Psychology

When the girdle of social timing relaxes: Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep

Increased regularity of sleep-wake patterns and more sleep: The ‘lockdown’-induced relaxation of social schedules had positive effects on people’s sleep....

Attempts to Forget the Past Make It Harder to Remember the Present

The genetic metabolic component of anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is a deadly disorder marked by extremely low body weight, a fear of weight gain, and often an inability to appreciate the severity of the...

Genes coordinating selfishness and altruism between parents and offspring

The social bond between parent and offspring balances selfishness and altruism. We investigated how genes control these behaviors in European earwigs, and...

By default, people treat immoral actions as impossible

Your car left you down and you have an airplane to catch...what will you do?

It's not just how the game is played - it's whether you win or lose

How much people's perceptions of inequality reflect the distribution of opportunities in society and how much they reflect people's own social position? We...

How babies learn what we want

Every day, we interpret the actions of other people in terms of what they want and how hard they’re willing to try.This ability appears to emerge early in...

‘Online’ integration of sensory and fear memories

A stimulus never associated before with danger becomes frightening when elements of a past sensory memory become integrated into a new fear memory. But when...

Silver-screen or starving? Predicting success in showbiz

Are parts in film and TV fairly allocated? How long will an actor or actresses good, or bad, luck last? Can we predict if my favourite actor is going to be...

No need to stress when the dissertation deadline approaches

We find that students are not more stressed or handle their stress differently at different points during the dissertation year. However, stress and coping are...

How people think about risks, politics, and sustainable development

We are living in an unprecedentedly complex and uncertain world, facing difficult problems such as environmental disasters, economic turmoil, political...

Are students learning as much as they think they are? The dangers of fluent lectures

We have all experienced amazing teachers who lecture clearly and smoothly. Even if we are just listening and taking notes, it feels like we learn a lot from...