Looking Back: Dancing plagues and mass hysteria

John Waller on how distress and pious fear have led to bizarre outbreaks across the ages

A language in common
Deborah Cameron disposes of some widespread misconceptions about differences in the ways men and women use language

Is paranoia increasing?
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman speculate on the factors that could be behind a ‘21st-century fear'

Factors in food choice
In the winning undergraduate entry for our student writer competition, Gaby Pfeifer examines the relationship between sensory stimulation and savoir-vivre

Extra-sensory perception – a controversial debate
Eric Robinson, winner in the postgraduate category of our student writer competition, weighs up the evidence; plus students in The Psychologist

The face is familiar
Lance Workman talks to Vicki Bruce about perception, £1 coins, dogs, and more

The Delphi method
Susanne Iqbal and Laura Pipon-Young with a step-by-step guide

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