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UNSW neuroscientist receives an inaugural $1.35m Rebecca Cooper Fellowship

26 Apr 2022

Sylvia Gustin’s research will facilitate spinal cord injury cure and improve therapies for chronic pain.

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Windows to the soul: Pupils reveal 'aphantasia', the absence of visual imagination

20 Apr 2022

Picture this, if you will: Aphantasia can be detected with an eye-opening look into our pupils.

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The next COVID wave is here. Why for some of us it's OMG and for others it's meh

08 Apr 2022

More than two years into the pandemic the world is a very different place. But this only partly explains different people’s responses to COVID.

Ageing gratefully: Older people summon more positivity in response to distress

28 Mar 2022

Psychologists find evidence that while ageing results in overall cognitive decline, we become better at positively reframing distressing episodes.

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Warning: this video may cause side effects

10 Mar 2022

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?

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How can we get better at telling misinformation from reliable expert consensus?

15 Feb 2022

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

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The six-minute training hack that can improve face recognition skills

17 Dec 2021

Our brains are wired to recognise faces holistically, but focusing on two standout features can improve performance, a new UNSW study shows.

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia honours five UNSW academics

09 Nov 2021

New Fellows elected in recognition of their excellence in the social sciences.

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How to stop fixating on the daily COVID numbers

04 Nov 2021

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?

How to help children mentally prepare for COVID-19 testing

28 Sep 2021

The thought of having a COVID-19 test can be harrowing for some children, but these helpful tips may help ease the nervousness.

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