Today’s post is about a visual illusion which at first looks like there is some type of CGI or editing – but I promise it’s just how our brains interpret visual information! Have a look at this image below.. In this ‘Ames Room illusion’ the girl appears to be much bigger when in the right … Read more
Hi everyone, I’m back after a bit of a break – will try and get back in the routine of regular posts! This week’s post is something I’ve been wanted to blog about for ages: the Placebo effect. This is well known, having been the subject of films, TV documentaries, and a televised experiment by … Read more
Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of blogging over the last month or so – I’ve been doing some extra work in my free time which I’m sure I’ll share on here once it’s published! But I’ve got a bit of a break between deadlines, so I’m back with this post about intelligence and IQ … Read more
Hi everyone, this week’s post is an expansion of a brain teaser that I wrote a few months ago about whether we are innately logical – to read that and see how you get on in a test of logic check here. In this, I explained that we tend to fail at classic logic tests … Read more
Hi everyone, I’m back after a bit of a break for Christmas with a post that’s pretty relevant to this time of year.. how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions. If you want to exercise more, or stop smoking, then look no further -this is the post for you. When we write down our … Read more
As it’s the holiday season and a lot of you may be thinking about throwing Christmas parties, I thought I’d do a relevant post this week – about how psychology can be used to enhance our perceptions of food and drink. There’s actually been a lot of a research on this topic, which is then … Read more
This week’s post is about a study carried out at the University of Warwick which has been in the news recently, in which they were able to predict a child’s intelligence as they grew older using a simple test with a raisin. In this test, a raisin was covered with a cup, and put in … Read more
Sorry this post is a day late – I had a job interview yesterday so didn’t have any time to write a post! This week, I thought I’d write about Piaget, who is regarded as the first psychologist to study cognitive development in children. Piaget was interested in how children made sense of the world, … Read more
Hi everyone, this week’s post follows on from last week’s, which was all about our body clock (if you’d like to read it then click here). First, I will look at the stages of sleep and the link between sleep and memory, before moving on to talk about a sleep disorder – narcolepsy. Scientists have … Read more
Something related to developmental psychology now – in particular, how do we know if an infant is securely attached to their parent? Attachment means the emotional bond that connects one person to another (Ainsworth). If attachment is successful, then there is a secure bond between the infant and their parent, which is thought to lead … Read more