Brain Plasticity: Hemispherectomy
Written by Keiron Walsh

This is a 6 minute video about a girl who has made an amazing recovery following a hemispherectomy.

Written on Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:09 in Neuropsychology Be the first to comment! Read more...
AQA-A Psychology Unit 3 Options
Written by Keiron Walsh

In Unit 3 of the AQA-A Psychology Specification, candidates must develop knowledge, understanding and skills of analysis and evaluation in relation to three topics selected from the following:

Written on Sunday, 31 May 2009 15:49 in Unit 3 Be the first to comment! Read more...
Nurturing mothers rear physically healthier adults
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Nurturing mothers rear physically healthier adults Study shows childhood experiences have long-term effects on health in midlife Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with…

Written on Monday, 23 January 2012 05:00 in Attachment Be the first to comment! Read more...
NASA's Aqua satellite sees weaker Tropical Depression Errol crossing West Timor
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NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Errol's warming cloud temperatures as it was crossing the southern tip of West Timor today....

Written on Monday, 18 April 2011 22:00 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...
Biological links found between childhood abuse and adolescent depression
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Queen's University psychology professor Kate Harkness has found that a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood substantially increases the risk of depression in adolescence by altering a person's neuroendocrine response to stress....

Written on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:30 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...

Working Memory (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974)
Written by Keiron Walsh

Baddely and Hitch believed that the STM store in the Multistore Model was too simplistic: they thought that short term memory was not a passive store, but several active processes that manipulate information.

Written on Saturday, 15 March 2008 10:19 in Memory 18 comments Read more...
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Written by Keiron Walsh

Piaget believed that there is a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference in the intelligence of young children, compared with older children and adults. There is a quantitative difference because adults have more knowledge of…

Written on Saturday, 08 March 2008 15:54 in Cognitive Development 8 comments Read more...
The Multistore Model of Memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968)
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Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multistore Model of Memory suggests that there are three separate memory stores, Sensory Memory (sometimes called the 'sensory store'), Short Term Memory (STM) and Long Term Memory (LTM). Each store has a different…

Written on Thursday, 28 August 2008 09:46 in Memory 13 comments Read more...
AQA-A Psychology Unit 3 Options
Written by Keiron Walsh

In Unit 3 of the AQA-A Psychology Specification, candidates must develop knowledge, understanding and skills of analysis and evaluation in relation to three topics selected from the following:

Written on Sunday, 31 May 2009 15:49 in Unit 3 Be the first to comment! Read more...
How to Spot a Narcissist From Their Facebook Profile
Written by Keiron Walsh

Narcissism is a personality disorder, characterised by "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy" (DSM IV-TR). Narcissists have an exaggerated sense of self-importance, believe they are special and unique, have…

Written on Tuesday, 23 September 2008 05:42 in Interesting 7 comments Read more...