Defensive, uncertain, confident, confrontational: can your body language reveal what you’re thinking?
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Why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover: the limitations of reading body language.
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But there are other techniques professional investigators use to test the plausibility of people’s stories.
People with faceblindness may even struggle to recognise photos of themselves.
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Research shows most people who can’t even recognise their family and friends won’t get the diagnosis needed to help them.
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Older adults find it hard to get help for eating disorders.
Before the boxes are packed, you should square your expectations.
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Discussing some key topics before – or even after – they move in together can help couples successfully navigate this step.
Heat pump sales in the UK are lagging behind the rest of Europe.
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The UK is next to last in Europe for heat pump sales – psychologists explain why take up is so low.
A diagnosis of treatment-resistant depression can lead to a sense of hopelessness and despair in some patients.
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An overreliance on medication as the first-line treatment for depression can lead some people to be labeled with treatment-resistant depression when there are other viable alternatives for relief.
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Understanding what the brain does when you’re trying to change your behaviour can help you stick with new habits – or kick old ones to the kerb.
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Psychology is in crisis and this new revelation only adds to the problem.
We do not laugh at the other’s suffering or distress; we react to the other’s surprise, incongruity and bewildered expression, having deciphered that he or she is not in distress and has not really hurt themselves.
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A clinical psychologist explains what has the potential to trigger our usually well-meaning laughter.
Toxic customers are causing customer service employees to reach their breaking point.
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Decreased patience and heightened emotions have created a cycle of frustration, with rude customers having abrupt interactions with stressed out service workers.
Conversational chatbots have risen in popularity recently, but when it comes to mental health, companies and users must be cautious about how they use the technology.
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AI chatbots can provide people with immediate help, but the technology is still far from capable of replacing human therapists.
Welcome to the new reality.
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We’ve spent ages learning about the people who think they’ve come from another planet, so you don’t have to.
Listening to certain songs can trigger some pretty intense memories.
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Music, memories and emotions are all linked and certain songs can act as a direct line to our past.
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Marina Benjamin’s essays investigate the social and philosophical dimensions of housework and ‘femininity’. Maxine Fei-Chung’s book gives an often-harrowing account of eight women who struggle.
Bipolar disorder numbers are rising in Ghana
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Mental health still carries significant stigma in Ghana.
A Pennywise clown cosplayer attends the Dia de Finados celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Our research shows that coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, is mainly triggered by being unable to understand their facial expressions.
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Psychologists have found people have different conflict management styles, from “sharks” to “owls”.
There is a major distinction between healthy and pathological narcissism.
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Narcissistic abuse in relationships can take the form of extreme emotional abuse. Yet both the victim and the abuser may have difficulty recognizing it.
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We looked at more than 1,000 research trials and found clear evidence to back exercise as a way to improve depression, anxiety and psychological distress.