The Psychologist homepage looking fine today…
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Reality shifting - at the boundaries of the brain. @aldersonday.bsky.social, with links at the bottom to all our other 'imagination' pieces.
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‘Fairy tales are stories of awakening, opportunity and transformation’

I met Dr Sharon Blackie, psychologist and author of ‘Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now’. Plus an extract, 'Cultivating your inner imaginarium'.

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@duckworthbooks.bsky.social

We've had more than half a million users of our web pages so far in 2026… why not join them in exploring, via our homepage?

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Footballs could be designed to reduce impact of heading - scientists Scientists believe footballs could be designed to reduce the impact of heading after new research discovered the action caused a previously unreported pressure wave energy transfer to the brain.

Interesting piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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How do sexual topics manifest in your area of research and/or practice? How have you found addressing these?

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Reimagining imagination through the minds of fiction readers…
@georgiapunton.bsky.social (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University).
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‘Tulpas are not simply a companion imagined into being on a whim’
@dremmaclaire.bsky.social on tulpamancers.
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‘They can turn a normal city street into a jungle'
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social (University of Liverpool), who researches extremes of mental imagery, individual differences in mental imagery, and their impacts.
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'Why don’t we hallucinate every time we imagine?'
Ella Rhodes spoke to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social, a principal research fellow at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), where she leads the Imagine Reality Lab.
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Reality shifting – at the boundaries of the brain.

@aldersonday.bsky.social explores extremes of the imagination…

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Lots of new reading this week via our homepage at www.bps.org.uk/psychologist … and so much more to come next week!

Positive tipping points give us back a sense of agency in the face of a complex and daunting problem…'

Professor Tim Lenton OBE, Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at @exeter.ac.uk, in conversation with colleague and psychologist Tony Wainwright

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Can't begin to tell you how proud I am of this acknowledgment from @maddipow.bsky.social in her new book 'Absent Minds: The Untold Story of the Women who Changed Psychology Forever'. Looking forward to the launch!

Science and Practice: Can we do better?
@bpsofficial.bsky.social Fellow Dr @antoniadietmann.bsky.social – with commentaries by Dr Chiara Amati (Director The Kiel Centre) and Dr Anna Koczwara (Managing Director, Global Head of Culture & Behavioural Insights, Citi).
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Emotions – the silent architects of learning.
Chartered Psychologist Dr Katy Smart gets to the heart of the classroom, ahead of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Psychology of Education Section conference.
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How do sexual topics manifest in your area of research and/or practice? How have you found addressing these?

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Five thoughts on future imagination
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‘As we go through life, we realise how important psychology is…’

Professor W. Huw Williams wins the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement in Psychology Award 2026. Jennifer Gledhill asks him about his career highlights.

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‘The way to cut off the narcissistic supply is by becoming The General’
Chartered Psychologist Dr Daksha Hirani shares her professional and lived experience of healing from narcissistic abuse.
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Balancing acts…
Ian Florance catches up with Lindsay Wilkinson, Saniya Rizvi and Dion Terrelonge.
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'Advocate for the retention of tribunal rights for children…'
Chartered Psychologist Dr Benjamin Newton encourages consultation responses…
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Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees UK launch of a manifesto to stop the inhumanity at Europe's borders

Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees - an event at the University of East London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/promoting-...
You can find Prof Tribe's contributions on this topic via www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...

Alan Bedford 1936–2025
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It's easy to feel hopeless about our ability to change our world, our community, or even ourselves. One way I cope with feelings of hopelessness is to take action, however small. In a new article for The Psychologist, I list 10 *simple* actions you can take to tend to your social health.

Lee Murray and I have an interview with Georgia Walton from @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social British Horror and Psychologization Project. This is a follow up conversation after our recent article in @psychmag.bsky.social

Here’s the link:

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Just about to watch @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 'Underland'... here's my review of the book, which inspired a subsequent 'Under...' issue.

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'Running culture'? Give me a break!
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Ten small ways to tend to your social health... @gilliansocial.bsky.social, with author-narrated audio for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members.
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Ten small ways to tend to your social health... @gilliansocial.bsky.social, with author-narrated audio for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members.
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