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Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/promises-found-to-reduce-cheating-in-large-study-of-adolescents
New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to ‘cheat’ than those who did not, even when they could not be found out.
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Mental imagining of self-harm can increase urge and heighten the risk of people harming themselves
University of Plymouth news: New research from the School of Psychology represents the first study of its kind to track the real-time occurrences of mental imagining of self-harm, alongside the urge to self-harm and actual self-harming behaviour.
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/applied-psychology/reframed
An MRC funded project at Plymouth University School of Psychology
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Dual processes in reasoning
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/psychology-neuroscience/dual-processes
An ESRC funded project at Plymouth University School of Psychology
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ExSpaND: Exploring Spatial Navigational Differences
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/experimental-psychology/spatial-navigation
understanding of individual differences in navigational ability, in both typical adults and a vulnerable population
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Discover surprising facts and myths about the brain
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/discover/myths-of-the-brain
Discover surprising facts and myths about the brain. Dr Matt Roser guides us through five fascinating and surprising facts about the brain, and five things you may have heard that are, in fact, myths.
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Study shows people with more nature in their neighbourhood smoke and drink less
University of Plymouth news: A study showing how people who live in greener neighbourhoods smoke and drink less on average is the latest involving the University to explore links between nature and addictive behaviours.
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Study shows parents are inclined to misjudge child happiness
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/parents-inclined-to-misjudge-child-happiness
Plymouth University news: Research by Plymouth University showed parents of 10 and 11-year-olds consistently overestimated their child’s happiness, while those with 15 and 16-year-olds were inclined to underestimate
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Study to explore whether new therapy can help address problem drinking
A psychological therapy found to be effective in helping people achieve and maintain weight loss is being trialled to see if it can support patients with chronic liver disease to stop drinking.
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Toddlers more responsive to accents of peers than parents
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/toddlers-more-responsive-to-accents-of-peers-than-parents
A study at the University of Plymouth has shown toddlers are more receptive to regional accents which might be spoken in nurseries and playgroups, even if they are vastly different to those spoken in the home
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