Boeing Starliner astronauts: what six months stuck in space may do to their perception of time

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to stay around eight days on the space station.

Daniel Eduardo Vigo, Senior Researcher in Chronobiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina • conversation
Aug. 16, 2024 ~7 min

How the altruistic response to far right riots reveals the innate goodness in human beings

Most people feel connected to each other, which makes compassion instinctive.

Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2024 ~6 min


Why elite athletes are harnessing their own brain waves for sporting success

Athletes from a variety of sports have experimented with neurofeedback in recent years in a bid to gain a competitive edge.

Andrew Michael Cooke, Senior Lecturer in Performance Psychology, Bangor University • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 ~6 min

Olympics 2024: how dark personality traits may affect the relationship between coaches and athletes who win gold this summer

New study shows dark triad traits can be good for performance but bad for coach-athlete relationships in the long term.

Joseph Stanford, PhD Candidate in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 5, 2024 ~6 min

The psychology of Olympians and how they master their minds to perform

Olympians will also need to think about how they can protect themselves from the post-Olympic blues.

Mike McGreary, Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Keele University • conversation
July 30, 2024 ~7 min

What do genes have to do with psychology? They likely influence your behavior more than you realize

Human psychology is influenced by a complex network of genes and environmental factors. Studying how and when genes fail to cooperate could broaden our understanding of behavior.

Jessica D. Ayers, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Boise State University • conversation
July 24, 2024 ~9 min

Republicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic

Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.

Steven Neuberg, Foundation Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University • conversation
July 18, 2024 ~5 min

The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes

This phenomenon can help us understand polarisation in society.

Mikael Johansson, Professor of Psychology, Lund University • conversation
July 9, 2024 ~7 min


The science of baby babbling – and why it can take on accents

Over time, baby babbling will increasingly resemble the sounds of their language, eventually morphing into recognisable words.

Andrew Jessop, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool • conversation
July 1, 2024 ~7 min

How to decide how to vote – a psychologist’s advice

Don’t ignore your emotions. They can be important clues as to how politicians are trying to sway you.

Smadar Cohen-Chen, Senior Lecturer in Social and Organisational Psychology, University of Sussex • conversation
June 26, 2024 ~6 min

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