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Long-term goals can be hard to stick to if the benefits are only way off in the future. Research suggests ways to focus on the here and now to help you ultimately achieve your more far-off targets.
Being more mindful to our own needs as well as those of the people in our lives can help us be more compassionate and attentive.
Intellectual humility includes owning your own biases and the possibility that you’re wrong about your beliefs or worldview. It means being open to changing your mind in response to new information.
What we ‘see’ in the brain depends on which tool we use to ‘look’ – but each one comes with trade-offs.
Scrooge was a neglected child whose trauma haunted him into old age.
Our own family Christmas’s can be minefields but going to someone else’s can be equally challenging. Here are some tips on navigating someone else’s family holidays
Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how school-based interventions affect students.
People who hold higher levels of hope will be less likely to experience symptoms of depression. Shared hopes are also important for expectations of national and international futures.
Some of winter’s effects have been tied to cultural norms and practices, while others likely reflect our bodies’ innate biological responses to shorter days and colder weather.
Can a trip to a museum help cure mental dullness? Here’s what the science has to say.
Technology is changing our perception of what time is for.
Study on antisemitic conspiracy theories shows they can make groups turn inwards for support and more fearful of others.
Hate is for the haters. Much of the thrill of posting toxic messages can come from the attention and social approval a poster gets from like-minded people.
If you’re worried someone has joined a high-demand group, it’s important not to shame or belittle them.
When we invest money, time or another resource we can’t get back, factoring that sunk cost into our future decisions can be a trap.
Doctor’s companions need to be open to new experiences, keep going in the face of adversity and be resilient.
Feminists are about as man-hating as men are.
Climate denial is passe. But why do so many of us know the climate crisis is upon us – and live like it isn’t?
A sad song coupled with a happy movie scene can become strangely memorable.
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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 in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of the Psychology of Time, Liverpool John Moores University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
