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Health & Medicine

How big data is unlocking insights into psychology

The personal data we are now all generating is making it easier for researchers to take psychology out of the lab and into the field

Health & Medicine

How fear-appeal advertising works

The research shows that using fear in advertising can be effective in changing behaviour, but it needs to be done well

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