily Reynolds As our lives have become busier and busier, the desire to get things done quickly and efficiently has increased - as demonstrated by the rise of speed reading...

By Emily Reynolds The ever-changing public health measures put in place during the coronavirus pandemic weren't always crystal clear. However, some instructions have stayed the same throughout: wear a mask, wash...

This is Episode 24 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society Biomedarticles, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Download here. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/psychcrunch/20210408_PsychCrunch_Ep24_Mx1.mp3What role does child development play? In this episode, our host,...

Richard Pfau, who has a PhD in science education and a bachelor's degree in psychology, wrote Your behavior: understanding and changing the things you do in response to what he sees...

By Emma Young Suppose a friend asks you to help them move. When deciding how much time to offer, you can take into account how much you've helped that particular friend...

You are at home and all of the free (but dubious) movie downloading sites are not working. You decide that you want to be classy and pay to watch high quality...

By Emily Reynolds The drinking culture is a big part of the university. Freshers' Week events are often almost all about getting drunk. A 2018 survey by the National Union of...