Psychology in the news: The internet is affecting our memories...

...as people increasingly rely upon web-based information rather than retaining it in their own memories. This is according to some insightful new research, recently published in 'Science' journal. The full news story can be found on the following page on the BBC News website: Internet's memory effects quantified in computer study.

Psychology Today...

...is a magazine of popular psychology, with an excellent website. Its webpages give you access to lots of full-length stories and snippets of psychology-related news. If you're keen to broaden your horizons in psychology and discover new and interesting angles, then you could do a lot worse than this website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/. By means of a tip, why not check out the 'Topic Streams' on the left-hand side of the homepage?

New books in the library...

...added to stock during the month of June 2011 can be viewed from this link: June 2011 new books list. Please note that it only lists items purchased for stock from the library's 'psychology' book funds.

New books in June included David Brooks' "The social animal", Rachel Taylor's "Deception: a young person's life skill?" and Kenneth Robert's "Class in contemporary Britain (2nd edition)", which is a follow-up to his 2001 work, "Class in modern Britain". There are also the usual mixture of new editions and new e-books. Follow the link above for the full list.

All titles, including e-books, can be found through the library catalogue.