Episode 26: How Has The Covid-19 Pandemic Affected Our Mental Health?

By Admin 03/08/2021

BPS Research Digest This is Episode 26 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Download here. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/psychcrunch/PsychCrunch_Ep26.mp3What impact has the pandemic had on people’s mental health? In this episode, our presenter Ginny Smith talks to researchers who have been conducting work throughout the pandemic to understand the toll that it has taken on […]Continue reading

Kids As Young As Five Underestimate How Much Their Peers Like Them

By Admin 07/07/2021

BPS Research Digest By Emma Young A striking paper in Psychological Science in 2018 revealed consistent evidence for the “liking gap” — that other people like us more than we think. Now, for the first time, researchers have looked at how this phenomenon arises during childhood. The study, led by Wouter Wolf at Duke University, US, […]Continue reading

Can’t Buy Happiness? Research On Money, Digested

By Admin 01/07/2021

BPS Research Digest By Emma Young Poverty can have long-lasting psychological effects. But for people who live above the poverty line, expectations about how much money we should have or need, as well as decisions about what to spend our money on and what to save for the future, can all affect psychological wellbeing, too. However, […]Continue reading

We’re seeking a writer to join our team for three months!

By Admin 28/06/2021

BPS Research Digest The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest blog reaches millions of readers each year, with accessible summaries of the latest peer-reviewed research. As the Editor is taking some parental leave, we have a temporary vacancy for a Blogger to join our team. Psychology BloggerTemporary: 16th August – 14th NovemberPart Time: Ideally 0.8 FTE, […]Continue reading

Episode 25: How To Change Your Personality

By Admin 18/05/2021

Episode 25: How To Change Your Personality: This is Episode 25 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Download here https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/psychcrunch/20210513_PsychCrunch_Ep25.mp3Are our personalities set in stone, or can we choose to change them? In this bonus episode, Matthew Warren talks to former Research Digest editor Christian Jarrett about […]Continue reading

Episode 24: How Children Learn Through Play

By Admin 13/04/2021

This is Episode 24 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Download here. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/psychcrunch/20210408_PsychCrunch_Ep24_Mx1.mp3 What role does play have in child development? In this episode, our presenter Ginny Smith talks to some top play researchers to find out how children learn new skills and concepts through play, and explores what teachers […]Continue reading