For young children, how we speak is often more important than what we say. Even ‘positive’ generalizations can lead children to adopt negative stereotypes.
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Informing people about genetically modified food means more than dumping more facts on them.
Valentine’s Day is branded as being a celebration of romantic love. But there are many styles of love, from passionate Eros to caring Agape and many in between.
It is possible to stop recreating destructive patterns.
Looking for a lifelong Valentine? Psychologists suggest taking a closer look at your best friend. The things we want in a good friend are many of the same things we expect from a romantic partner.
Some people have terrifying delusions they are infested with insects, spiders or even small animals. But help is available.
It’s important to strike a balance between helping others and looking after yourself.
Millions of people claim to have had encounters with aliens, but most can be explained by psychology rather than UFOs.
Three stories about researchers who have dabbled in self-experimentation – with varying results.
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Whether it’s items in a shop, potential speed-dating matches or athletes competing one after another, the order in which they’re presented affects our judgments.
Virginia Woolf’s archive can be seen as a serious resource for research into the experience of hearing voices.
When does a healthy concern about your health tip over into illness anxiety?
Old habits die hard.
With more demand on doctors and nurses and a push for quicker consultations, clinical empathy is being dwarfed by the need for efficiency.
For over two decades, psychologists and communication scholars have been seriously studying the degree a person is able to correctly understand another’s unsaid thoughts or feelings.
Quirks of human psychology can pose problems for science communicators trying to cover controversial topics. Recognizing what cognitive science knows about how we deal with new information could help.
Some people are good at understanding the emotions of others but not at feeling them or commenting on them. So can we teach people the parts they lack?
While we need empathic skills to relate to others sometimes, too much empathy can be a bad thing.
Simple reminders of the growing diversity of the country and the political power of minorities can influence biases.
The more we have to defend our choice to others, the more certain we become that we are right. So what can we do about it?
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of the Psychology of Time, Liverpool John Moores University
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
