A New Zealand-led study investigating how images affect our belief in written statements has been featured on the news satire […]
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‘Text-speak’ more distracting – study
New research from the University of Canterbury has shown that reading text-speak – the abbreviated writing many of us use […]
Continue readingThe Psychology of climate change
In the latest issue of Element magazine (distributed with the New Zealand Herald) Andy Kenworthy explores new research into the […]
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Associate Professor Marc Wilson, from the Department of Psychology, Victoria University, talked to TVNZ’s Breakfast show about the Mayan calendar, […]
Continue readingCopyright hits psychological boundary
An American university has filed a lawsuit against a New Zealand hypnotherapist for breach of copyright after he published what […]
Continue reading2012: Happy New Apocalypse?
Joseph Gelfer, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, picks apart the 2012 apocalypse theory […]
Continue readingNZ pigeons count in international media
A New Zealand researcher who showed pigeons can be as good as rhesus monkeys at sorting images of shapes into […]
Continue readingChristmas and the psychology of gift-giving
Finance writer Diane Clement explores the psychology of gift-giving in a New Zealand Herald article, drawing on kiwi experts and […]
Continue readingRWC Fever not healthy?
To many New Zealanders rugby is more than just a sport, but maybe we need to lighten up if we […]
Continue reading‘Blame the Ref’ – psychology for the RWC
Rugby is central to New Zealand’s sense of national self worth- but this can be a problem given New Zealand’s […]
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