Neuroscience
The BPS Research Digest is proud to announce the pending birth of an offspring title - the Occupational Digest.
About the forthcoming Occupational Digest
The BPS Occupational Digest is a new blog and email produced by the British Psychological Society, reporting on psychology in the workplace. Building on the successes of the BPS Research Digest, it is funded by the Division of Occupational Psychology and aims to reach occupational psychology practitioners together with a wider audience who care about putting psychology to work, including HR professionals, managers, and anyone with an interest in the field. Subscribe to the Occupational Digest monthly email.
About the new Occupational Digest editor
Dr Alex Fradera is a Chartered Psychologist whose interest in human thought and behaviour runs back as far as he can remember. After a PhD in Psychology studying memory and cognitive ability, he made a move from academia into the practice of occupational psychology, taking a role at at the talent assessment organisation SHL. When not editing the Occupational Digest, Alex deals directly with clients as well as through a number of consultancies. Alex's other passion is improvisation, and he can be found putting it into practice in organisations, in training rooms, with scientists, designers, on stage, at festivals and in front of market stalls. Follow Alex on Twitter.
- 5 Chances To Win A Cutting Edge Occupational Psychology Textbook
update: this competition is now closed and the winners have been contacted. Thanks for your entries. We have five copies to give away of Occupational Psychology: An Applied Approach by Gail Steptoe-Warren, kindly donated to us by the publishers...
- Feast
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- Digest Passes Milestone Of Two Million Visitors
In the early hours of Saturday morning the BPS Research Digest received its two millionth visitor since counting began in June 2005 (the blog launched in February that year with a posting on driver stereotypes). To celebrate, we offered the two millionth...
- The Special Issue Spotter
A new service from the BPS Research Digest: The mental health of African American women. (Journal of Clinical Psychology). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology. (Cognition and Emotion). Self-regulation. (Applied Psychology). The use of experiments...
- Tests On Test
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Neuroscience
Introducing the forthcoming Occupational Digest
The BPS Research Digest is proud to announce the pending birth of an offspring title - the Occupational Digest.
About the forthcoming Occupational Digest
The BPS Occupational Digest is a new blog and email produced by the British Psychological Society, reporting on psychology in the workplace. Building on the successes of the BPS Research Digest, it is funded by the Division of Occupational Psychology and aims to reach occupational psychology practitioners together with a wider audience who care about putting psychology to work, including HR professionals, managers, and anyone with an interest in the field. Subscribe to the Occupational Digest monthly email.
About the new Occupational Digest editor
- 5 Chances To Win A Cutting Edge Occupational Psychology Textbook
update: this competition is now closed and the winners have been contacted. Thanks for your entries. We have five copies to give away of Occupational Psychology: An Applied Approach by Gail Steptoe-Warren, kindly donated to us by the publishers...
- Feast
Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits from the world of psychology: The Ignobel Awards (psychologists are frequent winners) are coming and will be webcast live on Sept 29th. "Positive pollyannas more frustrated by unmet expectations": Having too much...
- Digest Passes Milestone Of Two Million Visitors
In the early hours of Saturday morning the BPS Research Digest received its two millionth visitor since counting began in June 2005 (the blog launched in February that year with a posting on driver stereotypes). To celebrate, we offered the two millionth...
- The Special Issue Spotter
A new service from the BPS Research Digest: The mental health of African American women. (Journal of Clinical Psychology). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology. (Cognition and Emotion). Self-regulation. (Applied Psychology). The use of experiments...
- Tests On Test
Increasingly, employers in the UK are using cognitive ability tests to help them recruit the best candidates. Now Cristina Bertua and colleagues have performed the first ever meta-analysis of UK research looking at how accurately these tests predict candidate...