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      Philip Zimbardo: Beyond the Stanford Prison Experiment

      Gauri Sarda-Joshi09/May/2020
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      The science behind an impulse purchase

      Gauri Sarda-Joshi02/Oct/2016
    • Impostor Syndrome

      The Imposter Syndrome: Do you feel your life is a fraud?

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      Feel like you’re missing out? Here’s how to make FOMO your friend

      Gauri Sarda-Joshi06/Sep/2016
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      Leah Goldrick05/Sep/2016
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      Why chatting to strangers is good for you

      Gauri Sarda-Joshi12/Aug/2016
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18 relationship tips for 2016

18 things successful couples do effortlessly

Gauri Sarda-Joshi30/Dec/2015
Committing to a relationship is not for the faint-hearted. So how do those annoyingly perfect couples manage to make it work so well?. Thankfully, science is st... More...
LifehacksRelationships
The science of online sharing

The psychology of online sharing

Gauri Sarda-Joshi22/Dec/2015
What prompts us to share on social media and why do we share the things we do? Science has started to figure this out. Why we share We all do it... A lot! Pos... More...
PsychologySociety & CultureTechnology
Mind wandering - day dreaming - benefits

How to get more done by daydreaming

Gauri Sarda-Joshi02/Dec/2015
Daydreaming, wool-gathering, zoning-out, everybody does it. But it's a guilty pleasure, universally considered to be a waste of time, the realm of the slacker, ... More...
Health & LifestylePsychologyWisdom
Getting back with your ex

What science says about hooking up with your ex

Gauri Sarda-Joshi30/Nov/2015
Hooking up with your ex, or relationship churning, is is on the rise. Psychologists say it's a worrying trend. According to research, staying in touch with a ro... More...
PsychologyRelationships
Money-happiness-Bentley

Money really can buy happiness – but only if you spend it right

Gauri Sarda-Joshi27/Nov/2015
They say it can't buy you love, but can money buy you happiness? The money-happiness relationship is far from straightforward. In some cases, ie people liv... More...
HappinessPsychologyWork & Money
Brain food

3 ways food messes with your brain and emotions

Gauri Sarda-Joshi24/Nov/2015
Food is just as important for our mental well-being as it is for our physical health For millennia healers have advocated food as medicine, but now, mental hea... More...
BodyBrainEmotion

Facial feedback theory: how Botox makes you less empathetic

Gauri Sarda-Joshi16/Nov/2015
Our own facial expressions play an essential part in understanding other people's emotions Human learn to show emotions through facial expressions very early i... More...
BodyCommunicationEmotion
How Hollywood uses colour to manipulate emotions

How Hollywood uses colour to manipulate our emotions

Jeff Mann09/Nov/2015
Film-makers routinely use colour to exploit the emotions of their audiences If you like movies you may have noticed that certain film genres always seem to... More...
CommunicationEmotion
Family meal-time

6 psychological benefits of family meals

Gauri Sarda-Joshi03/Nov/2015
Family mealtimes may be going out of fashion, but studies indicate there are multiple benefits to eating together If there is one tradition that spans all ... More...
FamilyFoodPsychology
Awed by nature

Experiencing awe in nature makes you kinder, scientists say

Julia Thomas26/Oct/2015
Experiencing the awe of nature makes us more kind and generous In the Urban Dictionary the word awesome is defined sarcastically, but perhaps quite accurat... More...
EmotionHappinessPsychology
Dunning-Kruger Effect

Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why you’re not as smart as you think you are

Gauri Sarda-Joshi23/Oct/2015
"The seemingly straightforward task of judging one's knowledge may not be so simple" In just a few decades, the wide web has grown from a user-base of zero... More...
Cognitive biasPsychology
fun with bubble wrap

These are quite possibly the 9 best psychology studies…. ever

Julia Thomas21/Oct/2015
To most people, the idea of taking part in a psychology experiment doesn't sound like a load of fun. Who would want to be a guinea pig and have scientists meddl... More...
Psychology
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