Living with your heritage culture via shutterstock.com Nelli Ferenczi, Goldsmiths, University of London and Tara Marshall, Brunel University London What is the recipe for long-term happiness? One crucial ingredient cited by many people is closeness in their social relationships. Very happy people have strong and fulfilling relationships. But if we feel rejected by those who are Read More…
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Can synaesthesia be induced in non-synaesthetes?
Dr. Devin B. Terhune is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He applies a range of methods to different facets of consciousness, with a focus on time perception and hypnosis. Synaesthesia is a fascinating condition in which a stimulus in one sensory modality will reliably and automatically produce Read More…
Surprising facts about how we talk to babies
pixelheadphoto digitalskillet/Shutterstock Caspar Addyman is a Lecturer in Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London. He previously spent 10 years working at Birkbeck Babylab. Caspar is a specialist in baby psychology with a particular interest in positive emotions in infancy. On his Baby Laughter website he has collected data and videos from parents all over the world. Here, Read More…
Parenting Science Gang: Citizen Science takes to the hills
Recently, I gave a talk to a group of scientists about emotional development in children. Not much new there, that’s pretty much what I do. Except this time I got to give the talk in my socks, in an activity centre in the middle of the peak district, and the scientists weren’t my usual peer Read More…
Hypnosis may still be veiled in mystery – but we are starting to uncover its scientific basis
On the count of three, you will forget this ever happened. Everett Collection/Shutterstock Devin Terhune, Goldsmiths, University of London and Steven Jay Lynn, Binghamton University, State University of New York This piece was originally published in The Conversation Some argue that hypnosis is just a trick. Others, however, see it as bordering on the paranormal Read More…
What to expect when collective narcissists get political power
Dr. Agnieszka Golec de Zavala is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. Her research interests and expertise lie in the areas of social and political psychology. She is interested in how prejudice is embodied. For example – why do we use a metaphor of cleansing when we mean exterminating others (e.g. ´ethnic cleansing´). Read More…
The Talking Brain: Adventures of a Travelling Neuropsychologist
Dr Jansari studied Experimental Psychology at King’s College Cambridge followed by a PhD at the University of Sussex with Alan Parkin and then a post-doctoral fellowship in the States with Antonio Damasio and Ralph Adolphs. His research in cognitive neuropsychology has spanned amnesia, facial emotions, prosopagnosia, synaesthesia, mindfulness meditation and most notably assessment of executive Read More…
