Psychology Miscellany No.78 - December 2015
1. Making sense of the sense of autism
2. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the "real self", mother-blame and ritalin
3. The experience and meaning of dementia
Psychology Miscellany No.77 - November 2015
Emphasising Theory and Method: Topics in Comparative Psychology
CONTENTS
1. DEBATING SOCIAL MONOGAMY IN PRIMATES
2. VISUAL DECEPTION
3. BROOD PARASITE AND HOST MANIPULATION
4. MATERNAL INVESTMENT AND BEHAVIOUR
5. GROUPS
6. FORAGING
7. BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE OCEAN
8. NATAL DISPERSAL AND THE EXPLODED LEK SYSTEM
9. SOCIAL BUFFERING
10. ADAPTATION AND THE URBAN LIFE
11. CHEMICAL DEFENCES AGAINST PREDATORS
12. WHEN TO FIGHT?
13. BIRDS AND THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
14. CAMOUFLAGE - HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: TWO EXAMPLES
15. INBREEDING AVOIDANCE IN TWO INSECTS: YES AND NO
16. SEX DETERMINED BY CHROMOSOME OR ENVIRONMENT?
Psychology Miscellany No.76 - October 2015
Porn studies and related issues
Psychology Miscellany No.75 - September 2015
1. Free will and neuroscience
2. Positive body image
3. Hunger and buying
Psychology Miscellany No.74 - August 2015
Topics in Health Studies
1. THE DEBATE ABOUT VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND SUPPLEMENTATION
2. RISK PERCEPTION IN A POST-MODERN WORLD
3. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE OBVIOUSLY
4. HIV AND POVERTY
5. EVALUATING HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMMES - SOME EXAMPLES
6. ALCOHOL IMAGERY ON TELEVISION AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN THE UK
7. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS
8. HEALTH WORKERS AND ALTRUISM AS A MOTIVATION
9. SOCIAL MARKETING
10. RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS FOR HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE PROGRAMMES AND BIAS
11. WIDER ASPECTS OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES
12. "CLUB DRUG" USE
13. "THE VISIBLE FOETUS"
14. MENTAL ILLNESS AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS
15. SIGNS OF OVULATION?
16. EPIGENETICS, BIOPREDICTION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
17. GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
Psychology Miscellany No.73 - July 2015
1. Pets and humans: two different areas of study
2. An experiment on being without a smartphone
Psychology Miscellany No.72 - June 2015
Eight discussion starters about aspects of anxiety and depression
1. Risk of depression
2. Women and depression
3. Age differences
4. Melancholia
5. Diet and weight
6. Cognitive bias modification
7. Anti-depressants
8. Alternative treatments for depression
Psychology Miscellany No.71 - May 2015
Animal parenting
Psychology Miscellany No.70 - April 2015
1. Willingness to fight for non-kin versus co-operation with them
2. Dealing with stigma in different situations
3. Sleep and menopause
Psychology Miscellany No.69 - March 2015
Different Animal Behaviours
1. Deer vocalisations and playback experiments
2. Five behaviours related to mating
3. Social learning in the wild: known but not seen
4. Insect migration
5. Animal sleep
Psychology Miscellany No.68 - February 2015
Evolution and evolutionary psychology: 5 essays
1. Why homo sapiens?
2. Evolutionary psychology
3. Evolution and human mating strategies
4. Cheater detection
5. Trivers-Willard hypothesis and humans
Psychology Miscellany No.67 - January 2015
1. Having fun, alcohol, and health
2. Health inequalities
