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Why are people superstitious?
An 🦇extremely spooky🦇 Hallowe’en blog, featuring lucky charms, pigeons behaving weirdly, and bananas conspiring against fishers.
The IKEA effect: why do we like possessions we had a hand in making?
Ever wondered why you’re so fond of the wonky bookcase you put together yourself? Come find out!
How to give good gifts
If you've ever faced the struggle of giving the right gift, then good news: I’ve been reading the research on gift-giving and I have some science-based tips!
How to echolocate
Navigating by sound isn’t just for bats! If you can hear, you can probably learn to echolocate. Find out how.
Why we get left and right confused
How do we develop our sense of left and right? How it can go wrong? And why can sudden left-right confusion tell us that someone is having a stroke?
How does information get from the eyes to the brain?
Your brain’s doing its best, but what you see isn’t reality. It's more like a useful hallucination that lets you interact with the world.
How to remember people's names
We’ve all forgotten someone’s name at one point or another. Here’s how to reduce the chances of that happening.
Why we sigh
Is sighing about feelings, thoughts, or maybe both at once?
The ugly side of cuteness
What makes an animal cute, and why is that sometimes a bad thing?
Dreams that come true: coincidence or precognition?
Ever had a dream that predicted the future? Let’s talk about whether it was a coincidence or not…
How many senses do humans have?
Spoiler alert: it’s far more than five
How to make food taste better – with psychology
… and why this research could get us to Mars.
Why people collect celebrity memorabilia
How much would you pay for a half-eaten slice of Vegemite toast?
How to cope with a stressful wait
Struggling with your mental health in COVID lockdown? Me too. Find out how research on stressful waiting can help you deal with it.
A trip to the Uncanny Valley
Ever wonder why we find some robots and puppets creepy? Now’s your chance to find out…
What is aphantasia?
Can you see the world in your mind’s eye, or is it all a blank? Come find out why not everyone has mental imagery.
Why we can't remember being born
Does the memory of your own birth disappear? Or was it never there in the first place?
What is synaesthesia?
I spent 10 years researching synaesthesia and I’ve squashed all my knowledge into one blog!
Clare explains: What is the Rule of 3?
With comedian Rachel Wheeley, I explore why you need three things for a funny list