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16 Sep 2019
New research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown exposure to people from other racial backgrounds during childhood could help us better...
23 Aug 2019
Dr Tegan Cruwys from the ANU Research School of Psychology says a program to improve social connections could be just as effective as cognitive behavioural...
21 Aug 2019
Dr Dave Pasalich wants to help the nearly 48,000 Australian children living in out-of-home care.
30 May 2019
As part of the $28-million ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language at ANU, the project is looking to explain individual variability among...
9 May 2019
An inability to recognise faces is causing loneliness for people living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), research from The Australian National...
18 Mar 2019
Psychology's Dr Amy Dawel explores facial recognition for 'out-groups' in a feature in the American Psychological Society's '...
6 Mar 2019
Vulnerable narcissists are more likely to develop eating disorders, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).
20 Feb 2019
For psychologists, fake news provides a worrying insight into human cognition, as Tabitha Carvan reports.
19 Feb 2019
“The really cool thing about this is … ,” she begins, before stopping herself mid-sentence. “No, wait. I should say, it’s the really disturbing thing.”
19 Dec 2018
New research from The ANU shows people imprisoned on terrorism offences stand a better chance of being rehabilitated when placed in general prison populations...
30 Nov 2018
Memes can be used to spread prejudiced messages and are more likely to be believed if they are paired with a lot of likes from like-minded people, researchers...
20 Nov 2018
Every time Professor Paul Martin says the words ‘migraine triggers’ – which is often because he’s an expert on migraine triggers – I feel like it’s in the...
