Psychology and psychiatry
The rich case study detail is akin to an engrossing chat with a psychiatrist friend, says Amy L. Milton
Book of the week: Ethics aside, no useful information is to be gained from ‘coercive questioning’, says Steven Rose
Interpretation of what we are feeling should never be reduced to mere physiology, says Jane O’Grady
Janet Sayers on a study of the emergence of a new way of thinking about our inner world
Institutions say allegations that they do not comply with consumer protection legislation are ‘completely false’
Consumer watchdog Which? ‘disappointed’ after surveying 50 institutions’ websites
New learning space at University of Warwick aims to let students and academics explore issues in a more creative and curiosity-driven fashion
Sample list of questions says applicants were asked about bankers’ pay and invited to carry out an engineering experiment with a ruler
An Italian dean has created an A to Z of interdisciplinarity
A study of fear and how to cope with it is admirably unafraid to take sides, finds Tristan A. Bekinschtein
From emotions to waiting tables, our physical frame deserves more credit, finds Joanna Bryson
There’s productive provocation in this epically ambitious study, but Chris Millard wishes its rigour matched its scope
A wealth of detail and revealing images bring a troubled critic into focus, says Sharon Kivland
Helen Bynum welcomes a study of the psychiatrist who ended the jail-like seclusion of patients
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
Initiative to replicate findings of 100 prominent studies raises further questions about health of discipline
Study praised founder of now defunct charity, Camila Batmanghelidjh, for ‘beauty and profound truth’ of her message
We talk to the newly appointed visiting professor at the University of Surrey
A new series of short films reveals the often unexpected books that have inspired scientists at Cambridge.
Kathryn Ecclestone on a study examining the underside of the new fixation on inner feelings
Daydreaming relies on memory and our past helps us imagine future possibilities, finds Luna Centifanti
Janet Sayers on stories from the couch concerning Nietzsche, broken hearts, self-hatred and money
Janet Sayers admires a detective-like tale of the psychoanalyst and her involvement with Jung and Freud
A detailed study of perception is a valuable primer on the subject, finds Tristan Bekinschtein
Do tales of derring-do contain tips for surviving in the cubicle jungles? David Green finds out
Biancamaria Fontana on the tangled connections between historical events and mental illness
Resisting sexual temptation is one thing, forgoing sweets another. Natalie Gold on a study of restraint
Brian Hurwitz on the inadequacy of language when it comes to describing physical suffering
Shahidha Bari on a deliberately ‘marginal’ life of the grouchy great man of psychoanalysis
Robert Reynolds on how US cultural critics in the 1970s ignored the upside of championing oneself
Lynne Segal on an analytic philosopher’s first-hand account of sexual violence and its aftermath
Luna Centifanti welcomes a disentanglement of popular confusions over brain and behaviour
A good grasp of basic statistics will help us to make the right life choices, finds Omar Malik
Joanne Dickson on innovative mental health approaches to the understanding and treatment of a global problem
Eric Michael Johnson is gripped by an evaluation of what it is to be human and our place in nature
A study of children in institutions offers a perspective on the cognitive benefits of parenting, find Mary K. Rothbart and Michael I. Posner
An exploration of mannequins as objects of lust makes fascinating reading for Laura Frost
Steven Schwartz on using physical attributes to predict people’s personalities and behaviours
Tristan Bekinschtein welcomes a work showing that research into who we are can be based on science
Is utilitarianism the best way to resolve disputes in the global village? Natalie Gold investigates
Shahidha Bari would like more light and shade in this personal account
Peter J. Smith on non-Lit Crit efforts to find the method in the Danish prince’s madness
Philip Murphy on an analysis of addictions, to both legal and illegal substances, with respect to the role of power
Donna Drucker on the relationship between intelligence and sex
Victoria Bateman counts the costs when there’s not enough to go around
Steven Schwartz considers some sound investment decisions
Atsushi Senju discusses the strange case of Japanese ‘social withdrawal’
Steven Schwartz is grateful for advice on how to be happily retired
Britta Martens on a lucid look at 19th-century poets’ engagement with science of the mind
Sally Munt on a critical guide to the economic system’s baleful effects on the individual mind
