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With so much research being conducted on autism at the moment I could write a new post each day on what’s going on (but there’s excellent blogs out there that are doing this already). So, based on the last ‘Autism Research Carnival‘ I thought that I’d update you and let you know what’s going [...]

All those lucky teachers out there now have another fantastic resource to help in their teaching of psychology. Classic Studies in Psychology is brought to us by Dr. Steve Taylor. The Short Cuts packages consist of a number of short video clips designed to give teachers the flexibility to integrate illustrative video material into their [...]

“… the term intelligence designates a complexly interrelated assemblage of functions, no one of which is completely or accurately known in man”
(Yerkes, 1929, p. 524)

In the Gould study (which is actually a review of the work conducted by Yerkes) a big issue that is raised is the reliability and validity of psychometric tests - [...]

Another addition to our video section is upon us. This time it’s a replication of the Milgram experiment on obedience. Derren Brown replicated the experiment as part of his show (this episode was called The Heist). I think it’s a great resource to use when discussing the relevance of the study in [...]

You can get the audio to the interview from the new blogcast.psychblog site.
Professor Mark Griffiths has been kind enough to give me a few minutes of his time to answer some questions about his research on gambling, his feelings on being included in the new 2008 specification, and what relevance his studies have to help [...]

There’s a new CD (which are 12cm - thus the title) out that should be on all of your wish lists this summer: Mark Holah (with LearnByIT) has just released Core Studies in Psychology CD aimed at colleges and teachers as a teaching and revision aid and it’s well worth checking out.
From the press release:
This [...]

The Rosenhan experiment is (at least in my opinion) one of the best studies in the 20 core studies that we have at the moment. It’s fascinating to see the errors that the psychiatrists made; both type one and type two. Here’s something a little different for you readers. A little video [...]

A bit of a cop-out with this post as I’m in the middle of marking so you’re not getting your usual musings and commentary on the studies. Sorry.
Recently there has been loads of papers and research on Autism, the effects of it and the changing theories on the way autistic people view and perceive [...]

While pottering around the web (as I do when I should be doing other things like marking) I came across Mr Split Brainy a fantastic flash game that is a really nice way of learning about Sperry’s split brain study and the lateralisation of function.
The brain is made up of two [...]

It’s been a quiet week here on psychblog I know, but now the first year exams are out the way (and I hope they went well for everyone sitting them) I have a little more time to start searching the web for the psychology news that’s of interest to you. :)
We study the physiology and [...]