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Health

We must treat therapy with scientific rigour to see if it works

The number of people seeking psychotherapy is on the rise, but the field has long been seen as unscientific. It is time to approach it with the same diligence as we do other treatments

Leader

How do we know that therapy works, and which kind is best for you?

Mind

How do we know that therapy works, and which kind is best for you?

Features

Mind

We don't have any viable way of countering conspiracy theories

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Life

Monkeys with human-like hands can be fooled by sleight-of-hand magic

News

2F618EY Landing of the James Caird On South Georgia, 1916

Comment

Presence review: A lively look at why we experience ghostly presences

Culture

Woman looking at man

Mind

Is someone lying to you? A lack of detail may give them away

News

Why fears around children playing video games are counterproductive

Technology

Why fears around children playing video games are counterproductive

Comment

Cady Coleman appears in The Longest Goodbye by Ido Mizrahy, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by the press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

Space

The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

Culture

close up of woman's eyes

Mind

The evolutionary origin of paranoia and why it is becoming more common

Features

One large prairie vole stands against a smaller vole against a white background

Life

‘Love hormone' may not be crucial for social bonding after all

Prairie voles still form social bonds without oxytocin sensors in the brain. The findings challenge the long-held belief that the hormone is a crucial part of the bonding process for all mammals

News

Mind

Children aged 5 are better at switching their attention than chimps

News

Mind

Why self-compassion is the first step to being kinder to others

Features

Humans

The science of self-knowledge is important, even if it is a bit fuzzy

Leader

Environment

When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?

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