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Here we have the most recent news from around the web. At the moment we're collecting stories from the BPS Research Digest and PsycPort. More coming soon - if you know of a RSS feed that you would like to see here contact us.

BPS Research Digest

› Neighbourhoods with too much or too little social cohesion may increase risk of schizophrenia
› You're not as big-headed as you think you are
› How the fluency of your own actions affects your judgment of others
› Pathological computer use is a real problem, a psychiatrist argues
› The Special Issue Spotter

New Scientist - The Human Brain

› Cool hand illusion reveals mind-body link
› The evolutionary story of the 'language gene'
› Why real and imagined disgust have the same effect
› Mind games reveal people who are 'blind' to trust
› Is 'miracle' Alzheimer's cure too good to be true?

New Scientist - Being Human

› How to keep your head in scary situations
› Test predicts the swing of floating voters
› Why the world is a happier place
› Cool hand illusion reveals mind-body link
› Face transplant recipients don't look like donors

PsycPORT.com

› Forensic psychology and therapeutic jurisprudence
› Soldiers, back home, haunted by unseen injury
› Study finds roommates can help each other
› Therapists find business booming
› Back-to-school need not be back-to-stress