British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2008 in Dublin

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What do you mean you didn’t know that the British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2008 was running in Dublin, finishing today? They’re releasing studies on all sorts, leading to important tabloid fodder:

• The way we think about power cuts can bring positive psychological and environmental benefits according to new research by psychologists.
• Link between online gaming and violence killed off
• Video Game Addiction Akin to Aspergers
• Binge drinking causing teenagers “alarming levels” of memory loss
• Why it’s better to keep schtum if you’re a Brum
• Obese People Focus On Behavioural Causes Of Weight Problem
• Brief exercise bouts help smokers trying to quit
• Horses can count, a study has shown - and they do it just as well as monkeys and even human babies.
• MARRIED couples are getting bored with each other 24 months earlier than the traditional seven-year itch.
• Revealed: secrets of choosing an online dating name

Horses can count? The best online dating names? What the hell is psychology anyway?

Psychology (from Greek: ψυχή, psychē, “soul”, “self” or “mind”; and λόγος, logos, “speech” lit. “to talk about the psyche”) is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. There is some tension between scientific psychology (with its program of empirical research) and applied psychology (dealing with a number of areas).

Oh right. So it’s Jazz. And it’s also Jazz.

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