Irrational behaviour during difficult circumstances is rooted in deeper cognitive and evolutionary psychological mechanisms. Many reflect what are called emergency decision and purchasing contexts.
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It's easy to judge people who escape from quarantine as not doing their bit. But if we use some basic principles from behavioural science, we might stop people wanting to escape in the first place.
Even in hospitals, where hand hygiene is vital, staff don't always remember to wash their hands. What hope is there for the rest of us? Thankfully, research on handwashing behaviours has some answers.
Right now, physical distancing is the most important preventive strategy we have against COVID-19. So why is it so hard for us to do what's right?
Lots of research shows why video calls are mentally and emotionally taxing.
DNA evidence from the Himba society in Namibia overturns ideas about genetic paternity, and about what it means to be a father.
For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.
Those money-saving black boxes reveal a lot about the rules that govern our lives.
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.
Top contributors
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW
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Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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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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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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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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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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Full Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, ESCP Business School
