Psychology

Meetings are one of the hot topics in occupational psychology. How can this bane of working life best be addressed? Asks Abi Millar.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. With so many images of an idealised beauty thrown at us every day, how does this affect our judgement? Richard Masters investigates.

What makes you buy those things you don’t need? Abi Millar reports on the psychology of shopping, it turns out a vanilla air freshener might make all the difference.

Dogs that suffer from anxiety when left by their owners may have a more pessimistic outlook, reports Jen Appleton.

Are you giving up the fags? Richard Masters looks at why brain scans can show how likely you are to quit, whether you realise it or not.

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