From the monthly archives:

January 2005

Removing barriers to safe motoring

31 January 2005

It's a kind of back to basics approach for motorists. In these experimental stretches of road, gone are road markings, curbs, traffic islands, barriers and even traffic lights. Instead we [...]

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Blind to light, not to the world

31 January 2005

Psychologists often find out something new and interesting about how the mind works by observing dysfunctions. How does the memory work? Examine amnesics. How are we able to recognise other [...]

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Computer use good for literacy skills

31 January 2005

This study tested what effect computer use by students had on reading and writing skills. Surprisingly student's use of a computer during the school year improved their scores in the [...]

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Crazy in love

30 January 2005

A US company is selling this bear in a straight-jacket ahead of Valentine's Day. Naturally some priggish Americans have claimed it stigmatises mental illness. Fortunately executives at The Vermont Teddy [...]

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Follow-up Friday

28 January 2005

How many times do you read an article in the newspaper on a fascinating subject and then never hear about it again? I don't want my blog to be a [...]

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Health messages in dodgy new proverbs

28 January 2005

The plan was good, it was the execution that let him down. A Toronto researcher came up with the idea of spreading positive health messages by creating new proverbs. Unfortunately [...]

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Pioneering therapist explains his philosophy

25 January 2005

Albert Ellis trained as a psychotherapist in the 50s but soon decided Freudian therapy was just too slow and passive. He developed his own methods, now called Rational Emotive Behaviour [...]

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