About PsyBlog & Jeremy Dean
This website is all about you and me. It's about understanding how our minds work and why we think and act the way we do. Of course bookshop shelves groan with this sort of material in the self-help section, but this site has one crucial difference with much of that material: PsyBlog focuses on scientific psychology.
Research covered here has been published in reputable academic journals in many different areas of psychology. To give you a flavour there is a series on the top 10 social psychology studies, the 7 sins of memory and the psychology of money. You can find more links to articles arranged by themes on the left-hand side of the page. Individual popular articles are on the right-hand side.
PsyBlog's author
My name is Jeremy Dean and I am currently a researcher at University College London, having previously completed an MSc in Research Methods in Psychology at the same institution. Before that I obtained a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. My first degree was in Law and before studying psychology I had a career in the internet industry.
Thank you WordPress
This blog runs on a rather wonderful Open Source, free-to-use blogging platform called WordPress. Should you be in the market for such a thing, I thoroughly recommend it.
Say hello below
Finally, welcome to PsyBlog and thanks for stopping by. If you'd like to say hello, feel free to email me with your thoughts.
Hi Facevampire, glad you like it, thanks!
I am a master student of Psychology in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I really like your blog, it actually made me start my own :)) And I just did!
Good luck and I am looking forward to reading your posts!
Hi there, I found your blog when I googled "taste music personality". I came to think about it once again while listening to Dimmu Borgir. I am always trying to understand myself, so that's how I found your blog. It seems good, thanks !
I am a software engineer and a martial artist who is wondering what next step to take - stay in SW, go for management or go back to school to study philosophy, psychology or anything new, really. I find that I enjoy life when I'm learning new things, and I'm questioning whether I'm really learning in what I've been doing for a decade.
hi Jeremy, your site has been invaluable to me and i wish i'd stumbled on it months ago. I'm writing a dissertation on emotional literacy being implemented in UK primary schools.My primary research has indicated an alarming diversity in teachers attitudes/methods with over 90% receiving minimal or no specific training.I would appreciate your views on this as i can't seem conclude whether this is a positive addition to the curriculum or a possible long term disaster.As there appear to be no comparable studies for an initiative operated on this scale,containing all the components and being sustained throughout a childs educational years, i have no empirical 'evidence' to substantiate or negate claims by the education legislators.Can you add anything that may stop my brain exploding? thanks.You're in my favourites!!
Hi, thanks for making this blog, helps me to answer some questions about life.. i am 25 and lately just started to wonder all this questions, how the mind works and cant stop myself from thinking about it, cant actually concentrate on anything else. keep posting please. Jana
Nice site ..i just dropped here from David Baxter forum nice site.I'm a doctor currently working in infectious and tropical disease hospital in nepal.A different field but i'm interested in your blog .Keep updating i love to read your blogs daily..
Hi Jeremy,
I too am a high school AP and IB Psychology teacher and have found your site to be an amazing resource so far. Is there any way to view some of the blogs you've posted in a "printer-friendly" format. I would love to have hard copies of a few of these, but I see no real way to e-mail them to myself or view a printer-friendly version. You're help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
-Kiki
Hi Dragos, good luck with the blog!
Guru, good for you, sounds like an interesting time in life.
New Tricks, hope your brain hasn't exploded! As you say without empirical evidence it's hard to make a case... good luck with it.
Jana, thanks, will keep posting, don't worry!
Doctor in Nepal (I can't call you by a number!), glad you're finding it useful!
Kiki, try signing up for my 'email updates' (top left of the page) then you'll get an email with each new post in it, which you can then print. I'll also keep your request in mind for future redesigns of the site.
I'm a psychology student that is a bit of a scanner. I passed through Med school (just for a semester), got a degree on Graphic design and since before all that I had a lot of trouble realizing that my passion was the human mind (which was so obvious that I didn't see it before). Now I'm in my elemment.
I'm currently working with my boyfriend on setting a foundation to work with poor children and teenagers against violence. Our tools are psychology and Aikido.
Great blog, thank you for sharing.
I'm a psychanalyst for almost 20 years now and have browsed your blog and seen some interesting articles that I would very much like to discuss with you.
I have a few articles I'd like to share with you and discuss with you if you are interested, that touch the topics of : sexuality, pedophilia, affectionate dependency, sexual dependency, homosexuality, obsessive- compulsive disorders, deviance...etc. and many more.
You can reach me at the email found on my blog. Great blog by the way.
Hello Jeremy!
I work with an IT company as a Sales Rep in Laguna Hills, CA. I have always been curiuous to learn about Psychology. This place is perfect to begin with. I have marked this as my fav site and will be here regularly.
Once again - Wonderful!!
Hi Psyche, Eddy and Shweta, thanks for your kind comments.
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I like your blog. It's really resourceful and interesting, thank you!
I've earned my psy degree last year and my first degree was Computer Studies. Now I am puzzled whether I should go further for an advance degree in psy. I really like to but I have a 3-year-old and I am taking care of him full-time. BTW, I am from Hong Kong.
Currently revising for my Psychology undergraduate exams at UCL. Your blog presents concepts in an accessible way and they're always backed up by research, its been really helpful! thanks