Psychology
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World Mental Health Day: How to beat back the sense of impending doom
Shelja Sen
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Brett Kavanaugh row: A brief history of how the ‘teen boys will be boys’ assumption was born
Ashwini Tambe, The Conversation
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The dark side of being an Instagram influencer: The constant need for likes and validation
Elvira Bolat, The Conversation Parisa Gilani, The Conversation
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This animated video reveals why Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung broke up (without psychoanalysing them)
Scroll Staff
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Stress makes you better at processing bad news
Tali Sharot, Aeon
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Public health systems ignore the psychological needs of women who have stillbirths
Vijayaprasad Gopichandran Sudharshini Subramaniam Maria Jusler Kalsingh
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Fatal obsession: What explains people risking their lives for the perfect selfie?
Michael Weigold, The Conversation
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Why every Sufi master is in some ways a Freudian psychotherapist
Omnia El Shakry, Aeon
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Why human beings fall for fake news
Lisa Fazio, The Conversation
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Why modern theories of psychology may suffer from a pro-Western bias
Nicolas Geeraert, The Conversation
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‘Who am I to tell you how to bring up your child?’ Nupur D Paiva has not written a book on parenting
Neha Bhatt
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How the use of language can help early detection and treatment of depression
Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi, The Conversation
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Anger is temporary madness, but the Stoics knew how to curb it
Massimo Pigliucci
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‘Psychology syllabus must be tweaked for Indian context’: UGC panel member Girishwar Misra
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Could genes be the reason why some people love animals and others couldn’t care less?
John Bradshaw, The Conversation
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UGC says psychology syllabi ‘not rooted in national ethos’, sends universities revamped syllabus
Scroll Staff
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How Ivan Pavlov came up with classical conditioning by experimenting with dogs
Ramakrishnan M Makrand Sanghvi
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Explainer: Why conducting psychometric tests on school employees will do little for child safety
Menaka Rao
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Why so many people believe fake news – and how to get them to see through conspiracy theories
Mark Lorch, The Conversation
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If money can make you happy, does borrowed money make you sad?
Cassondra Batz