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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
When testing the effectiveness of psychological therapies, does it make any difference whether the research is conducted in the unpredictable world of the clinic or if it is instead performed under carefully controlled conditions?
Alcohol affects the sexual decision making of men and women in different ways.
How stress from commuting can spill over into the workplace.
Under what conditions do we root for the underdog? (Would be interesting to see cross-cultural research on this).
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A psychopath, a narcissist & a Machiavellian enter a room, who was perceived more favourably? What is the most interesting part of the brain? (open access) "Spending time on others increases...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The psychological effects of chronic illness: "...more emphasis should be given to medical conditions in training programmes for psychologists". When you revise, make sure you take practice tests...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Accounts of post-traumatic symptoms in the bible. Can brain imaging be used to identify whether claims of dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder) are genuine?...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Are capacity bottlenecks in the brain's information processing pathways, at the heart of many mental conditions and disorders? Differences between monkey and human mirror-neuron systems. Ageing...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Cross-cultural differences in the way people in USA, UK and Malaysia view intelligence. When people of Christian faith think about themselves, a different pattern of activity is observed in their...
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