By Ciara Greene, Associate Professor of Psychology, University College Dublin
Psychologists have intensively studied the factors that make both eyewitnesses and victims more or less susceptible to memory distortion. But to date there has been no experimental evidence comparing memory suggestibility between the complainants and accused in sexual assault cases.
My recent study was the first to compare…
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By Malgorzata Szymanska, PhD Candidate, Cognition and Brain Science, University of Cambridge
Hunter Schone, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, UCL
Inside every human brain lies a detailed map of the body, with different regions dedicated to different body parts – the hands, lips, feet and more. But what happens to this map when a body part is removed?
For decades, scientists believed that when a body part is amputated, the brain’s body map dramatically reorganises itself, with neighbouring body parts taking over the area once represented by the missing limb.
This idea of large-scale brain reorganisation became a central pillar…
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By Gráinne Tyrrell, Doctoral Researcher in Biomedical Device Design, School of Architecture and Product Design, University of Limerick
Eoin White, Associate Professor of Medtech Design, University of Limerick
Leonard O Sullivan, Professor in Ergonomics and Human Factors, Department of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick
“If you can’t handle this, you’ll never keep up with your peers.”
That’s what a young vascular surgeon in training reported hearing from a senior colleague during interviews for our study, after she needed two hands to hold a medical device her male peers could operate with one.
Another cardiologist, more than ten years into her career, must regularly hand over part of a procedure…
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By Claire Hart, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton
Kathy Carnelley, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton
Research shows that ‘phubbing’ – ignoring a partner to look at your phone – can lower relationship satisfaction and spark retaliation.
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By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
The organisation behind antisemitic arson attacks in Australia is now considered a terrorist group. Here’s how the enormously powerful group operates.
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By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
The WA Supreme Court found in favour of the former senator in the high-profile defamation case. Here’s how it played out.
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By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called Iran’s involvement in at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year “extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it “crossed a line”.
We asked Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East scholar who was imprisoned by Iran for more…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Two men near a wooden boat known as a pirogue, traditionally used for fishing in Mauritania and West Africa, on a beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 28, 2022. Pirogues have been frequently used by migrants seeking to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. © 2022 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers.The European Union and Spain, bilaterally, have continued to outsource migration management to Mauritania, despite its…
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By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement to an outpouring of love. What is it about Swift that encourages such emotional reactions?
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By Jimena de Mello Heredia, PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Imagine a student working on an assignment and they are stuck. Their lecturer or tutor is not available. Or maybe they feel worried about looking silly if they ask for help. So they turn to ChatGPT for feedback instead.
In mere moments they will have an answer, which they can prompt for further clarification if they need.
They are not alone. Our research shows nearly half of surveyed Australian university students use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for feedback.
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