All in the Mind - 08/12/2009

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.