Recent research explores the experiences of those who are diagnosed with autism later in life, after an initial diagnosis of borderline personality disorder: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

🧠 This could be yet another reason exercise is vital for brain health: New research in mice finds that exercise may help keep the brain healthy by mechanically assisting cerebrospinal fluid circulation. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new paper disentangles the effects of narcissism’s various traits on partnerships: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New work in mice finds that smell receptors are neatly organised into tight, type-specific bands, aligning with sensory maps in the brain. Could humans have a similar set up? 🐭 www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new study finds substantial overlap in preferences for certain sounds across the animal kingdom. 🐸 www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research draws on artworks with mirrors to probe our understanding of reflections: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Feeling a little tension? What kind? A new study uncovers seven different types of hyper-arousal, linking patterns of each to various mental health conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New study finds that the difference in diagnosis rates between males and females narrows with age: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Feeling a little tension? What kind? A new study uncovers seven different types of hyper-arousal, linking patterns of each to various mental health conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

How do people end up in prison, why do they reoffend, and what helps people move on? 🎙️In the new episode of PsychCrunch, Ella Rhodes gets the answers from forensic psychologists Dr Rachel Worthington and Dr Geraldine Akerman:

New UK-based work identifies differences in development between pre-Covid and Covid-era children: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Does what you know affect what you see? 👀 A new paper adds fuel to a long-standing debate: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Imagining a more positive version of past events can help people picture better future outcomes, a new study finds: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Does what you know affect what you see? 👀 A new paper adds fuel to a long-standing debate: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Being regularly immersed in a fictional idealised life may disrupt one’s sense of identity, new research finds: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new study looks at the role particular pillars of the community can play in encouraging sustainable living: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Could hairdressers be the everyday climate influencers we need? A new study looks at the role such pillars of community can play in encouraging sustainable living: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research using face tracking tech charts differences in the emotional expressions of autistic and non-autistic people: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Bias based on appearance flies under the radar more often than racial or gender discrimination, says new study: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New work could pave the way for objective assessment of cognitive fatigue across multiple conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New work could pave the way for objective assessment of cognitive fatigue across multiple conditions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A recent paper asks whether we can flip the effects of uncertainty: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Is a random stranger or a chatbot better at alleviating loneliness? A new study seeks to find out: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Recent work finds a one-way relationship between wellbeing and later self-control: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Is a random stranger or a chatbot better at alleviating loneliness? A new study seeks to find out: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Recent research from the US finds new starters in psychology endorse a surprisingly high number of misconceptions and myths: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A recent study provides initial evidence that dream manipulation could help us work through tricky puzzles in waking life: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Why do we give people the silent treatment? A new study investigates: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A recent study provides initial evidence that dream manipulation could help us work through tricky puzzles in waking life: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new study explores when we feel it’s right to hold back on giving the whole truth and nothing but. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Recent research from the US finds new starters in psychology endorse a surprisingly high number of misconceptions and myths: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Post-operative delirium poses cognitive risk later in life, says recent study: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research identifies a major psychological sticking point for those looking to keep up exercise habits: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Students usually come out of introductory psychology courses feeling highly informed. But recent research from the US finds that these new starters endorse a surprisingly high number of misconceptions and myths: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Recent work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow state in autistic individuals, and how it helps to maintain wellbeing: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new paper takes a bird's-eye view on research into lived experiences of hair loss: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research analyses the effects of several wildly different day-to-day strategies to maintain mental health: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Recent research probes the dynamics of parental gross outs: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New study finds patterns in what we self-gift in response to different emotions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A new paper outlines how our obsession with the morbid may have conveyed survival advantages throughout our evolutionary history: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

If you follow us, you probably love psychology. But would you love it more if it did something just a little bit better? In this new episode of PsychCrunch, we explore what in psychology, if anything, needs a revolution. Check it out! www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Friday morning, when the weekend feels so close, yet so far... A new study offers a tip to make it through the last boring tasks of the week: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

If you follow us, you probably love psychology. But would you love it more if it did something just a little bit better? In this new episode of PsychCrunch, we explore what in psychology, if anything, needs a revolution. Check it out! www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Are you better at recognising people your own age? A recent study demonstrates the own-age bias in face recognition in the new generation: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research charts the path from virtual gambling to real betting: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New research finds that blinking betrays whether someone is listening intently: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

A recent paper puts virtual and face-to-face dating head-to-head, finding that even for sceptics, a virtual date can be just as lovely: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

In a recent issue of The Psychologist, we asked readers to tell us about a paper that changed their life. Ayad Marhoon (University of Leeds) answered the call: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig... (If you'd like to make a similar contribution, see the end of the article!)

"Despite consensus around the importance of overconfidence, scholars disagree about whether [it] qualifies as a trait." A new adversarial collaboration finds some common ground on the topic: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...