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Soldiers Patrolling in Afghanistan

Have we misunderstood post-traumatic stress disorder?

19 Aug 2016

In understanding war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, a person’s cultural and professional context is just as important as how they cope with...

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CD Album Covers Wallpaper

Opinion: Musical genres are out of date – but this new system explains why you might like both jazz and hip hop

05 Aug 2016

David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses the problems of labeling music by genre.

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'Away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens': illustration by Arthur Rackham for 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'

Peter Pan and Wendy: how J M Barrie understood and demonstrated key aspects of cognition

03 Aug 2016

In a fascinating study of J M Barrie’s classic works for children, Dr Rosalind Ridley (Newnham College) reveals that the creator of Peter Pan, and a...

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Why be human when you can be otherkin?

16 Jul 2016

As social beings, a sense of identity plays an important role in our relations – and in our own happiness. But identity doesn’t have to be narrowly...

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Smarter than the average bird?

15 Jun 2016

Corina Logan's research investigates behavioural flexibility in the great-tailed grackle.

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Nancy's Fruit Salad by John Hritz

Healthy vs unhealthy food: the challenges of understanding food choices

11 Mar 2016

We know a lot about food but little about the food choices that affect the nation’s health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find out...

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Opinion: What do our spending habits reveal about our romantic intentions?

16 Feb 2016

Eric Levy (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how thinking about meeting a new partner can impact our shopping decisions.

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Two-thirds of studies on 'psychosocial' treatments fail to declare conflicts of interest

26 Nov 2015

The creators of commercially sold counselling programmes increasingly profit from public health services across the world. However, a new study into...

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Play’s the thing

04 Aug 2015

Children’s play is under threat from increased urbanisation, perceptions of risk and educational pressures. The first research centre of its kind...

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Death Angel (cropped)

Musical tastes offer a window into how you think

22 Jul 2015

Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? The...

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 Scotland ~ Day 2

Study finds GB’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable regions

25 Mar 2015

A survey of almost 400,000 British residents has highlighted significant differences in personalities between regions. Amongst its findings, it shows...

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Creative Company Conference 2011

Acting ‘out of character’ in the workplace

20 Feb 2015

Look around your workplace – and ask yourself which colleagues you’d describe as extravert and which as introvert. Perhaps your most talkative...

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