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Nudges work–but a full 15% backfire. For example, awareness campaigns may cause more accidents or encourage drug use.

Students like Nita are finding it easier to study psychology at top American universities such as Stanford than anywhere in Australia, according to the profession's peak body. It says universities are being forced to offer limited spots in their postgraduate programs.

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Combining psychology and computer science to improve cybersecurity.

When other women are being feted by their progeny, no amount of positive psychology can override the sense of loss I feel

How many of you remember the explosive sexual assault allegations levelled against Justice Brett Kavanaugh by psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford, allegations he in turn vehemently denied? At the time America was gripped — as were we. It was 2018, MeToo was raging and Kavanaugh was Donald Trump’s ultra-conservative choice…

Amid the whirl of life, it can be easy to forget the good moments and focus on the bad. Here are four social-psychology hacks to start savoring your best times.

Insight HRC has been acquired by its long-standing management team

Sólrún Waldorff was staying over at her boyfriend's flat when a fire from a cooking accident spread throughout the building, trapping the couple in a basement bedroom

Journalist Mark Follman says that understanding the psychology of shooters and intervening where appropriate can help prevent massacres from happening. His new book is Trigger Points.

Alice Irving, 24, now earns six figures a month on the site, saying an angel visited her while she was a psychology student and said adult modelling was the "right path"