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People Believe Lab Animals Have Less Mental Capacity Than Other Animals, Research Shows

People Believe Lab Animals Have Less Mental Capacity Than Other Animals, Research Shows

December 31, 2024

- The Conversation
October 7, 2024

Is Rising Inequality Fuelling Our Moral Outrage?

Is Rising Inequality Fuelling Our Moral Outrage?

September 1, 2024

- Pursuit, University of Melbourne
August 7, 2024

Killing Pain Kills Pleasure

Killing Pain Kills Pleasure

December 31, 2023

- The Institute of Art and Ideas
November 23, 2023

Being Highly Sensitive to the World Around You

Being Highly Sensitive to the World Around You

April 30, 2023

- Character & Context Blog, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
April 7, 2023

Supernatural Beliefs Have Featured in Every Society Throughout History. New Research Helps Explain Why 

Supernatural Beliefs Have Featured in Every Society Throughout History. New Research Helps Explain Why 

April 20, 2023

- The Conversation
April 3, 2023

Research Finds Countries That Focus the Most on Happiness Can End Up Making People Feel Worse

Research Finds Countries That Focus the Most on Happiness Can End Up Making People Feel Worse

March 1, 2022

- The Conversation
February 17, 2022

How to Avoid ‘Toxic Positivity’ and Take the Less Direct Route to Happiness

How to Avoid ‘Toxic Positivity’ and Take the Less Direct Route to Happiness

November 11, 2021

- The Conversation
October 31, 2021

3 Ways Our View of Animals Shapes Our Connection to Them

3 Ways Our View of Animals Shapes Our Connection to Them

February 26, 2021

- The Conversation
January 5, 2021

How COVID-19 Could Inspire Us to a Better Future

How COVID-19 Could Inspire Us to a Better Future

July 30, 2020

- Pursuit, University of Melbourne
June 1, 2020

Reducing Climate Change by Making It Less Abstract

Reducing Climate Change by Making It Less Abstract

June 3, 2019

- Scientific American
April 23, 2019

The Resilience Paradox: Why We Often Get Resilience Wrong

The Resilience Paradox: Why We Often Get Resilience Wrong

March 1, 2019

- The Other Side, Psychology Today
February 20, 2019

Nanette, Self-Deprecation and When Not to Use It

Nanette, Self-Deprecation and When Not to Use It

December 12, 2018

- Pursuit, University of Melbourne
August 24, 2018

Trapped in a Culture of Happiness

Trapped in a Culture of Happiness

August 11, 2018

- Asia & the Pacific Policy Society
August 7, 2018

Why Seeking Pain Can Make You a Better Person

Why Seeking Pain Can Make You a Better Person

July 24, 2018

- The Ethics Centre
February 13, 2018

Strength in Adversity

Strength in Adversity

December 1, 2017

- Cofunds
October 20, 2017

So Many in the West Are Depressed Because They’re Expected Not to Be

So Many in the West Are Depressed Because They’re Expected Not to Be

October 17, 2017

- The Conversation
August 1, 2017

Wary of Human-Animal Hybrids? It’s Probably Just Your Own Moral Superiority

Wary of Human-Animal Hybrids? It’s Probably Just Your Own Moral Superiority

October 17, 2017

- The Conversation
February 19, 2017

How Do We Weigh the Moral Value of Human Lives Against Animal Ones?

How Do We Weigh the Moral Value of Human Lives Against Animal Ones?

December 10, 2016

- The Conversation
June 8, 2016

Feeling Sad? You Might Be Trying Too Hard to Be Happy

Feeling Sad? You Might Be Trying Too Hard to Be Happy

December 10, 2016

- The Ethics Centre
February 9, 2016

Can We Love Happiness? Or Do We Then Risk More Sadness?

Can We Love Happiness? Or Do We Then Risk More Sadness?

December 10, 2016

- The Conversation
June 24, 2015

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Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
University of Melbourne
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