Associate Professor Peter Koval
Associate Professor in Psychology, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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More resilient than we thought during lockdown
New research finds that many people coped relatively well emotionally during Melbourne’s long COVID-19 lockdowns – but with caveats.
Arts & Culture
Being open to emotion in art
Art can provoke, plague and preoccupy. But what can our interactions with art teach us about fully experiencing emotions in our everyday lives?
Health & Medicine
Dealing with feelings about COVID-19
In a time when we feel we can’t manage our environment, there are still some effective ways to manage our feelings
Health & Medicine
Sexual objectification harms women
Research that asked women to log the times they felt sexually objectified on their smartphones has found it harms their wellbeing – even when they are witnessing other women objectified
Health & Medicine
Podcast
Exercising your emotions
Dr Peter Koval wants to make you emotional - and it’s for your own good