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Claustrophobia is a fear of being trapped, but is it irrational?
Crooks exploit natural human tendencies to con you out of your money.
TV networks and streaming services are encouraging viewers to binge-watch their favorite shows. But findings from a recent study point to a potential public health concern.
Can a study into the neural basis of altruism help us be better people?
Opposition inspires more confidence in one’s position than support and also helps to turn judgments into actions. This helps explain why attack ads are a crucial tool in politicians’ arsenals.
Engineered to exploit human compulsions, the Internet competes for our attention, while teaching us to need it.
Science explains why people pick partners who look like their parents – without involving Freud.
It helps society function when people punish selfish acts, even at a personal cost. A new theory suggests third-party punishment also confers some benefits on the punisher.
Two academics try a question from the exam – and don’t do very well.
Dozens of cats have been killed in south London. It has some worried that there might be worse to come.
How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
The story of how psychology framed women for their own assaults began, as so many of psychology’s stories do, with some trapped animals.
A new study highlights how the condition of your kitchen may affect unhealthy snacking.
Perhaps surprisingly, men spend more money after being romantically rejected while women do the opposite.
Humans are programmed to chose colourful, symmetrical food. But ugly alternatives are cheap and cut waste.
Is your relationship thriving or merely surviving? Scientists who study these matters of the heart have some insights into figuring out whether you’re with your best possible partner.
For human groups to grow from small, intimate communities to the huge interconnected societies we know now, people needed to be willing to cooperate with strangers. Religion might have played a big role.
If you want the best tool for making educated guesses, then you’d better get the basics right.
Innocent people do confess to terrible crimes they had nothing to do with. Psychologists are investigating factors that contribute to false confession – including how well-rested a suspect feels.
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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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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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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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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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
