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The All About Psychology Newsletter, June 2011
June 15, 2011

Welcome to the June 2011 issue of the All About Psychology Newsletter.

In This Edition

  • Latest News
  • Psychology Book of The Month
  • Facebook Faves

  • Psychology Picture of The Month

  • Psychology on Kindle

  • Psychology Video of The Month

  • Check This Out
  • Just For Fun
  • And Finally

  • Latest News


    The Psychology Student Survival Guide: Free App For iPhone/iPod/iPad

    I'm delighted to announce that The Psychology Student Survival Guide is now available as a free app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (see following link).

    The Psychology Student Survival Guide (App Version)

    If you like this free app please give it a good rating and if you think that any of your facebook friends would be interested in getting hold of the app, I'd be very grateful if you could let them know about it.

    The original text (PDF) version of The Psychology Student Survival Guide is also still available for free.

    The Psychology Student Survival Guide (PDF Version)


    Psychology Book of The Month


    The psychology book of the month for June is:

    Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman



    Book Description

    If the conscious mind - the part you consider to be you - is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries:

    Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear your name being mentioned in a conversation that you didn’t think you were listening to? What do Ulysses and the credit crunch have in common? Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant in 1916? Why are people whose names begin with J more likely to marry other people whose names begin with J? Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? And how is it possible to get angry at yourself - who, exactly, is mad at whom? Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence, and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions.

    See following link for details of all the book of the month entries on the All About Psychology website.

    Psychology Book of The Month


    Facebook Faves


    Over 37,000 people are now following the All About Psychology facebook page. Among The most "liked" and commented upon posts since the launch of the page was:

    Tracking the tell-tale signs of pure genius

    This post consisted of a link to a fascinating newspaper article by leading neuroscientist V S Ramachandran in which he documents the intriguing case studies that are revealing the powerful, adaptive potential of the human brain. You can read the article in full by by Clicking Here

    See following link to access great content and connect with thousands of psychology fans across the world.

    http://www.facebook.com/psychologyonline


    Psychology Picture of the Month



    Psychology on Kindle


    The initiative to make important, insightful and classic psychology publications widely available on Kindle is going from strength to strength. Among the new titles added this month are:

  • The Influence of Darwin on Psychology by James Rowland Angell
  • Recollections of A Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: The Case of "Prisoner K" by Thomas-szasz
  • The Interpretation of Intelligence Tests by James McKeen Cattell
  • Psychotherapy And The Placebo Effect by David Rosenthal & Jerome D. Frank
  • You can view the full psychology on Kindle collection via the following link.

    Psychology on Kindle


    Psychology Video of The Month


    This section of the newsletter showcases one of the most popular videos uploaded to the Psychology Video Collection. This month's entry is:

    The Linguistic Genius of Babies

    Dr. Pat Kuhl gets to the root of how we communicate and learn by uncovering how early exposure to language alters the brain. Her research on early language and brain development, and how young children learn, has implications across multiple areas - critical periods in child development, bilingual education and reading readiness, developmental disabilities involving language, and research on computer understanding of speech.

    You can watch this very popular video via the following link.

    The Linguistic Genius of Babies


    Check This Out


    The idea behind this section of the newsletter is to point you in the direction of places to visit, explore and learn.

    The Psych Files Podcast

    Hosted by psychologist Michael Britt The Psych Files Podcast addresses a wide range of psychological issues in a fresh, engaging and highly accessible manner.

    Click Here to check out the excellent Psych Files Podcast.


    Just For Fun


    Supermarket Psychology

    Click Here to watch comedian Eddie Izzard discuss queue strategy.

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    Don't Forget Your Psychology Student Survival Guide

    The Psychology Student Survival Guide is now available as a free app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad; which you can access via the following link.

    The Psychology Student Survival Guide App

    The text (PDF) version of The Psychology Student Survival Guide is also still available for free.

    The Psychology Student Survival Guide (PDF Version)

    Food For Thought

    "Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought." (Albert Szent-Gyorgyi)

    For reading the All About Psychology Newsletter.

    Until next time.

    All the very best

    Dave Webb BSc (hons), MSc

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