2004–2007
412 posts
2007 151
December 2007
- Hedonist Philosopher Epicurus Was Right About Happiness (Mostly)
- At the Heart of Attraction Lies Confusion: Choice Blindness
- When We Are Fools to Ourselves
- Can You Recommend an Online Support Group?
- What We Don’t Know About Shopping, Reading, Watching TV and Judging People
- Is Happier Always Better? Socially Yes, Financially No
- 10 Weird Psychology Studies: Vote Now For Your Favourite!
- Why Problem Solving Itself is a Puzzle, Even to Poincare and Picasso
- Our Secret Attitude Changes
- The Hidden Workings of Our Minds
- Do We Know What Makes Us Happy?
November 2007
- 3 Happiness Enhancing Activities With Evidence They Work
- Being Happy: Enjoyable Activities Beat Improved Life Circumstances
- Sustainable Happiness: Why It’s All About the Day-to-Day
- Advertising Psychology Satire by The Onion
- A Psychic Dog?
- Malcolm Gladwell on the Art of Criminal Profiling
- Depression Lifted by Beethoven Piano Sonatas
- 9 Propaganda Techniques in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11
- World’s Happiest Man: Joy Can Be Learned
- Are We Programmed to Laugh When Tickled?
October 2007
- Ramachandran on Capgras Syndrome, Phantom Limbs & Synaesthesia
- “Neurolaw” is Dubious at Best
- College Binge Drinking ‘Seriously Kicks Ass’
- Larry David is Role Model for Schizophrenia Sufferers
- Why War? The Most Dangerous Animal by David Livingstone Smith
- Professor Richard Wiseman is King of Weird Psychology Studies
- Big Picture Questions for Humanity from ‘Overcoming Bias’
- Accessible Science Blogging Outside Psychology
- Are You Just Shy or Do You Have a Social Phobia?
- Wealth Psychologists: Money is a Problem
- It’s ‘Psychology Day’ at the United Nations & World Mental Health Day
- Avoid Email Miscommunication
- “Silliest” Psychology Research
- The Truman Show Experiment
- Neuroscientist Studies His Own Stroke
- Explaining Bipolar Disorder: An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison (Book Review)
- Misleading Reporting of Alzheimer’s and Conscientiousness Research
- Invasion From Mars: The Anatomy of Panic
- Americans Less Happy with Positive Events than Asians
September 2007
- Men Happier Than Women? Another Bogus Sex Difference
- Schizophrenia Explained: The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks (Book Review)
- Malcolm Gladwell on Why More Choice Means More Profit
- Expressing Negative Experience is Both Symptom and Cure
- Increase Life Satisfaction by Analysing the Negative But Just Experiencing the Positive
- ‘thanks!’ by Robert A. Emmons (Book Review)
- Thinking of a Psychology Degree? Free Lectures from University of California at Berkeley
- Practicing Gratitude Can Increase Happiness by 25%
- Barry Schwartz on Why Too Much Choice is Bad for Us
- The Impact Bias: Why We Are Poor at Simulating the Impact of Future Events
- Compliments Could Earn Hairstylists Thousands More in Tips
- Instruction Manual for Psychological Torture Now Online
- Nominate Your Favourite Social Psychology Studies
- Kissing Secrets: Why Men Prefer More Saliva (And Other Revelations)
- Why Attempt Suicide? Evidence from the Poetry of Suicidal Poets
- Men and Women Are Psychologically Very Similar
August 2007
- How to Improve Mood, Raise Energy and Reduce Tension
- Cradling to Right Linked to Depression in New Mothers – Or is it?
- Music + Body Language = More Excitement
- Does Semen Have Antidepressant Properties?
- This Week in Psychology
- Optimists and Realists Seen In Better Light Than Pessimists
- What is Courage?
- 3 Reasons Life is Worth Living From Positive Psychology
- Soviet Psychiatry | Miserable Middle-Aged Men | Satisfied Hairdressers | Jury Psychology
- Does ‘Peer Review’ Mean Anything to You?
- Effectiveness of Mutual Support Groups
- How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Book Review)
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks (Review)
- Group Therapy Online | Eye Movement Coupling | Macho Men Still Untrustworthy
- Is Marriage Dying? No. (Well, Probably Not)
- ‘Good’ Wine Increases Food Consumption by 12%
- Why Academics Hide in Ivory Towers
- 237 Reasons For Sex | Vegansexuals | Toilet Seats | Encephalon 28
- What is the Point of Psychology Studies?
- 5 Intriguing Studies of Human-Dog Psychology
July 2007
- What is Guilt For?
- Last Albert Ellis Interview | Cannabis Risks | Seinfeld Tip
- Best Optical Illusions Online
- Empathy Causes Facial Similarity Between Couples to Increase Over Time
- 10 Practical Uses For Psychological Research in Everyday Life
- People ‘Playing the Field’ More Angry At Infidelity
- Misrepresenting Science: The Observer’s Autism Scare Story
- Cognitive Dissonance | Wisconsin Longitudinal Study | Children’s Memory | Muggle’s Surveillance Society
- Have You Ever Been Scammed?
- Ageing and the Positivity Effect
- Men Chatty as Women | Avoid Sloppy Thinking | Facebook Snubbing
- Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Us?
- Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Still Widespread
- Myths Dispelled: Gamers Have Friends, Girls Like Grand Theft Auto
- Loudest Voice = Majority Opinion
June 2007
- Happiness is Right Outside
- Dodgy Juries, (Un)Ethical Professors, MySpace vs. Facebook
- Sex Doesn’t Sell (Neither Does Violence)
- A Tale of Two Conversations (and Mrs Thatcher)
- Which Type of Emailer Are You?
- Stop Staring at Me!
- Encephalon #25 – The Neuroscience and Psychology Blog Carnival
- Objects in the Home Reflect Your Relationship
- Guide to Psychology Blogs – Part 4
- Dreaming of Evidence for Telepathy
- Psychological Testing for New Drivers is Flawed
- Superstitious Pigeon-Guided Missiles
- I’m a Dead Dog: First Case of Cotard’s and Lycanthropy
- Diners Spend More In Lavender-Scented Restaurant
May 2007
- Guide to Psychology Blogs – Part 3
- Can You Change Your Personality? Lord of the Rings vs. Schindler’s List
- Guide to Psychology Blogs – Part 2
- Guide to Psychology Blogs – Part 1
- Education Reduces Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding of Nonverbal Behaviour
- Achieving Rapport: Expressivity, Coordination and Flow
- Frown and the Net Frowns With You, But Smile and You Smile Alone
- Which Culture Most Controls Their Facial Emotions?
- Detecting Lies: Top 3 Myths, Top 5 Proven Factors
- Meaning and Memory in Gesture
- The Nonverbal Symphony of Attraction
- How do Emoticons and Capitalisation Affect Perception of Email?
- Gender Differences in Reading Nonverbal Behaviour
- A Slow Smile Attracts
- Nonverbal Behaviour
April 2007
- Older and Musically Wiser?
- Will Solving The ‘Hard Problem’ of Consciousness Unweave the Rainbow?
- Is Sacrifice in Relationships Related to Commitment and Functioning?
- Is Friday the Thirteenth Unlucky?
- Parental Relationships After Divorce: From ‘Perfect Pals’ to ‘Fiery Foes’
- Seven Signs of Relationship (Dis)Satisfaction
March 2007
- Affectionate Writing Can Reduce Cholesterol
- Top Ten Studies, Encephalon #19, 1,000+ Subscribers
- Seven Ways Music Influences Mood
- Communicating Persuasively: Email or Face-to-Face?
- Why It’s OK To Be Depressed Sometimes
- Discover the Perfect Musical Performance
- The Trap – What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom?
- Revealed: Eight Ways The Media Distorts Psychology
- Personality or Situation? The Psychology of Individual Differences
February 2007
- Can Cognitive Neuroscience Tell Us Anything About the Mind?
- Your Partner Has Been Unfaithful. The Question is Why.
- Euphoria Induced by Experimental Trickery
- Revolutionary Treatment of Depression
- Why Money Can Never Save the Environment, But Fear Might
- Top Ten Psychology Studies
- Personality Secrets in Your Mp3 Player
- Why Health Benefits of Good Relationships Rival Exercise and Nutrition
- The Psychology of Relationships
- Is Life Passing You By?
January 2007
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December 2006
November 2006
- Emotional Blogging
- Neural Correlates of Emotional Judgements
- Emotion, Learning, Attention and Perception
- Blurred Definitions of Affect and Emotion
- Separating Emotion From Cognition
- Doing Without Feeling
- Rediscovering The Emotional Unconscious
- Emotional Truth: The Search Starts Here
- Journey Through the Psychology of Emotions
October 2006
September 2006
- Powerful Music
- What’s Our Motivation?
- Why Do People Participate in Research?
- Unity: Toward a Useful Mass Movement
- Vehicles Pass Closer to Helmeted Cyclists
- Reflecting on Unity
August 2006
- Unity: Support From Cognitive Science
- Unity: Avoiding Critical Reflection?
- Unity: A Noble Quest
- Unity: Psychology is the Mother of All Sciences
- Unity: Fuzzy Terminology
- Unity in Psychology: The Search Starts Here
- Unity: The Cognitive Revolution Unifies
- ARRGGHHH We’re All Going to Die!
- Unity: Disorganisation in Psychology
- Rise of Psychological Research on the Internet
- Unity’s Enemy: Complacency
- Unity: Psychology Defined
- The Optician
- Unity: Gregg Henriques
- Unifying Psychology
July 2006
- Environmental Effects in Mental Illness Models
- Lobotomy Wins
- Great Psychological Experiments of the 21st Century
- Oslo, Norway
- Wilhelm Wundt: The First Experimentalist
June 2006
April 2006
March 2006
January 2006
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August 2005
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Can Alleviate Chronic Depression
- Tone Deaf
- Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy
- Evidence Tanning Is Addictive
- Speed Dating is Survival of the Hottest
- Brain Symmetry Important in Mental Illness
- After Bombings Londoner’s Stress Levels Rise
- Hands-Free Mobiles Impair Driving Ability
- Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women
- Out of Body Experiences: Real or Imagined?
- Jean Charles de Menezes: An Unfamiliar Face
- SSRI Anti-Depressants May Increase Suicide Risk In Adults
- ADHD Problems Continue Into Adulthood
- Chimpanzees Conform to Cultural Norms
- Workaholics Better in Bed
- Blue Brain: Computer Simulation of the Neocortex
- Do Violent Computer Games Increase Aggressive Behaviour?
- The Man Who Shocked The World
- Healthy Scepticism Towards Research Pays Off
- Cognitive Therapy Reduces Repeat Suicide Attempts by 50 Percent
- Implanting False Memories May Help Dieters
- How Culture Shapes Illness
July 2005
- Dating Formula Finds ‘Worthless Gifts’ Get the Girls
- Psychology of Magic
- Look Into My Eyes
- Daryl Atkins’ Fate Hanging On His IQ
- Secrets of the Sexes: Attraction. Not Scientific. Not Popular. Not Attractive.
- Optimists Recover More Quickly After Bereavement
- Caffeine Study Finds No Performance Enhancement
- Psychological Treatments For Alcoholism Are Ineffective
- Secrets of The Sexes: Psychological Sex Differences
- Secrets of the Sexes – BBC One
- Ministers Reject Concerns Over Mental Health Law
- ADHD and Working Memory: Computer Training Shows Benefit
- Teaching Girls and Boys Differently
- London Bombings: Profile of a Terrorist
- London Bombings: Guardian Journos Disorientated
- London Bombings: Why We Are Glued To The TV
- London Bombings: Psychology of Terrorism
- No Physiological Basis For Male Bisexuality in New Study
- Women Experience Pain Differently From Men
- Brian Blackwell and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
June 2005
- Tom Cruise Exposes Psychology as a Fraud
- Hypnosis By Any Other Name
- The Brain in Orgasm
- Mental Health First Aid
- Sexual Equality and the Thin Body Ideal
- Delineating ‘Normal’ From ‘Mentally Ill’
- Brain Cells Matured in Lab
- Psychosurgery: Lobotomy and Deep Brain Stimulation
- Seeing Yourself: A Case of Autoscopy
- Female Orgasm Study Rubbished by Sexologists
- 100,000 Chinese Married Online to People They’ve Never Met
- ‘Neo-Sexuality’ and ‘Objectophilia’
- Career Advice: Do What You Love. No Really!
May 2005
- New Findings in Cross-Sensory Perception
- Childhood Cynicism Develops Early
- Brains Brains Brains
- Daniel Tammet, The Boy With The Incredible Brain
- Do Computer Games Increase IQ?
- Discovery of Brain Areas That Understand Irony
- Guide to Flirting
- Tele-Psychology: Therapy at a Distance
- Donald Herbert ‘Minimally Conscious’ Unlike Terri Schiavo
- Derren Brown Shocks with Mind-Bending Video Game
- Update on Donald Herbert
- Sustained Ecstasy Use Degrades Memory
- Firefighter Awakens After Ten Years
- Lying Down Reveals New Perspective
April 2005
- Self-Hypnosis May Help Hay Fever Sufferers
- Social Loafing and Social Facilitation
- Net-Illiterate ‘Failing Children’
- Psychologists Proving Poor Election Pundits
- The Difference Between Men and Women
- Defending Infomania Findings
- ‘Infomania’ worse than marijuana
- Liszt Read a Book While Practising Piano
- Politicians’ Uniquely Simple Personalities
- Eradicating Depression
- Detecting Brain Function from Warm Ears
- Male Risk-Taking Not Attractive, But…
- Politicians Avoid Answering 60% of Questions
- SaneLine Staring Into Abyss
- Importance of Eyebrows in Face Recognition
- British Psychological Society Annual Conference
- Entering a State of Flow
- The Polyamorous or Ethical Sluts
March 2005
- Brain Chip Reads Man’s Thoughts
- Employers Relying On Personality Tests
- Pointing Out The Truth
- Compare Your Personality With Others
- The Chaos Theory of Career Development
- Children’s Tastes Develop Early
- Freudian Slips
- Self-Help Books Criticised
- Time Dilation on Radio 4’s All In The Mind
- Debate on Psychological Sex Differences
- Unusual Research in Psychology
- Radio 4 Series on Biology of Personality
- Political Correctness Gone Dreamy
- Reasons For Online Dating Vary Widely
- Another Stupid Fad Diet
- A Warning to Future Generations
- Creating a Happy Society
- Let’s talk about sexual diversity
- Synaesthesia: Tasting a Sound
- UK Government to Ban Psychological Tricks in Casinos
- Profile of Dr Oliver Sacks
- Brit Smile More Genuine Than American
February 2005
- The Psychology of Internet Dating
- Left blind-spot ‘gives ADHD clue’
- Panic Attacks and the Rise of CBT
- Leaving a Bitter Taste in the Mouth
- I’ll Be There in About Ten Minutes
- Tall Babies Earn More Later in Life
- Important Eurovision research
- Autistic savant explains his incredible abilities
- Antidepressant – suicide link reassessed
- Hocus pocus: x-ray eyes and spoon-bending
- The horny newt and other tales of animal personality
- Feminine features on men more attractive
- Are you ‘Information Literate’?
- Spray your way to orgasm
- St John’s wort better than Seroxat
- The next scientific revolution
- Left and right, a battle for the truth
- Neuroplasticity, evidence from rats and monks
- The new science of happiness
- Alexander Shulgin, the godfather of Ecstasy
- Beliefs about alcohol predict binge drinking
- Scrap ‘unethical’ mental health bill, doctors urge
- The new Volkswagen ad
- Heightism applies to women as well as men
- Graphology has zero validity (it’s rubbish)
January 2005
- Removing barriers to safe motoring
- Computer use good for literacy skills
- Crazy in love
- Follow-up Friday
- Health messages in dodgy new proverbs
- Pioneering therapist explains his philosophy
- Tenuous link between mental rotation and parking your car
- Us and them: not so different
- My personal advice for exam success
- Modafinil. The caffeine of the future?
- Kinsey’s sex surveys – prepare to repel misinformation
- Learning by example
- Do you have a secret life?
- Long working hours culture in UK
- Mental impact of the tsunami
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December 2004
- Psychology and sometimes a slap
- Reality of a heavy thinker
- Books replace antidepressants in pilot scheme
- Left-handers better in a fight
- Curb on the happy pills
- Blind to the face
- Health toll of anti-gay prejudice
November 2004
- The backlash against Fahrenheit 9/11
- The chemistry of social interaction
- Danger of hands-free mobiles while driving
- Parents of person with Asperger’s lost hope
- Suicide on the railways
- Treating depression chemically
- Optimists live longer
October 2004
- Lecturer talks burglar out of home
- Musicality: the balance of practice and talent
- Chips Coming to a Brain Near You
- Turning off every TV in the world
- Hard scientists have longer index fingers
- Sleep-walker turns sex-walker
- The (almost) infallible lie detector
- Introducing the sexually unoriented
- Mental health worsening around the globe
- Have you ever been stalked?
- Surgeons operate on baby to stop seizures
- Caffeine withdrawal could be a mental disorder
- US Supreme Court judge suggests more orgies
September 2004
- Inside the mind of a terrorist
- Fight to legalise psychedelic drugs in US
- The girl with the X-ray eyes
- Teens don’t need no health education
- Therapeutic benefits of writing
- Children create new language
- New National Service Framework for children
- Study reports decline in mental health of teenagers
- What causes more deaths than all wars and homocides?
- Monday fillers
- Science of psychology applied to gamers
- Memory illuminated by sign language
August 2004
- Being single NOT worse for you than smoking
- Bad mood improves memory
- Newsflash: Children are humans too!
- Music lessons enhance IQ
- My boss doesn’t care about my feelings!
- Unwritten rules of the motorway
- Worth a thousand words
- Medicine hope for psychedelic drugs
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