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What Makes us Human? A Step Closer to Finding Out
Research has found a whopping 97 new areas of the brain!
Magic Mushrooms: An Antidote for Negative Thinking?
Not everyone responds to traditional depression medication, and recent studies have found the compound 'psilocybin' (found in psychedelic mushrooms) can decrease the activity in the default mode...
Flirting: Take a Gentle Approach
It is no surprise that flirting is key for the formation of intimate relationships. Studies have found a sex difference in what we look for. Can you guess what it is?
Brain Scanning: Could The Research Be Wrong?
Even with a large amount of data, brain scanning studies are still too small to reliably detect most links between brain function and behaviour.
Murderers: Are They Psychopathic or Not?
New research suggests that murderers are not as psychopathic as first believed, and have less psychopathic traits than other criminals.
Children Doing Chores: It Helps Their Working Memory!
Children who do chores such as looking after pets or other household tasks, may be improving their cognitive development.
Your Brain: How Do You Know it is Growing?
Medical professionals can measure us against weight, height and other scientific scales. What about our brains? How do they know if our brains are growing as expected?
Oxytocin: The Love Hormone or Something More?
An article that makes us question whether the role of oxytocin is as understood as we first thought.
Here are the two videos that have just been published by Ofqual explaining the exams grading process for summer 2020.
A-Level Psychology Results for 2019
Here are some data charts analysing key features of the 2019 A-Level Psychology results.
Eco-anxiety
Are worries about the climate crisis and the multitude of environmental challenges facing us and our families making us ill? This BBC Radio report asks whether eco-anxiety is different from any...
Psychological ownership of apps
This piece from the Conversation argues that tech firms such as Facebook and Uber are able to leverage commercial gains from when users build a relationship with a faceless technology such as a...
‘Hangxiety’ - The Impact of Alcohol on the Bran
This Guardian article explores the impact of alcohol on the brain, including a potential cause of anxiety.
Reliability and validity - Kilogram gets a new definition
Scientists have voted to change the definition of a kilogram after more than 100 years. Read about it here.
University Guide 2019 League Table for Psychology
Here is the link to the Guardian's 2019 league table rankings for university psychology departments. As always - look carefully at the methodology used to assess the institutions. Other guides are...
If it's good enough for Silicon Valley, then surely it’s good enough for the classroom?
Consciously or subconsciously, how we present ourselves impacts the perception of others on us, which can determine our success or failure.
European Countries With The Most Psychiatrists
A quick heads up to new data on the countries with the most psychiatrists.
Essays Matter. Full Stop. Five Reasons to Order the AQA A Level Psychology Topic Essays.
With around half the marks coming from essays, the tutor2u Psychology Topic Essays will help give your students the edge in June 2018. Explore our new Topic Essays below to see what makes these...
Which A Level Psychology Textbook Should I Buy?
The discussion around textbooks comes up a lot on the AQA A Level Psychology Teacher Community on Facebook, and I while my opinions are obviously biased, having authored the two revision and exam...
A Level Psychology Uncovered: An Analysis of The AQA Linear Results by Paper, Topic and Question Type
The results are in, and the Excel Document has been churning our percentages all day long. On this page, you will find our initial analysis and thoughts to the AQA A Level Psychology results.