Catherine Loveday delivered an incredibly insightful and interesting talk on ‘the power of music’. She began the talk with an anecdote about how she was walking through the Dublin Christmas Market when her dad’s favourite festive song began to play. She immediately became incredibly emotional, experiencing feelings of grief, happiness, and nostalgia all at the […]
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Discuss the contributions of psychological insights to modern society
In the Lent Term 2022, BrainFeed ran a competition in the sixth form to complete a 2,000 word essay on one of 3 titles. Here is our second winning entry, written by Saffron Matthews, year 12. There are many psychological insights that have contributed to modern society, research in psychology has saved many lives as […]
To What Extent are the Mind and the Brain the Same?
In the Lent term 2022, BrainFeed ran a competition in the sixth form to complete a 2,000 word essay on one of 3 given essay titles. Here is our winning entry, written by Hannah Hardman-Mountford, year 12. This essay will debate the centuries old ‘mind-body problem’ which serves to determine the extent to which the […]
New Technique in Identifying Liars Developed!
In the Lent Term 2022, BrainFeed ran a competition in the senior school to write an article about anything in Psychology that would interest you! Here is our winning article, written by Ameera Yasir, year 10. Would you like to be able to identify a liar? Or catch your annoying brother out when he insists […]
12 Observation Studies Summaries
In the A level Psychology course, we have a few oppurtunities to conduct our own psychological studies. One of these oppurtunities was the year 12 students planning, carrying out and writing up our own observations in the school, on any topic that we wanted to. This was incredibly fun – and at some times very […]
Are There Innate Psychological Differences Between Men and Women?
Men can’t multitask. Women can’t read a map. Even with the increased call for gender equality in modern society, there are still persistent stereotypes that focus on a divide between male and female aptitudes, attitudes and abilities. Recent psychological research seeks to answer whether these stereotypes are nothing more than a reflection of outdated societal […]
How PTSD Affects War Veterans
PTSD affects up to three in one hundred people in the UK over the course of their life, and out of these people, an estimated one in three of them have developed PTSD as the result of a traumatic experience. So why do soldiers develop PTSD? To talk about the causes of PTSD in soldiers, […]
Sixth Form Brain Day
Brain Day was an event at which all Year 12 and 13 psychology students enjoyed fascinating insight into the rapidly developing world of psychological research and technology. Aside from a thought-provoking lecture about what the future of psychology holds, the Year 13s had a day of sessions with Dr Guy Sutton in which he discussed […]
Sixth Form: Lent 2022 Competition!
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Closing date 7th March!
📖 ‘Every Last Word’
Tamara Ireland Stone Fiction – Young Adult Difficulty Level – Moderate TW: OCD, Depression, Suicide, Self-harm mentions, Ableism I read ‘Every Last Word’ nearly a year ago, but it’s the sort of book that sticks with you forever. Not only does it discuss mental health conditions in a very respectful way, but this book is […]