OK, Not-OK in times of pandemic
Giovanni Felice Pace takes an existential perspective on coronavirus.
22May
22May
18Mar
How to cope with pain
Ginny Smith talks to Dr Sam Hughes about pain, to introduce the latest episode of our Research Digest podcast, PsychCrunch. We also share a collection of articles from the archive on pain. The latest episode of our Research Digest podcast PsychCrunch asks what psychology can teach us about dealing with pain. It is presented by...
18Mar
Coronavirus and obsessive-type conditions
There is a possible danger that the current uncertainty around COVID-19 could make things worse for those with obsessive-type conditions. For those with OCD or conditions involving cleanliness, neatness, germ-phobia, tidiness or some obsessive behaviours, the COVID-19 outbreak may actually reinforce to them that their problem-behaviours were actually what kept them safe during the...
18Mar
‘Supported isolation is likely to be particularly stressful’
n this kind of outbreak, does the psychological get considered as important in amongst all the biological and medical issues? Human behaviour will be a key factor affecting the speed and spread of the coronavirus, and therefore an understanding of the psychosocial factors that affect human behaviour in this context will be essential.
18Mar
Social psychology of the coronavirus: Will flies save us?
In urinals, not all men are as accurate as they could be, which often results in unsightly overflows that are costly to clean up. To overcome this problem, some urinal designers have come up with the clever idea of depicting a fly near the opening.
18Mar
How will you help to sustain collective efficacy?
Daniella Watson has personally and professionally been part of the collective response to Covid-19.
18Mar
Keep calm, and listen to the experts,
s a nation seemingly poised for the apocalypse, many Britons have spent the last fortnight stockpiling toilet rolls, dried pasta and UHT milk, leading some supermarkets to enforce a style of rationing not too dissimilar to WW2. What we are seeing might be described by some as a form of mass hysteria and panic,...
18Mar
The truth about panic, OK, Not-OK in times of pandemic,
No self-respecting Hollywood disaster movie would be complete without a scene where crowd members flee in apparent blind panic, and through their over-reaction, lack of judgement and reason become the agents of their own destruction.
18Mar
Can we make jokes about coronavirus?,
The Onion's timeless masterpiece, 'That's not funny: my brother died that way' is a useful reminder that nothing is funny for everyone, everywhere. This lack of a universal determinant for humour can collide with our natural desire to make jokes and make light of difficult topics: people can feel that a joke is 'too...