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UQ researchers are leading COVID-19 Unmasked, an international online research project to collect cross-cultural data to examine how the pandemic is affecting early childhood development.

Professor Alex Haslam talks to ABC Radio National Life Matters about how to artfully navigate a conversation without it becoming heated, even when there are extreme differences of opinion.

PhD students from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences will compete in the virtual Faculty Final of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition on Thursday 6 August.

A number of young Australians say they would use cannabis for the first time if it were legal, a UQ study has found.

Wearing a mask, keeping a distance, no hugging. How do you get a country to comply to everyday restrictions that benefit the whole?

Australians are as willing to comply with the rules as ever and fears of 'lockdown fatigue' are unfounded, a new survey suggests.

Professor Alex Haslam, from the UQ School of Psychology, explores this topic with ABC Radio Sunday Morning presenter Kate O'Toole.

With Victoria re-issuing stay at home orders and NSW and ACT possibly not far behind, it's worth looking at how lockdown worked the first time. What went well? What have we learned?

Researchers from the UQ School of Psychology have compiled a list of their top 10 psychological lessons for how to understand and deal with COVID-19.

Researchers from the UQ School of Psychology have found there’s much more involved in interpreting someone else’s mood than just their facial expression – particularly, how we’re told they’re feeling.

UQ’s CarFreeMe program will be trialled by people living with dementia in the United States, thanks to over $610,000 in funding from the US National Institute of Health and National Institute on Aging.

Parenting can be hard at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic.

COVID-19 has brought “unknowable” levels of stress for parents, says the Triple P founder and Queensland Great, UQ's Professor Matthew Sanders.

Professor Jolanda Jetten spoke to ABC Radio National's 'Life Matters' about how it's normal to want to connect with someone from your past, especially if you're lonely.

Professor Alex Haslam talks to ABC's The Signal about the relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions.

The human tendency to make thinking a little easier by using external objects or actions – known as cognitive offloading – begins at an early age, according to research from The University of Queensland.

Children as young as three can understand the difference between real figures and those that are make believe, according to University of Queensland research.

Aside from a vaccine or cure, knowledge of human behaviour and psychology may be the best means of controlling the spread of COVID-19.

The restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic are designed to keep people, and particularly vulnerable older adults, safe.

An international consortium of researchers is exploring COVID-19’s psychological effects in 18 countries, and how compassion can help reduce pandemic-related stress.