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How will people respond once they realise they can rely on autonomous vehicles to stop whenever someone steps out in front of them? Human behaviour might stand in the way of the promised 'autopia'.
Where do the cooperative skills that hold together human societies come from and why don't our selfish instincts overwhelm them? Evolutionary game theory suggests that empathy is a crucial contributor.
Just because somebody else does something doesn't mean you have to follow. Or does it?
Ninety percent of psychology studies come from countries representing less than 15 percent of the world's population. Researchers are realizing that universalizing those findings might not make sense.
An Ig Nobel Prize-winning study suggests we need to rethink why imitation evolved.
Collective psychology says that people behave not as individuals, but as members of a collective.
Research shows that virtue in all areas of life contributes to good physical, emotional, mental and interpersonal health. It is, in fact, good for you to be good.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but plastic straws are ruining the ocean.
We used the latest techniques from artificial intelligence to study how support for or opposition to a piece of fake news can spread within a social network.
The way children make choices about candy on Halloween tells us a lot about human psychology.
Domino's Pizza and Ford have teamed up to offer pizza delivery via driverless cars in Michigan. Is it the way of the future?
Digital games now know you so well they can predict your behaviour.
A high school science test, a Psych 101 course, long job applications: Sometimes it's hard to be motivated to succeed. As it turns out, how you respond to difficulty and ease can make all the difference.
Experts may be dismissed when they express values, offer advice or make mistakes. But these expectations are unreasonable and unhelpful.
It turns out that most of us waste a lot of time looking for lost objects in the wrong places.
From losing inhibitions and anger to schizophrenia and dementia – science is uncovering the role small critters play in a range of illnesses and behaviours.
The minds of Pokemon trainers have been manipulated using basic behavioural science.
It's the best time to make a fresh start.
The discovery of the world's oldest jewellery at the Blombos Cave in South Africa has resulted in a paradigm shift in our understanding of human evolution.
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Rob Brooks is a Friend of The Conversation.
Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program; Director, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Psychology and ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews
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Research Fellow, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) Research Hub, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW
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Professor of Sociology (retired), Lancaster University
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Reader, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral researcher, National Taiwan Normal University
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Lecturer in Natural Environement, University of Exeter
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Researcher in Conservation Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota
