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psychology

Think your sense of self is located in your brain? Think again

Humans

Think your sense of self is located in your brain? Think again

Most of us instinctively think that our sense of self is located in our head – but experiments show that our brains aren’t working alone in creating our sense of self

Features

The Scandinavian secrets to keeping positive in a covid-19 winter

Health

The Scandinavian secrets to keeping positive in a covid-19 winter

Features

Simon Baron-Cohen: Why autism and invention are intimately related

Mind

Simon Baron-Cohen: Why autism and invention are intimately related

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Crazy, Not Insane review: Why do people become murderers?

Humans

Crazy, Not Insane review: Why do people become murderers?

Culture

Joe Henrich interview: Psychology must look beyond Western cultures

Humans

Joe Henrich interview: Psychology must look beyond Western cultures

Features

Insights into the neural roots of bias suggest ways to fix the problem

Humans

Insights into the neural roots of bias suggest ways to fix the problem

Leader

We all have hidden prejudices – here’s how to override them

Humans

We all have hidden prejudices – here’s how to override them

Features

Lasana Harris interview: How your brain is conditioned for prejudice

Humans

Lasana Harris interview: How your brain is conditioned for prejudice

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What do unconscious bias tests really reveal about racism?

Humans

What do unconscious bias tests really reveal about racism?

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Rats

Life

Rats will help others in distress, but they can be influenced not to

The “bystander effect” can influence humans – and now it seems rats as well – not to step in to help another, but only if the bystanders are emotionally uninterested in what is happening

News

Humans

Terrie Moffitt interview: Can a young person's genes really set them up for a life of crime?

Features

Health

Grief over covid-19 deaths may be unusually severe and long-lasting

News

Definition

Conspiracy theories

Humans

Evolution tells us why there are two types of leader in today's world

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