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Psychology

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
Funeral for covid-19 victims in Bergamo, Italy

Health

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

News

Humans

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

Features
Mother and child

Parenthood alters your personality but you don’t become more mature

News

Humans

Humankind review: A compelling case for believing people are good

Culture

Humans

Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

Culture

Humans

Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

Features
Weighing scales

Health

Men are worse than women at estimating their height and weight

News

Humans

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse is an exploration of doomsday preparation from Mars colonists to fallout shelter estate agents

Culture
Technology

Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

Video
Technology

Video game psychology: Are they addictive and can they harm us?

Video

Health

My patient’s marriage was saved by a brain injury

Regulars

Mind

Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult’s

News