Trump Tweets And Cat Attachment: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
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Brain Training And Counting Bees: This Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web There’s not much evidence that brain training apps really improve our cognitive abilities – so why do so many people use...
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Cow Companions And A Consciousness Competition: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Researchers have painted a picture of how our happiness has fluctuated over the past two centuries, by analysing the...
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Talking Nonsense And Being Humble: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web A recent review has found that there are many good reasons to be humble, writes Benedict Carey in The New York Times....
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Haunted Houses And The Ghosts Of Psychology Past: The Week’s Best Psychology...
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web A large review of studies published over the past 40 years has found little evidence that cannabis is helpful in treating...
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Pet Placebos And A Brain Scanner For Kids: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Getting kids to sit still during brain scans is notoriously difficult — but now researchers have developed an MEG scanner...
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Proficient Pigs And Political Polarisation: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Could greater empathy help heal our current political divisions? Not according to this Wired article by Robert Wright....
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Waking Dreams And Phantom Kicks: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web In an attempt to tackle the replication crisis, hundreds of psychology labs around the world are collaborating to repeat...
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Retail Ruses And Accent Attitudes: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help patients with Parkinson’s control their movement — but a new study has found that it...
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Cat Whisperers And Dog Listeners: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Why do children so readily believe in someone as ridiculous as Father Christmas — a man who flies around the world...
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Blue Spaces And Whale Wisdom: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Thinking of your sadness as a person — à la the Pixar movie Inside Out — can make you feel less sad. That’s according to a...
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The Emotions Of Music And The Meaning Of Life: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web It’s hard for researchers to study the brain activity involved in social interactions when they can only conduct MRI scans...
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Brain Parasites And Super-Recognisers: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Researchers from tech company DeepMind have drawn inspiration from their own AI research to develop a new theory of how...
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WEIRD Studies And Psychedelic Experiences: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Psychologists have long recognised that the field has a bias towards studying people from Western, educated,...
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Minibrains And Twitter Bots: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Psychologists are increasingly turning to Twitter and other social networking sites to learn about human behaviour — but...
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Sad Songs And Smartphones: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Recent years have seen a proliferation of mental health apps that claim to help relieve symptoms of depression. But there’s...
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Early Birds And Bearded Dragons: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web A study on bearded dragons has honed in on the brain structure responsible for generating slow wave sleep patterns, writes...
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Brainy Bumblebees And The Uncanny Valley: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web When creating cute creatures for movies, designers and animators must walk a fine line to avoid falling into the uncanny...
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Video Games And Computer-Like Brains: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web The idea that the brain operates like a computer is the latest in a long line of metaphors that scientists have used to...
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