Becky Appleton Sorry for the delay in writing this post – I had a bit of a break for finals and moving back home, but here I am with something I found interesting during revision: How can you tell if a treatment works? At first glance, it might seem like this question can be easily answered, but … Read more
If you read my post on visual neglect, (or if not you can read it here), you will know that damage to the right posterior parietal cortex can cause patients to be biased to information on the right side, and ignore stimuli on the left. This is because each hemisphere processes visual information from the … Read more
This week in the UK is Mental Health Awareness Week, so today’s post will be a bit different – what are the main issues about treating mental illness in our society, and how can access to therapy be improved? Firstly: not enough money is being spent to improve access to mental health services in the UK. Fact. … Read more
Have you ever wondered how scientists work out that certain structures in the brain are responsible for certain functions? For example, that the back part of the brain is responsible for vision, or that the back of the frontal lobe is what enables us to move. This information has been gathered using various neuroimaging methods … Read more
Hi everyone, thought I’d do a slightly different post today – I’m just about to start my last term as a psychology student and I wanted to do a kind of reflection/why psychology/what next post to look back at my time at university and to look forward at what I want to do after. To … Read more
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT is one of the most well known types of psychological therapy.. But how does it work, and why is it so effective? CBT was developed from the 1950’s, and came to prominence in the 1980’s. It was based on form of Behavioural Therapy, usually used to treat people with phobias. … Read more
Following on from the post about my dissertation.. now on to the next thing that’s been taking up quite a lot of my time this year – my research project. For this part of my degree, I had to carry out my own experiment on something which had not been shown before, and analyse the … Read more
Okay, so there hasn’t been a post in a while, no thanks to my dissertation – an 8,000 word essay on “Is there a neuro-cognitive basis of body dysmorphia in anorexia nervosa”. While I doubt many people would actually want to read the whole thing, this is a fascinating topic, so this post will be … Read more
Stress is not an uncommon emotion. In fact at uni it’s rare if a day goes by without someone (or let’s be honest, myself) complaining how stressed they are about a deadline/job application/exams. But what is stress? Why does it affect some people more than others, and is there anything we can do about it? … Read more
Would you help a stranger if it looked like they were in trouble? What if there were lots of other people around, and you thought they would be better suited to help, or they just didn’t look that worried? Most people would be certain that regardless of the circumstances, they’d help someone in need. But … Read more