| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/35/12 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases December 2017 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Description | British Psychological Society press releases and announcements
Awaiting Transfer [See BPS website www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy]
01 December 2017 'Significant loss of neurons is a normal part of ageing' and other brain cell myths ( Christopher von Bartheld) - press release for Research Digest blog on article 'Myths and truths about the cellular composition of the human brain: A review of influential concepts' published in the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy;
05 December 2017 Our response to the new green paper on children and young people’s mental health
The British Psychological Society welcomes the publication of the government's green paper 'Transforming children and young People’s mental health provision'.
07 December 2017 Pilots' mental wellbeing must be a central concern of the aviation industry - press release for position paper 'Aviation and aerospace psychology: Pilot mental health and wellbeing' published November 2017. The British Psychological Society Professional Practice Board commissioned task and finish group to consider the issue in 2016 following the Germanwings crash which was found to be the responsibility of the pilot. The group was chaired by Robert Bor and included André Droog (President, European Association for Aviation Psychology), Cristina Albuquerque, Paul Dickens, Carina Eriksen, Paul Harris, Margaret Oakes, Sarah Mackenzie Ross, Hannah Farndon.
07 December 2017 What is the secret to being more assertive? Having self respect - press release for research digest blog on article 'Believing in one’s equal rights: Self-respect as a predictor of assertiveness' by Daniela Renger published in Self and Identity
08 December 2017 Poster submissions for BPS Annual Conference 2018 open until January - press release for submission to annual conference, Nottingham 2 -4 May 2018
9 December 2017 European psychologists give strong support to human rights - press release for statement by EFPA European Federation of Psychologists' Associations to mark Human Rights Day 2017 on 10 December
11 December 2011 Fake news leaves a particularly lasting impression on the less smart - press release for research digest blog on article' ‘Fake news’: Incorrect, but hard to correct. The role of cognitive ability on the impact of false information on social impressions' by Jonas De keersmaecker and Arne Roets published in Intelligence
11 December 2017 Join BBC Two's Employable Me host, Nancy Doyle, tonight for live Twitter chat - press release for twitter social media conversation with Nancy Hoyle also promoting ‘Psychology at Work: Improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace’ BPS report written by Doyle and Ashley Weinberg and published November 2017
12 December 2017 Clinical psychologist’s “very significant contribution” is recognised - press release for Professor Paul Salkovskis awarded British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology’s M.B. Shapiro Award.
12 December 2017 BPS Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology annual conference underway in Glasgow - press release for conference 11-12 December 2017, held at the Radisson Blu hotel, Glasgow
13 December 2017 Imagining bodily states, like feeling full, can affect our future preferences and behaviour - press release for research digest blog on article 'Mental Simulation of Visceral States Affects Preferences and Behavior' by Janina Steinmertz published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
14 December 2017 'Strongest evidence yet' for ego depletion – the idea that self control is a limited resource - press release for research digest blog on article 'Ego Depletion Reduces Attention Control: Evidence from Two High-Powered Preregistered Experiments' by Katie Garrison published on the PsyArXiv preprint website,
14 December 2017 We are working with Wiley to improve the replicability and transparency of research - press release of launch of Registered Reports ie, service for potential authors to register their planned experiment and methodology in the Journal of Neuropsychology. The project was a British Psychological Society and John Wiley & Sons (Wiley publishing journals on the BPS's behalf) initiative;;
15 December 2017 Free event in Leicester to consider universal basic income - press release for Psychological in the Cafe event with Sally Zlotowitz, from the organisation Psychologists for Social Change, and Professor Rebecca Lawthom to be held 18 December 2017 at the Belmont Hotel, Leicester;
15 December 2017 Family doctors call for a new model of primary mental health care - press release for The British Psychological Society response to recent revised 'Mental Health' position statement from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
15 December 2017 Positive parenting gets 'under the skin', showing up years later in the cortisol response - press release for research digest blog on article 'Positive parenting predicts cortisol functioning six years later in young adults' by Elizabeth Shirtcliff published in Developmental Science
18 December 2017 Our opposition to benefit sanctions is debated on a flagship BBC political programme - press release that the British Psychological Society (and other organisations) open letter 'The DWP must see that a bad job is worse for your mental health than unemployment' published in the Independent (on 26 February 2017) was quoted by Andrew Marr yesterday when he interviewed the work and pensions secretary David Gauke. Also promotes BPS Psychology at Work report
18 December 2017 Our growing tendency to 'chunk' our experiences could explain why life speeds up - press release for research digest blog on article 'Why life speeds up: Chunking and the passage of autobiographical time' by Mark Landau published in Self and Identity.
20 December 2017 Having a vivid imagination seems to make things worse for people with OCD - press release for research digest blog on article 'If it is absurd, then why do you do it? The richer the obsessional experience, the more compelling the compulsion' by Steffen Moritz published in Clinical Psychological Psychotherapy;
20 December 2017 A gold mine of information on crime, policing and life in London - press release that Dr Paul Dawson to be speaker at meeting on 18 January 2018 of the British Psychological Society London and Home Counties Branch;
21 December 2017 British Psychological Society announces new Chief Executive- Sarb Bajwa to start on 16 April 2018
21 December 2017 10 of the most famous animals in psychology press release for research digest blog by Christian Jarrett |
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| Research Digest was a weekly British Psychological Society blog |
| Language | English |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Term | Public Relations |
| Job Seeking |
| Unemployment |
| Disadvantaged Groups |
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| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |
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