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ALL IN THE MIND
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Prof Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the mind, revealing the latest research and bringing together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
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"All in the MindÌýÌýprovides a unique chance to meet the people at the cutting edge of research and developments on all aspects of the mind and brain from around the world. Please join me as we attempt to illuminate the most complex and least understood mechanism we have so far found in the Universe - the mind."
Prof. Raj Persaud
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SPEED DATING
The psychology of attraction is one research area where science often produces results which make rather uncomfortable reading for both genders about what we really desire in a potential mate.Ìý But do the latest findings provide any clues to help the single improve their chances of getting hitched?Ìý The recent phenomenon of speed dating lends itself more naturally to scientific study than more traditional methods of meeting and mingling.Ìý So has new research into speed dating added anything to our knowledge of the psychology of attraction?
Dr Raj Persaud is joined by Robert Kurzban, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania who has just published a behavioural study of over 10,000 speed dates.Ìý Professor Kurzban outlines the basic psychological theories about what drives people's preferences when choosing mates and explains the results of his study.
Anmol Madan from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is part of the team responsible for creating a piece of software which can predict if couples are attracted to each other during a speed dating session. He explains how this works.
And Raj Persaud puts some of those findings to the test at a speed dating event.
WORRY
For most people worrying is a fact of life and it can act as useful psychological preparation for certain difficulties or events.Ìý But what is the dividing line between normal, every-day worries and what can become pathological worrying or an anxiety disorder?Ìý And how can we keep our worries in check?
Dr Raj Persaud talks to Graham Davey, Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex who just completed some new research into what determines pathological worrying.
SELF HARM
Despite the increased attention that self harm has begun to receive, it has remained extremely difficult to get an accurate picture of the scale of the problem because very often people do it in private and don't seek medical help.
Now a newly published study has sought to overcome the difficulty in assessing the extent of self harm. A team lead by Professor Keith Hawton, Director of the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford, administered questionnaires to over 6000 15 and 16 year olds in England in order to investigate how many of them had self harmed.Ìý Raj Persaud talks to Professor Hawton to find out what this study uncovers.
Additional information:Ìý
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania
To be presented in an upcoming issue of the journalÌý
Master's candidate at the Media Lab,
Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex
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Director of the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford
Research commissioned by Samaritans and carried out by the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford.
Samaritans Information onÌý
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