Writing in the New Zealand Herald, University of Canterbury Clinical psychologist Prof Julia Rucklidge outlines her concerns over legislation to control […]
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The latest edition of the manual defining criteria for mental illness is set to have a major impact on how […]
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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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New research from the University of Canterbury has shown that reading text-speak – the abbreviated writing many of us use […]
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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, […]
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An American university has filed a lawsuit against a New Zealand hypnotherapist for breach of copyright after he published what […]
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Joseph Gelfer, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, picks apart the 2012 apocalypse theory […]
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A New Zealand researcher who showed pigeons can be as good as rhesus monkeys at sorting images of shapes into […]
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Finance writer Diane Clement explores the psychology of gift-giving in a New Zealand Herald article, drawing on kiwi experts and […]
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