BPS Research Digest

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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: bps.org.uk/research-diges…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: bps.org.uk/research-diges…

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: bps.org.uk/research-diges…

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

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

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