psychology

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 September 202419 September 2024

A new US study found personalised interactions with a chatbot could reduce belief in conspiracy theories. The study, published in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 May 202406 May 2024

A New Zealand study shows a tenfold increase in the amount of ADHD medication dispensed for adults between 2006 and 2022, […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 29 September 2023

What are the psychological factors behind why youth commit crime? What does the evidence say around prevention? The Science Media […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 May 2021

U.S. researchers have found that MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduced symptoms of severe PTSD in patients. Ninety people with severe PTSD […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 April 2020

The Prime Minister has given more details on what life in New Zealand will look like under Alert Level 3 – ahead […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 April 2019

The Canterbury earthquakes had widespread adverse effects on mental health, according to a new review. University of Otago researchers reviewed […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 July 2018

Five days since they were discovered in a cave in Thailand, the 12 young football players and their coach remain trapped, […]

In the News | Published: 29 March 201813 February 2019

Building new prisons won’t fix the problem with New Zealand’s justice system, instead, we need to focus on prevention and early […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 15 November 201611 April 2018

Following the magnitude 7.5 earthquake near Kaikoura on Monday morning, people are likely to feel rattled especially during numerous aftershocks. […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 13 July 201603 May 2017

A proposal to test how reliable brain scans could be in detecting whether suspects knew anything about a crime goes […]