Intute presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our Psychology subject area 9 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT en-uk http://www.intute.ac.uk/psychology/latest.html Logo for the Intute service http://www.intute.ac.uk/images/intute_100_new.png 100 42 http://www.intute.ac.uk/psychology/latest.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100125-13260799 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100125-13260799 The Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse is a national project lead by staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It aims to create a free online repository of materials relating to ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines. Although originally intended for the sciences, many of the topics cover issues faced by social scientists and psychologists. They include plagiarism, conflict of interest, whistle blowing, and the conduct of research with animal or human subjects. Materials include book chapters, articles, theses, working papers and academic papers. Users may search or browse the database. Subject to copyright many items can be downloaded free of charge. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091214-14325184 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091214-14325184 This website is a US-based service sponsored by National Institutes of Health, the Deptartment of Health and Human Services, and the NIH Blueprint. It is an inventory of web-based resources related to neuroscience, with resources categorised as data, materials and tools. The site aims to serve the biomedical research community and the public. It should be useful for researchers and teachers. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091214-11481772 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091214-11481772 In this video, hosted by Google Video, the biologist Robert M. Sapolsky from the Stanford School of Medicine discusses individual differences in neurodegeneration associated with stress. The talk was presented as part of a symposium sponsored by the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, and the Northern Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. The video is presented as an embedded Adobe Flash object and is 1 hour 19 minutes in length. It should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091126-12121358 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091126-12121358 MacResearch is an open, online community for researchers who use Apple Macintosh computers. The site includes tutorials, articles, forums and reviews of Mac-related software and hardware. While the site has a general science focus, many resources will be useful for psychologists. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091122-22305845 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091122-22305845 The Institute of Child Education and Psychology, Europe (ICEPE) provides online Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The courses available are designed for teachers, parents and professionals involved with children and young people. The site provides a newsletter, a research consultancy service, and links to further resources. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10584814 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10584814 This video is hosted by YouTube but presented within an article on the US-based PsychCentral.com. The producer of the video was the Stanford Humanities Center. In the video, the psychologist Douglas Hofstadter outlines the position that analogy might lie at the core of cognition. It is over one hour in length and presented within an embedded Flash Player. It should be useful for students, teachers and researchers. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10463070 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10463070 This video is hosted by the US-based Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA). In it, a person who lives with the condition outlines the challenges in stigma, diagnosis and treatment. It is twenty-three minutes in length and presented within an embedded Adobe Flash player. The video should be useful for students, researchers and teachers. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10011839 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10011839 This article, written by Niko Tinbergen and hosted by the NobelPrize.org, is an autobiographical sketch of the author. Tinbergen discusses the development of ideas such the Fixed Action Pattern, which is key to ethological explanations of behaviour, as well as his association with noted individuals such as Sir Peter Medawar. The article should be useful for students and teachers. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-09483771 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-09483771 This article, written for and hosted by the Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, provides a theoretical, conceptual and empirical overview of sociobiology. The article includes discussion of the selfish gene hypothesis, biological determinism, the evolutionary significance of behaviour, and key figures in the history of sociobiology. The site should be useful for students and teachers. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10364966 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091015-10364966 This page is hosted by the Australian Psychological Society and provides further details about the organisational group, including an outline of organisational psychology as a topic, areas of specialisation, relevant qualifications, finding an organisational psychologist, and courses through which people can develop an expertise in organisational psychology. Links to further reseources are also provided. The page should be useful for researchers, teachers and students. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-17140987 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-17140987 The parapsychology group at Liverpool Hope University is interested in exploring unexplained or anomalous psychological experiences, including extra-sensory perception (ESP), psychokinesis, and remote consciousness. This page provides links to research conducted within the group, courses on parapsychology and pointers to further resources. The page should be useful for researchers, teachers and students. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-17033783 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-17033783 DMDX is a software package designed to control presentation of stimuli, as well as data collection, in cognitive experiments. The software was developed by Jonathan Forster at the University of Arizona and maintained by Kenneth Forster at the same university. DMDX is a member of the DMASTR family. This site provides an overview, installation notes, examples of scripts, and hardware and software requirements. This site should be particularly useful for researchers. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-16351830 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-16351830 This website provides the English translation of a series of lectures delivered by Ivan Pavlov on the topics of innate and conditional (termed 'conditioned' here) reflexes. (This is the 1927 G.V. Anrep translation.) There are twenty-two lectures in total. A brief biography is included. The lectures cover many topics, including scheduling and the physiological basis of conditional responses. The site should be useful for students and teachers. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-16223636 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091014-16223636 This collection of visual illusions is held by the Technische Universitaet Dresden. It provides examples of impossible figures and objects (such as the impossible triangle), ambiguous illusions (such as the Rubin Vase), motion ambiguity, distortion illusions, camouflage illusions, extraordinary rooms, stereo illusions, afterimages, motion aftereffects, lateral inhibition, colour and shadow illusions, and facial illusions. The site make extensive use of Javascript and the Adobe Flash plug-in. It should be useful for students and teachers. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091002-16151121 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20091002-16151121 This blog is written by psychologist and neuroscience researcher Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, based at the University of Michigan in the United States. Articles comprise reviews and commentary on recently published research in the areas of child development, parenting, and child clinical disorders. An archive of articles is available. The site should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT