Free open lecture in Harrogate on Tuesday 9 April will focus on the different affects dancing has on our minds and bodies will be explored in our, BPS reports. Presenting 'Dance Psychology: Health, thinking and Hormones' is the energetic and entertaining Dr Peter Lovatt (aka Dr Dance) – the head of the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire where the relationship between dance as art and psychology as science is investigated. The lecture is part of the 2013 Annual Conferenc...

Try to see it my way: Improving relationship support for men, published with Relate, explores men’s attitudes to seeking relationship support. It is part of a national awareness campaign from Relate to encourage men to think about their relationships and increase their participation in support programmes such as psychological therapies and relationship coaching.

 

According to the report, men have less access to emotional support from relatives and friends than women, are less likely to seek ...

BPS Research Digest reports that people around the world often perform rituals as a way to cope with sad events. The rules can be contradictory - for instance, Tibetan Buddhists think it's disrespectful to cry near the deceased, while Catholic Latinos believe the opposite. Beneath this variety, a new paper by Michael Norton and Francesca Gino, suggests there is a shared psychological mechanism - a comforting sense of increased control. Moreover, the researchers report that even non-believers ...

Formulation: An integrative approach. This workshop aims to provide delegates with an understanding of how to formulate a case in Clinical Psychology.  Read more.

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Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference 2012. The Section is pleased to announce their 2012 conference will be taking place at the Menzies Hotel, Glasgow. Read more.

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Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2012 "Changing Social Psychology? Theory and Research in a Transforming World".  Read more.

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