May 28

BioPsychoSocial Medicine, Peer-Reviewed Journal

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BioPsychoSocial Medicine is an electronic journal published by Biomed Central (BMC), the independent online publisher who is committed to ensuring peer-reviewed biomedical research is available on a completely Open Access basis, giving free access to the full-text of peer-reviewed biological and medical research articles published in its various online journals. Research articles, case reports and reviews covering the latest research on biological, psychological, social, and behavioural factors of health and illness and psychosomatic disorders and diseases are available from 2007 onwards which are freely accessible online permanently. Aimed at students and academics with an interest in the bio-psycho-social approach to illness and health, the behavioral sciences, social sciences, neuroscience, stress physiology and epidemiology, psycho-neuro-endocrinology/ immunology, and psycho-oncology, all of which are associated with mind-body interactions. Published by the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, articles are listed in PubMed and are archived in internationally recognised free access repositories such as PubMed Central, the US National Library of Medicine's full-text repository of life science literature, and also in repositories at the University of Potsdam in Germany, at INIST in France and in e-Depot, the National Library of the Netherlands digital archive of all electronic publications. Information is provided on the journal editorial board, instructions for authors, and the peer-review process. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.bpsmedicine.com/
May 23

Mind Hacks, A Neuroscience Blog

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Neuroscience and psychology tricks to find out what's going on inside your brain.  An accompaniment to the book of the same name by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb.

Some of the recent posts:

  • Can't put the thought genie back into the bottle
  • 2009-05-22 Spike activity
  • Hits from the throng
  • On a wing and a prayer
  • Bolt from the blue triggers bizzare hallucinations
  • Tall people have slower nerves, sensory lag
  • I think I'm losing my walnuts
  • Send a signal to table three please
  • Numbers up for dopamine myth

    • http://www.mindhacks.com/

    List of Links which are found in the book

     

    May 23

    How Scam Proof Are You? The Psychology Of Being Scammed

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    ... a fascinating report on the psychology of why people fall for scams, commissioned by the UK government's Office of Fair Trading and created by Exeter University's psychology department.

    It's a 260 page monster, so is not exactly bed time reading, but was drawn from in-depth interviews from scam victims, examination of scam material, two questionnaire studies and a behavioural experiment.

    ...

    The report concluded that the most successful scams involve:

    • Appeals to trust and authority
    • Visceral triggers
    • Scarcity cues
    • The disproportionate relation between the size of the alleged reward and the cost of trying to obtain it.
    • Induction of behavioural commitment.
    • Lack of emotional control

    And here's a couple of counter-intuitive kickers:

    • Scam victims often have better than average background knowledge in the area of the scam content.
    • Scam victims report that they put more cognitive effort into analysing scam content than non-victims.

    Link to UK Office of Fair Trading report page and download.

     

    From Mind Hacks

    May 22

    Why Thought Suppression Is Counter-Productive

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    How pushing a thought out of consciousness can bring it back with a vengeance.

    It sometimes feels like our minds are not on the same team as us. I want to go to sleep, but it wants to keep me awake rerunning events from my childhood. I want to forget the lyrics from that stupid 80s pop song but it wants to repeat them over and over again ad nauseam.[More]

    May 13

    Exercise And Depression

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    Exercise and depression
     The Mental Health Foundation’s 'Up and running' campaign aims to support the therapeutic use of exercise in mild to moderate depression. The number of prescriptions written for antidepressants in England has risen substantially in recent years and the cost of these prescriptions has increased by an even greater degree. There is also growing acknowledgement and concern about the adverse effects experienced by some people taking antidepressants. A substantial body of evidence now exists to show physical exercise is an effective treatment for mild or moderate depression and there are strong reasons for promoting exercise therapy as a first-line treatment. Exercise referral is also inexpensive and has coincidental benefits. This web page includes links to materials supporting the ‘Up and running’ campaign, and links to the ‘Up and running’ report and executive summary. From Intute.ac.uk
    http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/exercise-and-depression/
    May 11

    Centre Of Excellence In Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH).University Of Birmingham

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    Centre of excellence in interdisciplinary mental health : A - Z of resources
    The Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH) is based at the University of Birmingham. This site provides access to the comprehensive A-Z list of resources within the CEIMH website. Much of the resource content is in video format and there is also a link provided to text-based resources which can be downloaded. From Intute.ac.uk
    http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/downloads/ListofResources.shtml
    May 07

    'Shrinking' The Economy

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    In this podcast Dr Robert Hoffmann talks about how important psychology is to business and asks if we have talked ourselves into recession.

    Dr Hoffmann is a member of the International Centre for Behavioural Business Research (ICBBR) within the Nottingham University Business School(NUBS). The centre has also recently opened a new extension at The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China.

    The centre's research brings together a range of experts who share an interest in studying decision-making in economic and business contexts, in particular using theories and methods from management, economics and psychology.

    http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=7a10660f-f912-f8ba-e55b-f20f22f531ee