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I practice positive psychology with both my clients and myself. I am honest about the struggles we have been going through, but I can also almost always find a silver lining. With inflation on the rise and the market in bear territory, right now the best I can do is…

With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, one group that may feel unsure about how and whether to discuss the decline of women’s rights is parents. It’s tempting to assume that adult issues such as abortion are inappropriate or irrelevant from a child’s perspective. But as a developmental psychology professor…

In a recent article in Psychology Today, Danilo Bzdok, M.D. goes through the novel research using natural-language processing tools in machine learning to understand conscious awareness and how drugs alter it.

As psychiatry, which uses medical and biological methods to treat mental disorders, has largely overtaken psychotherapy, which relies on non-biological approaches such as conversation and counselling, psychotherapists have sought alternative challenges. One common approach is to focus on enhancing the happiness of mentally healthy people, rather than relieving the mental…

Understanding the human mind and behaviour lies at the core of the discipline of psychology. But to characterise how people’s behaviour changes over time, I believe psychology alone is insufficient – and that additional mathematical ideas need to be brought forward.

Poland's Iga Swiatek makes no secret of her use of sports psychology and may need all her powers of positive thinking to plot her way to the Wimbledon title. The 21-year-old world number one appears to be a huge favorite going into the tournament -- courtesy of a 35-match winning…

The health service's specialist Maternity and Neonatal Psychology service will give parents dedicated support for up to one year after the birth of their baby.

Goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne became a national hero for his "Wiggles" dance, but the psychology behind the Socceroos' iconic penalty shoot-out is more complex than you think.

Humans have a fascinating ability to recreate events in the mind’s eye, in exquisite detail. Over 50 years ago, Donald Hebb and Ulrich Neisser, the forefathers of cognitive psychology, theorised that eye movements are vital for our ability to do this. They pointed out we move our eyes not only…