Psychology Feed

Psychology

Women on tin can phones

How to broach the sensitive question of COVID vaccination status

12 Oct 2021

It isn’t mandatory to be vaccinated and some regard it as a private matter. So what is the best way to way to ask someone their vaccination status?

Two business women sitting near black full-glass panel window

Stressed about returning to work? Here's what your boss can do for you

11 Oct 2021

As we embark on Mental Health Week 2021 and begin to emerge from months of lockdown, employee mental health is at risk. But there are ways to reinforce psychological safety, says UNSW Business School's Frederik Anseel.

A long queue of masked people lined up to get their COVID-19 vaccination shots

Power to the sheeple: why common sense prevails despite COVID-19 uncertainty

23 Sep 2021

Information may be changing as quickly as the COVID-19 virus mutates, but being open and transparent about it fosters trust and social cohesion.

Woman closing shop due to COVID-19

How COVID challenges our most fundamental values

02 Sep 2021

Psychology researcher says the COVID restrictions governments have put in place may undermine trust and the stability of liberal democracies.

Woman sitting on bed pressing her head in pain

Chronic pain might impact how the brain processes emotions

27 Jul 2021

Chemical ‘messengers’ called neurotransmitters help regulate our emotions – but scientists have noticed a disruption to their levels in people with chronic pain.

A pair of handcuffed hands poking through bars of a jail cell

Why punishment may work on some, but not all people

16 Jun 2021

Why do some people make the same bad choices over and over? An inability to see how actions lead to outcomes, rather than recklessness, could be to blame.

A man with a stereo on his head screaming

Daniel Kahneman on 'noise' – the flaw in human judgement harder to detect than cognitive bias

31 May 2021

Bias is a psychological process detectable in individual judgements. Noise is a different phenomenon affecting human decisions.

UNSW Library Lawn

UNSW among world's best in global subject rankings

28 May 2021

UNSW Sydney has excelled in the 2021 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Rankings of Academic Subjects, appearing in 52 of the 54 subjects ranked for the fourth consecutive year.

Person being anxious in a crowd

Fear of going out? Here's how Melburnians can manage anxiety when returning to 'normal'

02 Nov 2020

It's helpful to remember you're in an unusual situation with no perfect map of how to cope, or a 'right' or 'wrong' way to get through it.

Two women looking at each other and eating

How does the food we eat affect our mood?

16 Oct 2020

A special event for UNSW’s mental health month will explore the links between diet and mental health.

Pages