The British Psychological Society's Research Digest
The latest peer-reviewed research, digested, by a team of writers with a Psychology background.
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New study nails down “the ick”
14 March 2025
… and finds it compels more breakups than you might expect.
Patience is a coping strategy, not a virtue
21 March 2025
New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them.
How to tell a joke to an ape
11 March 2024
New research finds that great apes playfully tease each other, suggesting our shared sense of humour may date back to common ancestors at least 13 million years ago.
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Cross-cultural studies of toddler self-awareness have been using an unfair test
05 February 2016
Researchers say measurement of self-awareness is "inextricably bound" with the context of our development.
Teachers triage the schoolyard effects of online misogyny
28 February 2025
A survey of UK-based teachers reveals prevalent misogynistic attitudes and behaviours in primary and secondary schoolboys, and details their impacts on female pupils and staff.
Autistic people face additional menopause challenges
23 January 2025
When menopause and autism collide, many report feeling unwarned, unprepared, and without appropriate support, according to new research.
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