Psychology

Social media’s mental health advice is no substitute for therapy

Social media is overflowing with mental health discourse and therapy language, but none of it is a substitute speaking to a qualified professional

Nice guys don’t ‘finish last’ – altruism has been a key driver in our social evolution

Manosphere influencers push the idea that men need to be dominant and 'alpha' to get ahead - in reality, altruism and cooperation are key to our social status

The virus metaphor for misinformation is flawed, and can distract us from solutions

The 'misinformation virus' metaphor may be useful in modelling, but doesn't help us understand susceptibility, or the motivations of spreaders

Reputation: why do we care so much about what other people think of us?

Human beings evolved to value being respected within our group – those seen as trustworthy were more likely to be able to stick around, and to breed

Are pre-performance rituals simply superstition, or something more?

Performers engage in all manner of rituals, like lucky clothing, physical routines, and even prayer. But how much benefit do they have?

A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit

After decades researching parapsychology and testing paranormal claims, the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmith's closed it's doors for the final time in 2024.

The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

The Telepathy Tapes podcast claims non-verbal children have remarkable supernatural powers, based on flawed experiments and unconstrained belief

HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

That our superstitious beliefs can be explained by an inherited trait for hyperactive agency detection is simple, elegant... and not remotely evidence-based
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