Psychology
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Analysis
This is why your brain never runs out of problems
Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them?
- by David Levari
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Courts
Perth researcher believes he holds key to Making a Murderer star's confession
A Murdoch University researcher believes he understands why innocent people confess to crimes they haven't committed.
- by Hannah Barry
Mental health
How to cope after a breakup
A romantic relationship that has spanned a considerable time can provoke intense feelings of loss, even when people knew their relationship was problematic.
- by Gery Karantzas
Health
The mental illness that affects one in 500 new mothers
Postnatal depression is much better understood today. Not so its darker sister, postnatal psychosis.
- by Sharon Bradley
Mental health
Female police officer told to ‘go home and have sex’ to beat stress: court
The NSW Police Force's Employees Assistance Program came under fire when a female officer with PTSD sued the force for negligence.
- by Joanne McCarthy
Health
Why that chocolate bar feels so good: how pleasure affects our brain
What’s going on in the brain when we experience pleasure?
- by James Kesby
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Seems like everyone's angry at you? You're not alone
Some people seem to have outsize difficulty with reading neutral faces as neutral.
- by Heather Murphy