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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🎙️In the latest episode of PsychCrunch, Tabby Taylor Buck delves into the world of unconventional therapeutic activities. From rock climbing to DND to cold water immersion, what therapeutic threads run through our trivial pursuits? Find out with episode 42: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Do you remember what it was like to start school? Intimidating new places, a new schedule, lots of potential friends and foes... 🎙️In the new episode of PsychCrunch, Professor Claire Hughes provides expert insights into this dynamic period: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Fancy taking a detour from the mainstream? We've got just the thing. 🎙️Find expert insights on the psychological side of kink subculture from Liam Wignall (University of Brighton) and Clinical Psychologist Kate Marks in the new episode of PsychCrunch: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

No holiday can last forever - but according to new research, their positive effects might last longer than we thought: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig... (Sorry to make you think about holidays on a Monday morning...!)

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

So, what exactly is "the ick"? A new study nails it down: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

New study finds more extreme out of body experiences in those with borderline personality disorder, hinting at complex dynamics between their sense of self and bodily perceptions: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A @yorkpsychology.bsky.social survey of UK-based teachers reveals the influence of online misogyny on primary and secondary schoolboys, and details its impacts on female pupils and staff. A way past this issue, however, may be closer than we think: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

How often do you remember your dreams? According to new research, if you're young, spend more time in light stages of sleep, and think of dreams as more than night time 'nonsense', you might recall more than most: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Those of us with siblings have probably all heard jokes about parental favouritism - but what factors make a child more likely to become 'The Favourite'? A new meta-analysis seeks to find out: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Recent work investigating Theory of Mind in kids who lived through the acute phase of the pandemic finds they're more likely to struggle identifying others' false beliefs: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Is surveillance changing how we see the world? New research suggests that knowing we’re being monitored impacts involuntary perceptual processes, without us realising: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Ever wondered how kids can be so darn gross? 🤧 Things that should literally make stomachs churn simply don’t for children, according to new research: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Does feeling powerful make us more likely to be unfaithful? Recent work finds that power can make us feel like a more valuable romantic prospect, and increase interest in other potential partners: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Do we have a good sense of what our preferred gender actually finds attractive? Not so much, according to new research from @uniofstandrews.bsky.social's David Perrett and colleagues: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We often associate paranoia with seeing things 'out of the corner of your eye'. A new study, however, focuses on how those with paranoia interpret social dynamics they're looking right at: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There are a lot of names for the climate crisis, but which motivates us to do our part more? 🌍 Well... new research suggests they're actually all quite similar: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Lockdown provided many of us with time for reflection, exploration, and self-discovery. For some, it even opened up new understandings of their own gender. New work explores the pandemic journeys of gender diverse and trans youth in more detail: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A total makeover is just a click away with modern technology. But what effects are beauty filters having on the way we see ourselves, and others? A new study unpicks the influence of instant beauty filters on body image and attitudes: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Could vagus nerve stimulation offer progress on treatment resistant depression? Participants of a recent trial see 'meaningful improvements' in their ability to function and live their lives — though effects were somewhat modest. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Be honest, does promising honesty really change how truthful you are? According to a new study, it can do - but the phrasing of any honesty oath we take is key: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

When menopause and autism collide, many report feeling unwarned, unprepared, and without appropriate support, according to new research: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Looking for change? Here's one for you: New research suggests protesters' expressions of anger or fear have different outcomes for onlooker support - depending on whether they're from a marginalised group, or an ally. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Some research-based advice to up your dating app game today... 💕 Cutting words short while texting might be common, but doing so too freely could make conversation partners less likely to reply, says new research: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Living in uncertain times can be so difficult - but uncertainty isn't always the ominous force we make it out to be. 🎙️ Join us for the new episode of PsychCrunch, in which @ellarhodespsych.bsky.social explores the science of uncertainty with expert Maggie Jackson: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Recent research extends our understanding of touch to new distances... A new paper from a team at Radboud University finds that, when blindly wielding a 6-metre rod, participants were highly accurate at estimating the distance of a hit target: www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/reaching-haptic-horizon

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