All posts tagged "psychology"
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: It Didn’t Start with You, by Mark Wolynn
SELF-HELP: A transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life, by Paul Dolan
What if education, success, marriage, kids and health weren't the answers to happiness we're sold? What if you could find your own path?
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698Film & TVFilm Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
When a teenage girl is caught kissing another girl at a high school dance, she is sent to gay conversion therapy but, while there, she starts to find a sense of belonging amongst others who struggling with their identity.
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3.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Ruby’s Worry, by Tom Percival
A beautiful introduction to the concept of recognising and acknowledging one’s feelings and looking to friends and family for support when times get tough or overwhelming.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music, by Adam Ockelford
A study on how we perceive music, containing world-changing ideas that are essential reading for classical composers, music theorists, special needs teachers, neuroscientists, and evolutionary biologists.
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901Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Frighteners, by Peter Laws
An exploration of our fascination with the macabre. Is morbid culture really an assault on decency? Can we blame an increase in gory movies and violent video games for a rise in depravity across the world?
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Supernormal, by Meg Jay, PhD
Clinical psychologist and author Meg Jay, PhD, takes a profound look at how one can survive and thrive after experiencing childhood adversity.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence, by Amy Alkon
A well-researched guide to self-improvement through behavioural science and evolutionary psychology instead of mystical belief. There's also a lot of comedy and swearing.
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597Books & LiteratureBook Review: Gastrophysics, by Prof Charles Spence
From the man who made the potato chip crisper, comes a fascinating and fun examination of the myriad of things which influence how food and drink taste.
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1.0KFilm & TVDVD Review: The Stanford Prison Experiment
Halted after only 6 days, this is a retelling of an infamous true life experiment in behavioural psychology that spiralled out of control when university students were placed in a simulated prison.
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359FamilyNon-English Subjects Can Help Migrant And Refugee Children
New research at the University of Adelaide recommends that migrant and refugee children be exposed to more non-English-based subjects – such as art and sport – to help them to make friends, transition into school education and improve their wellbeing.
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Fringe Review: 3
Three skills everyone would no doubt love to possess are on show at this award winning Fringe production; close up, mentalism & psychology.
