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Increasing the public’s awareness of mental health issues rings hollow when vital services are crumbling.
Ingvar Kamprad’s Ikea revolutionised retail by popularising flat-pack furniture and building maze-like stores.
Psychologists don’t know much about why people have age-based sexual attractions – such as pedophilia – or how best to help people not act on sexual interests in children.
Anger can help you in negotiations but it might get you fired if you don’t learn your triggers and how to control it.
Changes in how we’re spending our free time is a likely culprit.
Creative people seem to possess a unique connection between three brain networks that typically work separately.
The human brain is ‘programmed’ to believe in Blue Monday. But here’s how to turn it into Happy Monday.
Does the Eagles’ vaunted defense give them an edge? Cal State Northridge’s sport psychology lab ran a regression analysis to test the popular adage.
In sexual harassment cases, schools and workplaces often harm those that they claim to protect. These tips can help them avoid those painful mistakes.
When people talk about values what do they really mean?
Being happy involves not shying away from pain, misery or distress.
Here’s the research that explains why President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service was so easily struck down.
For good health and longevity, the right mindset – and less stress – may be more important than exercise.
Modern science backs Picasso, who once said ‘Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.’
More than half of dogs and cats around the globe are overweight. Are well-intentioned owners to blame?
If you’re a non-believer, then staying away from Church may be the best thing for your psychological health this Christmas.
People who see themselves as conscientious consumers often buy items made by companies that violate their values because it’s hard to keep that information in mind.
Poor quality sleep is almost guaranteed over the festive period. Here’s how to get some decent shut-eye.
Evolution has shaped gender differences, but we don’t have to be bound to this history. We are not mindless automata, doomed to slavishly oblige our instincts and impulses.
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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, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Professor of the Psychology of Time, Liverpool John Moores University
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