People often try to seem confident and certain in their message so it will be trusted and acted upon. But when information is in flux, research suggests you should be open about what you don’t know.
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Psychologists have described a ‘meat paradox’ in the minds of meat-eating animal lovers.
It almost sounds like a paradox, but pairing with the right person can help you grow as an individual as you blend your interests with theirs and learn from their strengths.
To many of us trophy hunting is repellent. But here’s a look at why killing wild animals might be pleasurable to some.
Understanding how we blame can help us work together.
This deceptively simple online word guessing game has captured the English-speaking world.
The science of stress explains why parenting during the pandemic feels so hard. Here are strategies from psychologists for taking back control when you dread yet another challenging day ahead.
Views of the stages of adulthood are stuck in the early 20th century, even though they’ve changed a lot over the past 100 years.
When researchers look at CCTV footage of how people really react during earthquakes – as opposed to what they report after the fact – it looks like alerts aren’t yet inspiring protective action.
Several scholars weigh in with tips on how to support college students’ emotional well-being during the pandemic.
We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
New research shows the choices we make, and our perceptions of the world, are biased by our initial impressions.
Managing your stress could help you live longer.
Can you really nudge people into washing their hands more? The evidence is far from perfect.
People can counter the helplessness felt during the pandemic and build power by creating a sense of purpose and community amid the confusion of COVID-19.
Over half of people who intend to make healthy lifestyle changes fail to do so. Understanding the automatic tendencies that prevent people from enacting a new health habit can help them stick to it.
The key is start preparing before January.
After two years of pandemic life, New Year’s resolutions may come with a new intensity.
A psychologist explains how to overcome the post-Christmas blues.
Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as tapping, are an approach to stress relief that more than 100 randomised clinical trials have shown is effective.
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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, 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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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
