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Why Children Need Their Mothers
Marriage and Family Expert, Amos Alumanda, highlights the importance of attachment in an article reported in StandardDigtial.
According to Alumanda: “Being a parent, be definition, is...
An Interactive Atlas of The Brain
The Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation (FINR) is a brain injury rehabilitation centre for children and adults. The FINR website contains a wealth of interesting information...
New Findings Show Dopamine’s Complex Role in Schizophrenia
If you’re studying the Year 2 Topic Schizophrenia, you will have encountered the Dopamine Hypothesis. A recent article in the Journal of Biological Psychiatry reviews seven articles examining...
Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Dementia Risk
An environmental (sociocultural) explanation for dementia has been proposed by the authors of a Canadian study, as reported in The Guardian Newspaper this week. The researchers tracked 6.6M...
4 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health in 2017
While most New Year’s Resolutions focus on physical wellbeing, a recent article highlights the importance of looking after our mental wellbeing. A recent article on NetDoctor by Psychologist Dr...
The Birth of Psychology. Was It Wundt?
This Week published an interesting article called ‘The Birth of Psychology’. The article describes Thomas Willis, a 17th Century Oxford Professor, who published The Anatomy of the Brain in 1664,...
The Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions
Did you make a New Year’s resolution? If so, you’re not alone, as around 50 percent of people do. Interestingly, according to Margot Underwood, Associate Professor of Psychology at Joliet Junior...
Detecting Misinformation Can Actually Improve Memory
A-Level students are well-rehearsed when it comes to the effects of ‘misleading information’ on the accuracy of EWT. However, recent research suggests that misinformation can actually boost...
Bad News Guys – Your Tattoo Doesn’t Impress the Ladies
While men might think their tattoos are likely to be a big hit with the ladies, recent research in Poland suggests that women are not impressed with a bit of ink. Galbarczyk & Ziomkiewicz...
11 Signs of a Food Addiction
Perhaps not the best time of year to share this post, but an interesting entry, especially for those studying addiction or eating behaviour.
Break the Silence, But Not with Stereotyping
We know that talking about our problems with a good friend or a counsellor can work wonders; we know that stereotyping people with mental health problems as violent, incompetent and “not like us”...
tutor2u Psychology Strong Foundations Feedback
Thank you for attending the Strong Foundations Workshop. We hope that you found the day informative and engaging, and will have an opportunity to use many of the extension resources following the...
Electrical Brain Stimulation to Keep You Working?
The Guardian Science Section reported this week that the US military had successfully tested electrical brain stimulation to enhance staff effectiveness and concentration in high pressure...
Video: The Role of Attachment on Mental & Physical Health
This short, five-minute video, explores the history of attachment and the role of attachment on later mental and physical health outcomes. Dr Leslie Atkinson briefly explores why the process of...
New Treatment for Alzheimer’s - Breaking News
The Guardian Newspaper reported this week that, following a successful drug trial, a new medication that will essentially “switch off” the production of amyloid proteins that lead to the sticky...
Light, Camera, Food!
We live in a world where taking photos has become an obsession, hence the development of so many applications that involve picture sharing. One of most popular apps is ‘Snapchat’ which allows users...
Worked to Death: Your Stressful Job Might Be Killing You
The link between stress and illness is well documented. However, a recent study suggests that the combination of a demanding job where a person is afforded little control might event shorten your...
Research Suggests That Females Are More Helpful
Psychology is filled with examples of people witnessing a crime or an accident, and then simply turning a blind eye. So if you walked past an injured cyclist who was sitting at the side of the...
Video: The Authority Hoax - You Don't Know What You Would Do!
The Obedience Topic is one of my favourites and the following video provides a powerful and quite frankly horrendous real-life depiction of what happens when obedience goes wrong. Zimbardo...
Event: The Fascinating Phenomenon of False Memories
tutor2u are delighted to announce a must-see event taking place at Goldsmiths, University of London on Friday 18th November at 7:00 pm. The Fascinating Phenomenon of False Memories brings together...