Having blogged earlier this month about evidence that writing a diary might be bad for you, I'm happy to redress the balance. Not only does this article point out the [...]
A finding that may have important implications for the treatment of pain. Instead of using morphine, which is addictive, patients can be given a morphine precursor which causes the body [...]
Is language acquistion an innate function of the brain? This is a favourite question among psychologists and boils down to: do humans have specific 'circuitry' built into their brains to [...]
John Reid's speech contains all the usual buzzwords: integrated approach, early assessment, child centred, needs led. But my favourite is: no extra money. Oh no, sorry, that isn't the exact [...]
"...the chances that 15-year-olds will have behavioural problems such as lying, stealing and being disobedient, have more than doubled. The rate of emotional problems such as anxiety and depression has [...]
The sobering answer is suicide. This report from the World Health Organization argues that this human toll is largely avoidable. Whether this is true or not, there are certainly some [...]
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