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.
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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.
Sociologists know what conditions make it more likely a mass delusion will take hold and spread through a group – whether adherence to a fashion fad or belief in a doomsday cult.
To counter the unbalanced effects of the digital age, reading literature is the key.
Rather than simply trying to trick people, the masters of marketing know it’s much easier to understand and work with innate human flaws.
Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.
We all know the holidays can be stressful, but we may not realize that we often continue the cycle. Here’s how to let things go and enjoy the holidays instead of dreading them.
There’s no need for parents to bust the Santa myth. Children figure out the truth themselves, at a developmentally appropriate time. In the process, they build their reasoning skills.
Psychology researchers bring infants into the lab to learn more about how shared book reading influences brain and behavioral development.
Parents should ask their teens to show them how they use social media and how it works so they can have conversations about what the risks are and how to reduce them.
Residents may be right to fear for their lives.
Retailers are banking on some of our behavioural and emotional traits to get us to sign up to subscription boxes.
Don’t want to become a social network addict? Start by working out what your vulnerabilities are.
Some people believe different drinks make them feel differently. But the effect alcohol has on your mood depends on factors like where you are drinking it and how you’re feeling at the time.
Talking to a friend about a problem can make matters worse, especially for women.
Social media is making it easier than ever to measure your perceived popularity against your peers in ways that damage are well-being.
Donors who support charitable causes have a ‘taste’ for giving, researchers found.
Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
With the retail industry struggling, the need to lure people into spending has never been greater.
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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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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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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
