Psychology

A yard crammed with junk

Addressing the emotional and behavioural drivers of hoarding through therapy is crucial. But sometimes, a harm-avoidance approach is best.

Supermarket surveillance

A UNSW consumer psychologist says that supermarkets need to take a new approach to ease shopper frustrations.

Photo of teenage boy sitting in classroom with two female classmates in background

The research sheds light on the biological basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Man looking at supermarket bill

How supermarkets are making consumers spend more money without them realising it. 

person standing on hill looking at the sunset/sunrise

Despite the popular and intuitive notion that people find climate change psychologically distant, a new review of the evidence shows that’s not the case at all.

Students on UNSW L5 stairs

The 2023 QS Subject Rankings placed 19 UNSW subjects in the top 50 worldwide and five at number one in Australia. 

sad woman sitting alone in a cafe excluded from the group

Humans are programmed on an evolutionary level to fear social rejection, but we can learn to deal with it. 

kate fasse in front of an illustration of floating pills and medicines

Is it possible that up to half the side effects reported in medical trials are all in people's heads? Is someone's expectation of a negative side effect strong enough to make it actually happen? And if so, how do medical researchers break this dangerous cycle?

A tweet claim by US President Donald Trump about election fraud

UNSW psychology researchers have shown how to better communicate key messages and avoid misinformation.

woman holding smartphone looking worried

Why is it so hard to disengage from daily case numbers? What should you do if, like a car crash, you can’t look away?

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