The joy of birdwatching: research shows it can improve mental health and foster a sense of wellbeing

Twitching can help promote feelings of positivity, improve mood and foster an affinity with nature

Jolanta Burke, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences • conversation
May 17, 2024 • ~6 min

From silent dialogues to vivid memories – here’s how the science of inner experience could transform gaming

What if we could experience the mind of another person in a video game?

Charles Fernyhough, Professor of Psychology, Durham University • conversation
May 16, 2024 • ~7 min

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false

Conspiracy theories abound. What should you believe − and how can you tell?

H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University • conversation
May 7, 2024 • ~9 min

Measuring your food waste for six weeks can change your habits – new study

After six weeks of measuring their food waste, surveyed households found it easier to cut down.

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 30, 2024 • ~6 min

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed? A psychotherapist breaks down some perils of digital dating and how to cope

Online dating has its own jargon. But the feelings involved are nothing new.

Danielle Sukenik, Instructor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
April 29, 2024 • ~7 min

Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds

Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.

Nora McDonald, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University • conversation
April 29, 2024 • ~9 min

Under the influence and under arrest − what happens if you’re drunk in the interrogation room?

Legal psychology researchers are investigating how police treat drunken suspects, how impaired people behave when questioned, and how juries consider their statements.

Jacqueline R. Evans, Associate Professor of Psychology, Florida International University • conversation
April 26, 2024 • ~6 min

Do implicit bias trainings on race improve health care? Not yet – but incorporating the latest science can help hospitals treat all patients equitably

Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.

Tiffany Green, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
April 24, 2024 • ~11 min

Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops – sometimes they become stronger

In psychology it’s known as the gender-equality paradox.

Agneta Herlitz, Professor of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet • conversation
April 22, 2024 • ~6 min

Hoarding can start in childhood – here’s why early intervention is so crucial for all age groups

Hoarding can start in childhood with no trigger, or later in life after life events such as relationship changes.

Victoria Ruby-Granger, Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University • conversation
April 16, 2024 • ~7 min

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