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Artificial Intelligence and future psychological practice: Opportunities and risks - DCP Fourth Annual Digital Healthcare Conference | BPS

6 days ago | bps.org.uk

Facilitate AI discussions in clinical practice, expand practitioner knowledge, and gather input to shape DCP's advisory paper on AI in psychological services.
‘Which bits of psychology do I take out of my toolkit?’

1 month ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

What inspired you to write your book? I think, having taught lots of students over a very long period, one of the things that I recognised was the idea that students were learning a lot of complex psychological theory, research methods, statistics, and qualitative data analysis, but didn't necessarily know what to do with it. I started to think about employability and the idea of psychological literacy – or the ability to apply psychology to achieve your personal, work, or community goals.
Spotlight on Birmingham

2 months ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

Since I moved to Birmingham in 2008 for my undergraduate degree, the city has represented community, vibrancy and diversity to me. The poem (below) I wrote at the request of a friend to sell to raise funds for the charity she worked for, Sifa Fireside, tried to capture some of what it means to me personally and what it represents more broadly. Given my love for the place it was a pleasure to speak to the psychologists featured in this issue who are working with Birmingham's communities and beyond.
'Helping others gives people so much meaning in their life'

2 months ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

You are originally from Canada. What are the differences you've seen in community and society after moving to the University of Birmingham? I really noticed the poor state of housing, how the cost of living crisis was impacting people, and the levels of poverty. I feel like despair and hopelessness permeate everything here, and it's present in a lot of people's lives. I work with an organisation called the Intergenerational Foundation.
'I was always really interested in why people would act in deviant ways'

2 months ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

How did you become interested in psychology in the first place? My interest was always in forensic psychology. Like many people, I became hooked on crime dramas and films like Silence of the Lambs. I was always really interested in why people would act in deviant ways and why people would break the rules. I wanted to try and understand behaviour and the factors that might be associated with it but from a compassionate point of view.
New study hints at how naps improve performance

Jan 5, 2025 | bps.org.uk | Emma Young

For more than a century, we've known that sleep boosts cognitive performance. The big question is: how, exactly? One popular idea is that toxins which accumulate in the brain while we're awake are cleared away during a good night's sleep. But this theory, known as the glymphatic system hypothesis, can't explain how people can perform better on a taxing test after just a brief nap.
Towards ‘proper psychological support’ for jurors

Dec 10, 2024 | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

BPS updates, Legal, criminological and forensicThe BPS welcomes a government trial of mental health support for jurors, that allows them access a 24/7 support helpline and more. The British Psychological Society has welcomed a government trial of mental health support for jurors which will be offered in 14 Crown Courts in England. Jurors will be able to self-refer for six free counselling sessions and access a 24/7 helpline for support.
Making explaining less scary could boost learning

Nov 17, 2024 | bps.org.uk | Emma Young

Research has revealed all kinds of insights into which learning strategies are the most effective. However, there's little overlap between the strategies identified as being the best and those that learners actually use, write Stav Atir and Jane L. Risen in a new paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Explaining the material to someone else — or even just to yourself — is highly effective, they note, but this approach is rarely adopted.
Should psychologists embrace AI-powered hypothesis generation?

Nov 12, 2024 | bps.org.uk | Emma Young

Artificial intelligence is already transforming how people do their jobs, and it's poised to have a dramatic impact on psychological research and treatments. AI chatbots are being used to tailor behavioural change interventions to the individual, for example, and some researchers are even suggesting that they could be used to stand in for expensive human participants in pilot studies.
'Environmental Psychology is broad and deep'

Nov 10, 2024 | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

Ella Rhodes spoke to the first Co-Chairs of the new British Psychological Society Environmental Psychology Section – Lecturer in Environmental Psychology Dr Melissa Marselle (University of Surrey) and Associate Professor and lead of the Technology Acceptance Research Group for Energy Technologies Dr Chris Jones (University of Portsmouth). Could you tell me how you got involved in Environmental Psychology?