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The scaremongers had it wrong: Metalheads from the 80s are thriving
Science and Technology | Jun 04 2015 01:5828
Is CBT for depression losing its efficacy?
Science and Technology | Jun 03 2015 01:5755
Why do children stick their tongues out when they're concentrating?
Science and Technology | Jun 02 2015 01:4950
Some perfectly healthy people can't remember their own lives
Science and Technology | Jun 01 2015 02:2435
Our jumpiness at nighttime is not just because it's dark
Science and Technology | May 28 2015 01:4135
Help me out – but hands off! How idea territoriality harms creative team work
Science and Technology | May 27 2015 01:4228
Happy people have more children
Science and Technology | May 26 2015 01:4526
Poverty shapes how children think about themselves
Science and Technology | May 20 2015 01:5036
Free will inside the Nazi death camps
Science and Technology | May 18 2015 02:2423
The secret to overturning negative first impressions
Science and Technology | May 13 2015 01:2528
Give up the #OCD jokes on Twitter, they won't make you popular
Science and Technology | May 12 2015 02:1126
Most students struggle to take effective lecture notes. Here are two ways to help them
Science and Technology | May 11 2015 03:0341
Do interviewers really make hiring decisions in the first four minutes?
Science and Technology | May 08 2015 03:0927
A new questionnaire measures people's "no mobile phone phobia" or nomophobia
Science and Technology | May 07 2015 00:1825
How smaller portions encourage us to savour our food
Science and Technology | May 05 2015 03:0226
You can change your personality at will
Science and Technology | Apr 27 2015 05:4527
Men and boys with older sisters are less competitive
Science and Technology | Apr 23 2015 02:0921
Psychology students are seduced by superfluous neuroscience
Science and Technology | Apr 17 2015 05:0245
Do movie super-heroines empower women?
Science and Technology | Apr 15 2015 07:2134
Psychologists can influence people's moral choices by tracking their gaze
Science and Technology | Apr 13 2015 02:2482
After laughing, people are more willing to share personal details about themselves
Science and Technology | Apr 07 2015 01:0224
Walking backwards boosts creativity
Science and Technology | Apr 01 2015 00:5134
Could you tell the difference between a person's memory and their imagination?
Science and Technology | Mar 30 2015 02:2421
10 tortuous psychology studies you'll be glad you didn't participate in
Science and Technology | Mar 26 2015 02:1770
Textbook coverage of this classic social psychology study has become increasingly biased
Science and Technology | Mar 25 2015 03:0923
Team effectiveness is disproportionately influenced by your group's best performer or "extra miler"
Science and Technology | Mar 23 2015 03:0366
Psychologists use magic to study the illusory feeling of free will
Science and Technology | Mar 19 2015 02:4922
What recycled sewage water reveals about human psychology
Science and Technology | Mar 11 2015 02:0928
The disturbing psychology of female serial killers
Science and Technology | Mar 05 2015 03:10158
Why do we have flashbulb memories?
Science and Technology | Mar 04 2015 02:5842
Visual illusions, when experienced and explained, foster open-mindedness
Science and Technology | Mar 03 2015 02:5781
The six forms of resistance shown by participants in Milgram's notorious "obedience studies"
Science and Technology | Feb 25 2015 04:0977
The “Backfire Effect”: Correcting false beliefs about vaccines can be surprisingly counterproductive
Science and Technology | Feb 23 2015 02:4523
10 Fascinating Psychology Studies By Wife and Husband Research Teams
Science and Technology | Feb 18 2015 05:24102
Jokey team meetings are more productive, as long as people laugh along
Science and Technology | Feb 17 2015 03:1782
After saving information to computer, people are better at learning new material
Science and Technology | Feb 16 2015 03:2432
How to improve collaboration in virtual teams? Members' avatar style could be key
Science and Technology | Feb 12 2015 04:2527
How women become "super-mothers" after giving birth through IVF
Science and Technology | Feb 11 2015 03:4929
Accepting help can be difficult. You'll find it easier if you help others
Science and Technology | Feb 10 2015 02:5831
The trouble with tDCS? Electrical brain stimulation may not work after all
Science and Technology | Feb 04 2015 02:1726
There are two types of envy; only one is associated with schadenfreude
Science and Technology | Jan 30 2015 06:4531
Why you might want to beware the introvert on your team
Science and Technology | Jan 29 2015 01:5844
A face that could get away with anything
Science and Technology | Jan 28 2015 02:5835
No one noticed when this man's speech was fed to him by a 12-year-old. Welcome to the Cyranoid Illusion
Science and Technology | Jan 27 2015 02:4261
We're more likely to cheat when we're anxious
Science and Technology | Jan 26 2015 03:2438
Why it's fun to think you might lose
Science and Technology | Jan 23 2015 03:0922
Testing the American Dream - can the right mix of personality and IQ compensate for a poor background?
Science and Technology | Jan 22 2015 03:4224
Reverse psychology: How bad managers inspire team camaraderie
Science and Technology | Jan 16 2015 02:2621
Imagining walking through a doorway triggers increased forgetting
Science and Technology | Jan 14 2015 06:4448
People may be happier when their neighbourhood fits their personality
Science and Technology | Jan 13 2015 02:4232
Psychologists and psychiatrists feel less empathy for patients when their problems are explained biologically
Science and Technology | Jan 12 2015 03:2448
Some people think they know themselves well, but do they really?
Science and Technology | Jan 07 2015 03:1034
Could violent video games make people more moral in the real world?
Science and Technology | Jan 06 2015 03:0949
Psychologists explore a new reason why quitting smoking is so difficult
Science and Technology | Jan 02 2015 04:4524
Everyone is attracted to creativity. But which creative acts are the sexiest?
Science and Technology | Dec 22 2014 04:03132
A child's popularity is related to where the teacher seats them in the classroom
Science and Technology | Dec 18 2014 03:3326
Is being a worrier a sign of intelligence?
Science and Technology | Dec 17 2014 03:2446
Rapport-building interrogation is more effective than torture
Science and Technology | Dec 11 2014 08:4934
Is the "ticking time bomb scenario" a valid defence of torture?
Science and Technology | Dec 10 2014 08:53107
Can psychologist and psychiatrist expert witnesses be trusted to know how memory works?
Science and Technology | Dec 05 2014 02:0922
10 of The Most Counter-intuitive Psychology Findings Ever Published
Science and Technology | Dec 01 2014 04:4545
Happy people think they're good at empathising with the pain of others. They're wrong
Science and Technology | Nov 24 2014 02:4538
Do you remember the time? How collective nostalgia inspires group loyalty
Science and Technology | Nov 20 2014 01:3192
Why you're particularly likely to run your first marathon when your age ends in a "9"
Science and Technology | Nov 17 2014 13:0321
Loneliness is a disease that changes the brain's structure and function
Science and Technology | Nov 14 2014 03:1559
Who are the most eminent psychologists of the modern era?
Science and Technology | Nov 11 2014 02:4221
People with depression have impaired intuition
Science and Technology | Nov 07 2014 02:3333
You've heard of "Owls" and "Larks", now sleep scientists propose two more chronotypes
Science and Technology | Nov 05 2014 02:5924
What can bereavement cards tell us about cultural differences in the expression of sympathy?
Science and Technology | Nov 03 2014 03:05103
Spook Me, Please: What Psychology Tells Us About the Appeal of Halloween
Science and Technology | Oct 30 2014 17:0234
The psychology of "mate poaching" - when you form a relationship by taking someone else's partner
Science and Technology | Oct 30 2014 03:33134
Friendly, conscientious people are more prone to "destructive obedience"
Science and Technology | Oct 29 2014 02:4230
What I don’t hear can’t hurt me: insecure managers avoid input from employees
Science and Technology | Oct 28 2014 03:2470
Doing the "happy walk" made people's memories more positive
Science and Technology | Oct 27 2014 02:3725
Is this the dark side of emotional intelligence? High EI linked with more delinquency among young women
Science and Technology | Oct 14 2014 01:5977
Has psychology found its Lost Boy?
Science and Technology | Oct 09 2014 06:3945
Other people can tell whether your partner is cheating on you
Science and Technology | Oct 06 2014 05:4527
How does the psychology of ownership differ between Western and Eastern cultures?
Science and Technology | Oct 02 2014 20:4657
“Just try to ignore it”: How neurotic people respond to extreme rudeness at work
Science and Technology | Oct 01 2014 17:3054
LSD boosts people's suggestibility, raising possibility of clinical uses
Science and Technology | Sep 22 2014 00:0132
The 10 most controversial psychology studies ever, digested
Science and Technology | Sep 19 2014 01:55558
Psychologists have compared the mental abilities of Scrabble and crossword champions
Science and Technology | Sep 12 2014 01:2741
The illusion that gives you sensations in a rubber tongue
Science and Technology | Sep 11 2014 01:4456
When you set sad lyrics against happy music, the music wins
Science and Technology | Sep 09 2014 01:5855
Why your team should appoint a "meta-knowledge" champion - one person who's aware of everyone else's area of expertise
Science and Technology | Sep 08 2014 02:1323
Students with more autistic traits make fewer altruistic choices
Science and Technology | Sep 01 2014 01:3749
10 Surprising Things Babies Can Do
Science and Technology | Aug 27 2014 02:0735
Inspired by a Soprano? Psychologists investigate whether fictional characters can help our self development
Science and Technology | Aug 20 2014 01:4423
How to help an anxious interviewee - be mean to them
Science and Technology | Aug 19 2014 01:3932
When the cuddle hormone turns nasty - oxytocin linked with violent intentions
Science and Technology | Aug 18 2014 02:38104
What the textbooks don't tell you - one of psychology's most famous experiments was seriously flawed
Science and Technology | Aug 18 2014 02:3837
The stability of your personality peaks in mid-life (then grows increasingly wobbly again)
Science and Technology | Aug 18 2014 02:3842
In it together: Couples' life satisfaction takes a bigger hit when one partner loses their job, than when both do
Science and Technology | Aug 18 2014 02:3822
The simple piece of information that could dramatically increase your muscular endurance
Science and Technology | Aug 18 2014 01:23235
We're happier when we chat to strangers, but our instinct is to ignore them
Science and Technology | Aug 15 2014 02:2126
Do infant dummies (pacifiers) impede the emotional connection between adult and baby?
Science and Technology | Aug 11 2014 01:5243
Welcome to the weird world of weight illusions
Science and Technology | Aug 06 2014 01:3836
Why was Darth Vader so evil? Blame his lack of parental care, say psychologists
Science and Technology | Aug 05 2014 01:2642
The iPhone Effect - when mobile devices intrude on our face-to-face encounters
Science and Technology | Aug 04 2014 01:3236
Psychologists investigate a major, ignored reason for our lack of sleep - bedtime procrastination
Science and Technology | Aug 01 2014 01:3646
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