I’m constantly referring people to the free psych resources available (legally!) on Amazon via their Kindle offering. You don’t need a Kindle device – there are mobile phone and PC (desktop) applications which you can download for free. Here are some of the books I’ve found on Kindle which may be of interest to a … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 17-08-12
It’s childhood regression week on Shrink Things. Were you a geeky kid? Then the chances are you needed a swift parental kick up the backside to get those social skills working in order to become a happy adult according to this article in the rather amazingly named Journal of Happiness Studies. What a strange concept. Personally, … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 10-08-12
This is the Not The Olympics edition of Psych Rounds. A disconnected mess this week as the world doesn’t quite know what to do with itself if it’s not talking about sports psychology. I’ve been to the Olympics in the last few weeks. They are a marvellous embodiment of sporting achievement, overly-cheerful British people and … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 03-08-12
It’s magic and misbehaviour week on Shrink Things! First let’s start with a bit of scandal.. it appears UCL are advertising for full time staff with no intention of paying them. Mr Goldacre managed to grab the advert before it was retracted behind a lot of blushing and hand flapping and pretending That Never Happened. … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 27-07-12
It’s Olympic Cognitive Dissonance Week! Hail to the glorious Olympic event that kicks off today in London Town. It’s July. It’s reverted back to raining again. Yay us! The psychology of the British is such that half of us are seething at the cost of the whole thing, at the expense of the tax payer … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 20-07-12
Come my pretties, join me, or … cluster.. if you will. It’s Frikkin Weird Week on Shrink Things. It seems that everything I’ve seen this week that has entertained me has been either completely obscure or utterly bizarre. I embrace this, but you have been warned, you may wish to look away now. Where better … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 13-07-12
Easy to come up with a theme this week. Happiness. Yes, it’s Friday the 13th. Your worst nightmare. But it’s ok.. we can overcome everything by looking at enough pictures of kittens. For those who haven’t seen it, the Elyn Saks TEDtalk is also there which is essential viewing for anyone wanting to understand mental … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 22-06-12
A brief update this week as a) I’ve been rather busy and b) I’m writing and scheduling this shortly before I go offline for a few days. Kind of a no-Day-Job-no-cartooning-deadlines, offline-not-checking-email.. vacation. So, down to business. There have been new(ish) pieces of psych research doing the rounds and popping up over and over … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 15-06-12
It appears to be books and blogging week this week in Psych Rounds from psychoanalysis, to Winnicott, Jung and back to Freud. Starting with this fascinating article in the Guardian on ‘the psychoanalyst in literature’ which is nice to see as most psych-in-the-media tends to be about movies or (*groan*) In Treatment. There’s also a … Continue reading »
Weekly Psych Rounds 08-06-12
This week is Techneurosis week on Shrink Things, with an overwhelming number of articles proclaiming technology as both the saviour and the downfall of what we laughingly refer to as “civilisation”. First, it’s the phones. Apparently we’re all mobile-phone addicted neurotics which is known as “nomophobia” (which translates roughly as inability to make eye contact … Continue reading »
