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“It’s a Pain Series”: “Every Move you Make” – The Normal Psychology of Chronic Pain” (Lecture, Stockton, 6 December 2012)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

“It’s a Pain Series” 6th December 2012, Stockton Arts Centre, 7.00-8.15pm Free entry and no booking required ‘EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE’- THE NORMAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRONIC PAIN Professor Stephen Morley, University of Leeds What’s this lecture about? What has psychology got … Continue reading →

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Industriousness and Daydreaming: Cognitive Neuroscience’s Revaluation of Rest – Felicity Callard (Seminar, Glasgow, November 2 2012)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Industriousness and Daydreaming: Cognitive Neuroscience’s Revaluation of Rest Dr Felicity Callard Senior Lecturer in Social Science for Medical Humanities, Durham University Friday 2nd of November, 3:30pm East Quadrangle Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow Wine Reception to follow Abstract: How might … Continue reading →

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DSM: The History, Theory, and Politics of Diagnosis (CFP, Conference, University of Surrey, 25-27 March 2013)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

History & Philosophy of Psychology Section of the BPS Annual Conference 25-27 March, 2013 University of Surrey, Guildford DSM: The History, Theory, and Politics of Diagnosis Keynote Speaker: Professor Ian Parker 2013 marks the 40-year anniversary of the vote by … Continue reading →

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Experimental entanglements in cognitive neuroscience (Workshop, Berlin, 25-26 October 2012)

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

The CMH blog post “Medical humanities and cognitive neuroscience: trandisciplinary openings and endeavours” explored how several people at/associated with the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham (CMH) are interested in grappling with how the medical humanities as a domain can productively … Continue reading →

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Hearing the Voice: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in English, Psychology, Philosophy

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

The Hearing the Voice project team is looking to appoint three Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Departments of Philosophy, Psychology and English at Durham University to start from 1 October 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter. We are looking … Continue reading →

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Melancholy Minds and Painful Bodies: Genealogy, Geography, Pathogeny (CFP, Conference, University of Liverpool, 9-11 July 2013)

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Melancholy Minds and Painful Bodies: Genealogy, Geography, Pathogeny University of Liverpool, 9-11 July 2013 Call for Papers *extended to April 30 * Strange Contraries in thee combine, Both hell and Heaven in thee meet, Thou greatest bitter, greatest sweet No … Continue reading →

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A Box of Birds: The Pleasures of Literature, The Passions of Neuroscience

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Charles Fernyhough – psychologist, writer, CMH affiliate and director of Hearing the Voice – is about to publish his second novel A Box Of Birds. A pacy thriller that also goes to the heart of scientific and philosophical debates about … Continue reading →

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Hearing the Voice Funding Announcement

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Hearing the Voice is an interdisciplinary research project based at Durham University. The project aims to help us better understand the phenomenon of hearing a voice no one else can hear (a phenomenon also referred to as auditory verbal hallucinations), … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Our Minds and Each Other: Rethinking Mental Health – Professor Gail Hornstein (Public Lecture, TODAY 5 March 2012, Durham University)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

A reminder that Gail’s public lecture is today, Monday 5 March, at Grey College. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there! _ Our Minds and Each Other: Rethinking Mental Health Gail A.  Hornstein IAS Fellow and … Continue reading →

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Charles Fernyhough Asks Does Neuroscience Change The Way We Understand Ourselves?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

As his new novel A Box of Birds launches on Unbound, novelist and psychologist Charles Fernyhough argues that fiction is an ideal medium through which to explore how neuroscience is changing the way we understand ourselves: “I am not being … Continue reading →

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