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DECEPTION
Professor听 of San Francisco University, Professor听听of Montclair State University in New Jersey and Professor听听from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada discuss the lies that the sexes tell and whether deception in relationships is always a bad thing.
SNORING
40 % of British adults admit to snoring and for every person that snores there's likely to be a suffering partner. Dr听, Research Fellow & Co-Director of the听 at the University of Surrey, is currently researching the quality of sleep among couples; Professor Robert Royston, Chief Clinical Scientist at the听 in London and inventor of the Snore-o-meter, is about to embark on a project assessing perceptions of partners' snoring.
They talk about听the effect of snoring on relationships.
HALLUCINATIONS
Hallucination, the experience of an event which is not actually occuring in the real world, has traditionally been linked to the intake of certain drugs and severe mental health problems such as schizophrenia.听 But more recently psychologists have conducted studies on people who have experienced hallucinations in their everyday lives without seeking treatment.听
Dr , Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, shares his newly published research on the causes of hallucinatory experience in non-clinical individuals.听 |
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Dr Jenny Hislop, Research Fellow & Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG)
Professor Robert Royston, Chief Clinical Scientist at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London
Professor Maureen O'Sullivan,Professor of Psychology, University of San Francisco
Professor Julian Keenan,Director of The Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
Professor Norm O'Rourke, Assistant Professor, Gerontology Research Centre, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Dr Daniel Freeman, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
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Journal article:
The prediction of hallucinatory predisposition in non-clinical individuals: examining the contribution of emotion and reasoning
Allen, P., Freeman, D., McGuire, P., Garety, P., Kuipers, E., Fowler, D., Bebbington. P., Dunn, G., Green, C., & Ray, K. (2005) British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 127-132
The prevalence and correlates of self-reported psychotic symptoms in the British population
Johns, L.C., Cannon, M., Singleton, N., Murray , R.M., Farrell, M., Brugha, T., Bebbington, P., Jenkins, R., & Meltzer, H.
(2004) British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 298-305
British Psychological Society report:
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