AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works − here’s why they fool you and how to spot them

During scrolling, the brain processes visuals quickly not critically, making it easy to miss details that reveal a fake. As technology advances, slow down, look closer and think critically.

Arryn Robbins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond • conversation
April 11, 2025 ~8 min

Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort

Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could do in the future or that they’ve already accomplished in the past.

Przemysław Marcowski, Postgraduate Researcher in Social Cognition, University of California, San Diego • conversation
April 4, 2025 ~7 min


Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology

Good resistance fighters aren’t scared to take risks.

George R. Wilkes, Director, Relwar Project, Senior Research Fellow, King's College London • conversation
April 3, 2025 ~8 min

Embracing Uncertainty: what we can all learn from how artists thrive in an unpredictable world

Author Margaret Hefferman argues that applying an artist’s mindset of curiosity and flexibility is essential to flourish in general.

David Pearson, Professor of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
March 27, 2025 ~6 min

Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm

It’s not just about having money problems − it’s how you feel about those problems that matters most for your mental health.

Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of North Dakota • conversation
March 27, 2025 ~8 min

From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools

Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.

Jordan Brasher, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College • conversation
March 26, 2025 ~11 min

How scratching monkeys can help us understand emotions and consciousness

And a recent study found subtle but fascinating differences in the behaviour-emotion connection in humans and monkeys.

Bonaventura Majolo, Professor of Social Evolution, University of Lincoln • conversation
March 26, 2025 ~8 min

Psychopaths experience pain differently, even when their bodies say otherwise

Psychopaths seem to break a sweat without feeling the pain.

Minna Lyons, Reader in Forensic Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
March 25, 2025 ~7 min


Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

Sigmund Freud originally developed the idea of repression and actually revised his definition later in life.

Gabrielle Principe, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston • conversation
March 24, 2025 ~9 min

Cuts to research into inequality, disparities and other DEIA topics harm science

From HIV treatments to school desegregation, research into topics now considered DEIA have benefited Americans throughout history.

H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University • conversation
March 21, 2025 ~12 min

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