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With a joyful celebration of family love and communal bonds at its heart, Charles Dickens’s story A Christmas Carol has often been credited with creating our modern idea of Christmas. Published on December 19 1843, the first edition sold out rapidly and the story was immediately adapted onto the Victorian…

Youth mental health has worsened significantly over the past decade, but new interventions that teach positive psychology concepts in school may help.

Poor Things isn’t trying to be a masterclass in developmental psychology, but it portrays some parallel milestones that viewers may find familiar.

Someone confident, cunning, and well-versed in psychology has a good chance of successfully impersonating others. Here's what that looks like in practice. The post 35 People Who Successfully Cheated The System by Pretending To Belong (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

Noam Chomsky, the revered and reviled genius once famously described as “the most important intellectual alive”, turns 95 today. He is a monumental figure in modern linguistics, and only a slightly lesser deity in psychology, philosophy and political activism.

From psychology to AI, pandemics to popular culture, we survey the bigger picture

Dream duo Richard Osman and Marina Hyde take aim at Farage et al; history boys get a satirical ribbing; the psychology of greed; and a hard look at the Labour party, from Corbyn to Starmer

Studies show that such foods are enticing to consumers, thanks to social media and marketing psychology

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Psychologist who pioneered the treatment of children after such disasters as the Zeebrugge ferry sinking and the King’s Cross fire

Velavan Senthilkumar (25) has had a successful year as a professional squash player, rising from outside the top 200 to 66th in the PSA World rankings. He attributes his success to hard work on physical and mental fitness, including meditation and visualisation techniques. His psychology degree has helped him to…