Working Memory - Mental Illness and Domestic Violence
IQ testing has long been controversial, but now scientists say testing our 'working memory' instead would be a much more accurate predictor of later academic success.
Should working memory, or our capacity to learn, replace IQ as a more accurate way of measuring intelligence? Dr Tracy Alloway from the University of Stirling and Professor Robert Logie from the University of Edinburgh debate what working memory testing can reveal about future academic success.
Also in the programme, a woman speaks up about the 15 years of domestic violence she endured and its effect on her mental health. Dr Louise Howard describes the links between mental illness and domestic violence and highlights new attempts to educate mental health professionals to address the issue.
And listeners reveal their suggestions for a new name for schizophrenia, and Brian Dillon discusses the English malady, hypochondria.
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- Tue 8 Dec 2009 21:00成人快手 Radio 4
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All in the Mind
The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.