Psychology News

Ig Noble winner Minna Lyons: Interview

ergio A. Silverio is a Third Year student who has settled into Liverpool life well over the course of his degree.  Whilst spending time both here and in our partner…

Prof Peter Kinderman Takes Chlorpromazine

Since early childhood, I have lived with people who take powerful psychiatric medication and for many years in my professional life as a clinical psychologist I have worked with people…

Peter Kinderman: Decent Into Torture

Peter Kinderman on the US Constitution Project – “In 2005 I was delighted that the British Psychological Society very willingly and without demur agreed to ratify an official statement repudiating…

Baby Talk In The Department Of Psychology

Professor Caroline Rowland and psychology student Katie Brewin from the School of Psychology are testing a new BabyTalk app this summer.  Together with Computer Science they have developed the BabyTalk…

Peter Kinderman In Paris

From time to time we hear about scientists who conduct experiments that generate a lot of excitement.  It is perhaps unsurprising though that their research is often perceived as being…

Food Addiction: Myth Or Reality?

Helen Ruddock, a first year PhD student at the University of Liverpool is researching appetite and food addiction. She discusses the interesting debate of whether we are addicted to food!…

Mental Health Is A Queer Issue

round one third of LGBT people have mental health needs, with half having had suicidal thoughts. Yet over a quarter have never accessed a mental health service, and most mental…

Identifying Self As Disadvantaged: Fight Or flight?

Faced with the same seemingly insurmountable levels of disadvantage – whether that is as a result of poverty, trauma or discrimination, we know intuitively that individuals will respond very differently….