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How to alter your personality: why your character isn't fixed in stone

Mind

How to alter your personality: why your character isn't fixed in stone

Traits like conscientiousness or extroversion might seem to define your character, but these aren't set in stone and new research reveals how anyone can change their personality - if they really want to

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Two senior woman in launderettes, laughing, portrait

Humans

The real reasons we laugh and what different types of laughter mean

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What doing magic tricks for birds is revealing about animal minds

Mind

What doing magic tricks for birds is revealing about animal minds

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WHY do we act irrationally?

Humans

Why are we irrational? How a logical flaw stops us solving problems

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Having impostor syndrome may actually make you better at your job

Humans

Having impostor syndrome may actually make you better at your job

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‘Ghosting’ in casual relationships linked to some personality types

Mind

‘Ghosting’ in casual relationships linked to some personality types

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Woman flexing muscles in front of a superhero shadow

Question

How can I make myself more motivated?

How spiteful are you?

Question

How spiteful are you?

Why psychologists can't decide if moral disgust is even a thing

Humans

Why psychologists can't decide if moral disgust is even a thing

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Repressed memories: The dangerous idea we can’t seem to forget

Mind

Repressed memories: The dangerous idea we can’t seem to forget

The idea that recollections of traumatic experiences can be locked away only to suddenly re-emerge years later has once again become a hotly debated issue, with serious implications for investigations of historical abuse

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Humans

Gwen Adshead interview: Why ordinary people commit heinous crimes

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Humans

The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them

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Humans

Old review: M. Night Shyamalan's stylish horror of accelerated ageing

Culture

Humans

The biggest flaw in human decision-making – and how to fix it

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