Extras: News and More... - 2008
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03/06/2008 - open and shut
The University of Cumbria, in association with Neuro Partners Limited, has announced it is to open a £5 million treatment centre for acquired brain injury. The facility, based in Carlisle, will provide psychological services, together with occu...
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03/06/2008 - Early career prize
The Economic and Social Research Council in partnership with the Young Foundation has opened the call for the Michael Young Prize 2009. If your research has the potential to impact on society, you could win up to £6000 for help with disseminati...
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03/06/2008 - autism Postnote
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), which informs both Houses of Parliament, has published a briefing note on autism - see tinyurl.com/4mwv96. It describes autism and autism research, and considers policy approaches.
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03/06/2008 - Ergonomics
Tom Stewart, a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the BPS, has been appointed as President of the Ergonomics Society.
Tom explained: ‘I want us to work closely with other professional groups interestedin how people use computer tec...
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03/06/2008 - Misplaced blame for bulimia
The French parliament has tabled a bill that will ban the glamorisation of extreme thinness. Any media that are deemed to have put people’s health at risk by advocating thinness look set for up to two years in prison or a €30,000 fine.
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03/06/2008 - Level of gaming gore hits aggression
Hype surrounding the global release of the gangster-themed video game Grand Theft Auto IV has renewed the long-standing debate over whether violent games make players more aggressive. Now Christopher Barlett and colleagues have provided a fresh angle...
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03/06/2008 - Whispers in the shadows
Psychologist Daniel Freeman (Institute of Psychiatry) and his collaborators have used virtual reality (VR) to provide the clearest demonstration yet that paranoid thoughts are more prevalent among the general population than previously realised.
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03/06/2008 - Blow Football
Amidst the political fireworks in May, it was easy to miss a side skirmish triggered by the government’s decision to reclassify cannabis as a more dangerous Class B drug. According to Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience at the Universiti...
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03/06/2008 - An evening of scepticism
The country’s leading parapsychologists paid tribute to James Randi at London’s Conway Hall in April during a rare visit by the celebrated magician-sceptic to these shores. What parapsychology and the sceptic movement share is the applica...
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03/06/2008 - Out now in BPS? Journals
Jon Sutton selects from this month’s offerings
According to Leyen’s ‘infrahumanisation hypothesis’, some uniquely human emotions, such as shame and guilt (secondary emotions), are reserved for the ingroup, whilst other emot...
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