Things of interest from psychology past and present

View Article  After Freud
On his 150th anniversary, Freud's legacy is being dismantled by the ideas of his greatest challenger, Aaron Beck. Cognitive therapy is now the orthodox talking cure in Britain, and the government wants more of it. But with cognitive science comes a new battle for the meaning of the human mind.

After Freud by Alexander Linklater & Robert Harland
Prospect (June 2006)
View Article  Key Study Facts Often Missing in Media Reports about Medical Research
News stories about medical research, often based on initial findings presented at professional conferences, frequently omit basic facts about the study and fail to highlight important limitations, warn Dartmouth researchers. Such omissions can mislead the public and distort the actual significance of the research, they caution. [read more]

Dartmouth Medical School News
6 June 2006