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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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Health & Medicine
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.
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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?
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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
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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
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Health & Medicine
Podcast
Exercising your emotions
Dr Peter Koval wants to make you emotional - and it’s for your own good