Hoarding

A very, very quick post this one. I am just watching the BBC programme ' My hoarder mum and me ' in which the presenter Jasmine Harm...

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Ideal or minimum standard?

A short 'other musings' post this one. Let's face it, when it comes to health advice (healthy eating, lifestyle, exercise, etc )...

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The fragile male

' It's a man's world ' according to James Brown but ' would mean nothing without a woman or a girl '. Mr Brown may ...

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The man who mistook his wife for a hat

There are a few constants in the world of undergraduate psychology. Milgram's classic obedience experiment , the magic number 7 (plus o...

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The perfect fruit juice?

One of the benefits I have noticed since becoming a blogger is that I tend to keep my eyes open for interesting things to blog about. Autism...

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Your Royal Highnesseseses

OK, nothing to do with research or anything else but today is the big day for  HRH and Kate Middleton . As a man, my default response to thi...

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The King's speech - celebrities and science

Yet another 'other musings' post but I think you will like this one. Most people will know the actor Colin Firth either from his rec...

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Specific Gravity vs creatinine for urinary correction

Apologies if you tuned in for a post about autism, but this is another 'other musings' entry (although I might mention autism at som...

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