Neurologist Oliver Sacks states that “music has a unique power to express inner states or feelings”, through the processes of singing, playing or listening to music our wellbeing and quality of life can be improved massively due to the effects that music has on our brain. Music is a wonderful source of joy and comfort […]
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How does Dementia work?
Dementia is the general term for a decline in cognitive function, it’s not a specific disease but a syndrome which has various causations and symptoms. Dementia affects memory thinking, language judgement and behaviour, usually it’s chronic or progressive with it being more common in older people. In the UK around 944,000 are estimated to be […]
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 […]
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 […]