Ever since positing a review of the research behind the Cathy Newman vs Jordan Peterson debate, I have noticed an increasing slew of...

Having worked with many affiliated Royal College of GPs steering groups on adolescent mental health and safe guarding, I was very...

In exploring sleep patterns people are surprised how we used to sleep in two shorter blocks of time rather than in an eight hour block....

Whilst the field at large is dominated by the ideals of evidence based practices, the process of implementing it within a work force is...

Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health...

When people think of "personality," they are likely to think of traits such as warmth or extraversion. For example, a person with high...

We intuitively use more emotional language to enhance our powers of persuasion, according to research published in Psychological Science,...

I love optical illusions and the fault lines they reveal in the human brain. This is a really good one. Stare hard at this image above,...

More research on the effect of third person perspectives on anxiety reveals that social embarrassment can be reduced by shifting...

In an earlier post (Is Cathy Newman just WEIRD?) I suggested that university life is psychological transformative in ways which have not...

In lectures and training on human development, people are often intrigued when I discuss Johnathan Haidt's research that links the...

A study led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) revealed that young Americans had a sharply higher risk of suicide in...

Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence,...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex psychological condition, and those who suffer from it experience severe reduction in...

Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most...

During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist at the University of Cambridge reveals...

The Bosence Young Peoples programme has continued to develop and establish itself since its launch last September. The team at Bosence...

I am about to start work on a new programme with Bristol's Golden Key Project. Golden Key is an innovative and dynamic citywide...

Most people can relate to the prickly, unsettling experience of déjà vu: When you're in a new situation, but you feel like you've been...

The debate in sleep science has gone on for a generation. People and other animals sicken and die if they are deprived of sleep, but why...