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If you're looking for love on a dating app, then research shows you should beware the trolls and consider upgrading to a paid service to get away from them.
Topics: relationships, community-and-society, computers-and-technology, psychology, australia
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While relationships between prison inmates and psychologists are rare, one expert says even highly trained therapists are not immune to bias and potential manipulation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, mental-health, psychology, health, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe world's longest-running personality study finds that by the time you reach the age of 77, you bear almost no resemblance to your 14-year-old self.
Topics: research, science-and-technology, psychology, scotland, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedPeople with prosopagnosia know when they see a face, but their brain can't process who it belongs to.
Topics: health, genetic-disorders, brain-and-nervous-system, psychology, australia
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A Russian tattoo artist turns scars of violence into things of beauty, boosting the confidence of domestic abuse victims.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, visual-art, psychology, law-crime-and-justice, family-law, russian-federation
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Do you feel like the older you get the less time you have? Apparently the feeling is real — but it is all in your head.
Topics: stress, older-people, psychology, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedWhen possessions take over a person's home, what is the best way to help a hoarder?
Topics: stress, psychology, mental-health, health, perth-6000
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We are taught to complete our chores before enjoying a treat, but researchers find that making time for simple pleasures during the day make people more likely to achieve their goals.
Topics: lifestyle, stress, psychology, human-interest, perth-6000
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You've probably heard you are far more likely to die driving to buy your ticket than you are to actually win first division in the lotto. If winning is very unlikely, why is playing the lotto so popular?
Topics: gambling, psychology, australia
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A recent study finds about one-third of people can, if prompted, 'remember' events that never actually happened to them.
Topics: psychology, research, perth-6000, university-of-western-australia-6009
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A general expectation that good things will happen may help people live longer and ward off a host of diseases, a study of 70,000 people suggests.
Topics: health, psychology, australia
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| UpdatedThere is anecdotal evidence professionals are taking tiny doses of illegal, psychedelic drugs before heading to the office, a WA researcher says.
Topics: drug-use, psychology, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-education, perth-6000
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| UpdatedNeuroscientists insist women's brains should be studied separately to men's, while a gold-plated sex toy is topping Christmas wishlists, Jo Fox writes.
Topics: discrimination, men, women, neuroscience, psychology, offbeat
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Topics: animals, emotions, offbeat, research, psychology, southport-4215
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| UpdatedA new baby, a fluffy kitten, a puppy — all elicit a similar response and now there is a push to give that emotion a name to encourage more research.
Topics: animals, emotions, offbeat, research, psychology, southport-4215
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| UpdatedLike it or not, we all need money. So how do we get a better handle on our money so it has a positive impact on our health and happiness?
Topics: health, psychology, mental-health, australia
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| UpdatedDo yourself and your kids a favour and drop the "Santa charade", writes Ben Pobjie. You don't have to be a Grinch about it — just tell them the truth.
Topics: children, parenting, national-days, religion-and-beliefs, offbeat, psychology
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| UpdatedThe soft flickering of a campfire and seductive smell of smoke can be pleasing to the senses, but is it a primal instinct?
Topics: fires, psychology, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedResearchers say 'unrealistic optimism' keeps us from getting a cyclone kit together, and there are cultural characteristics at play as well.
Topics: cyclones, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, storm-disaster, psychology, darwin-0800
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A clinical psychologist offers simple, research-based advice for flood-affected Australian farmers.
Topics: psychology, storm-disaster, rural, mental-health, tas
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Topics: psychology, animals-and-nature, strahan-7468
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| UpdatedA university study uses ego depletion theory to find out if bad moods are contagious in the workplace, and what to do to avoid spreading one.
Topics: emotions, workplace, psychology, australia
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| UpdatedDae and Tash have been happily dating for six months, but they also are not — and never have been — sexually attracted to each other.
Topics: sexuality, community-and-society, psychology, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedProfessional clowns say the "creepy" clown trend sweeping the country is threatening their safety and livelihood, with some fearing people will be hesitant to let them entertain children.
Topics: human-interest, police, psychology, maroochydore-4558, qld
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| UpdatedA terrifying trend involving people dressing as clowns and stalking the streets could be dangerous rather than just a harmless prank, a psychologist warns.
Topics: human-interest, police, psychology, perth-6000, wa