Provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPSYCH), this resource on Alzheimer's and dementia gives access to authoritative information for the public and professionals. The site includes leaflets on: Alzheimer's and dementia; Memory problems, Alzheimer's and dementia; Alzheimer's disease and other dementias (for carers); Delirium; and Treatments (including drugs, antidepressants and herbal remedies and supplements). The site also includes an article on self help reading materials, books for the public, and reports for professionals. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfo/olderpeople.aspx
This is a summary of Albert Bandura's book 'Self-efficacy: the exercise of control', which outlines the author's ideas about how self-efficacy affects many aspects of life. The summary is hosted by Emory University in the United States and was produced by Gio Valiante. It should be useful for teachers, students and researchers.
This article, hosted by the US-based website Learnativity.com, provides an overview of educational psychology and the theories that underpin it, including the behaviourist, humanist, cognitive and constructivist viewpoints. The article provides links to further resources. It should be useful for students and teachers.
This is an episode of the BBC Radio Four series 'In Our Time'. In it, the broadcaster Melvyn Bragg discusses our knowledge of the developing infant brain. The psychologists Usha Goswami, Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Denis Mareschal contribute to the discussion, which includes the theories of Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky. The programme is 45 minutes in length and should be useful for students and teachers.
This is an episode from the BBC Radio Four series 'In Our Time', hosted by Melvyn Bragg, in which the contribution of twentieth century neuroscience to our conceptions of the mind is considered. Joining the discussion are academics Steven Rose and Dan Robinson. The programme is forty five minutes in length and available as a Real Media audio file. It should be useful for students and teachers.
This article is published by the US-based SEED magazine, a science periodical. The article is written by Dave Munger and concerns the difference between actual and perceived risks in the use of alcohol. It contains links to related resources. The article should be useful for students and teachers