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Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online

13 Nov 2024

Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the...

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Psychological ‘signature’ for the extremist mind uncovered

22 Feb 2021

Scientists have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious...

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Protestors confront each other at a political demonstration

‘Mental rigidity’ at the root of intense political partisanship on both left and right – study

29 Aug 2019

Latest research shows that reduced cognitive flexibility is associated with more 'extreme' beliefs and identities at both ends of the political...

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Heave, Ho!

Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally

04 Feb 2014

New research shows that the more personally and socially powerless you feel the heavier objects appear to weigh.

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