Researchers earmark unique hack for better human face recognition Communications & Technology Accurately verifying a person is who they say they are by comparing their face to official forms of ID can be improved by as much…
Premium Expert briefings Everybody likes evidence-based policy but it has its problems Thursday November 18, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The challenges of applying evidence-based research to policy reform is something public servants grapple with every day.
Understanding how anti-vaxxers feel, to make sense of their actions Monday November 15, 2021 By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg and Francois Soyer Editors' Picks The militancy of the protests and participants suggest many far-right nationalists and extreme libertarians have co-opted the anti-vax movement.
Premium Insights and analysis A BETA way to achieve human-centred policy design Wednesday November 10, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal We speak with the man who established Australia's first central nudge unit, which brought behavioural insights capability to public policy.
Three reasons people with power are more likely to make bad decisions Tuesday October 5, 2021 By Daniel de Zilva Editors' Picks Feeling powerful makes us more prone to overvaluing our own perspective, dismissing the expertise of others, and failing to recognise limitations.
Narcissists: there’s more than one type – and our research reveals what makes each tick Friday August 6, 2021 By Nikhila Mahadevan Editors' Picks Chances are you’ve met a narcissist. Someone who thinks they’re better than everyone else, dominates the conversation and loves the limelight.
What behavioural science can teach governments about vaccine hesitancy Tuesday August 3, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social UNSW Sydney’s school of psychology suggests the Vaccine Hesitancy Determinants Matrix will help Australia meet its vaccination targets.
There is no ‘normal’ Monday July 26, 2021 By Simon J Cropper and Nwando Ebizie Culture Please do not adjust your sets, normal service will not be resumed because dream, hallucination or reality are all a product of the same thing…
The hidden cost of psychopaths at work Wednesday March 17, 2021 By Benedict Sheehy Career Matters Psychopaths are fearless and confident. They may seem potentially resourceful employees. It never works out.
Why inability to cope with uncertainty may cause mental health problems Monday November 30, 2020 By Benjamin Rosser Editors' Picks Does intolerance of uncertainty really have a far reaching influence on mental health? And importantly, does it cause those difficulties? The answer is not straightforward.
Can you unintentionally bully someone? Here’s the science Tuesday November 24, 2020 By Geoff Beattie Editors' Picks People accused of bullying in the workplace tend to understand their behaviour mainly in terms of the situation – their attention is on the pressures…
Wellbeing needs a rethink – and a global outlook is the way to start Wednesday October 21, 2020 By Tim Lomas Editors' Picks For many years, voices around the world have been articulating the fragility of modern civilisation, the importance of supportive relationships, the need to live more…
From psychopaths to ‘everyday sadists’: why do humans harm the harmless? Friday September 25, 2020 By Simon McCarthy-Jones Editors' Picks We love and we loathe; we help and we harm; we reach out a hand and we stick in the knife. We understand if someone…
Five things the pandemic has revealed about the Australian psyche Wednesday September 23, 2020 By Jayashri Kulkarni Culture The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned some of the most dramatic changes to Australian life in recent memory. This is what it revealed about us.
Humans aren’t inherently selfish – we’re actually hardwired to work together Friday August 21, 2020 By Steve Taylor Editors' Picks The assumption that we're selfish because prehistoric life was a desperate struggle for survival is a false one.
