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New Millenium ChristBait

03/01/2019 Trebuchet Magazine

You better recognise your last face. Adam Curtis (read more)

Slave to the circadian rhythm: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018

TRA: Territories

02/12/2018 Alex Brenchley

Territories: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018 (read more)

Legal Weed: Do Young’uns Now Toke More, or Do More Young’uns Toke?

10/01/2018 Trebuchet News

What impact may legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon have on teen marijuana use? (read more)

Cycling London’s Undercurrents: The Curve of the Tyburn

31/10/2017 Paul Cook

Following the hidden rivers of London is an exercise in history, sociology, architecture… and exercise (read more)

Not Such Bad Hombres: Crime is Lower Where Immigration is Higher

13/02/2017 Trebuchet News

Four decades of evidence finds no link between immigration and increased crime (read more)

Should You Trust Your Gut Instinct? What Do Psychologists Say?

27/07/2016 Trebuchet News

Systematic reasoning appears to beat intuition for recognizing emotions in others, study says (read more)

For Teenage Boys: The Proven Way to Double Your Female Friends

14/06/2016 Trebuchet News

Teenage boys who show empathy attract 1.8 more girlfriends than boys who don’t. (read more)

Searching out the Most Taboo Taboo. Any Guesses?

17/04/2016 Trebuchet News

UC Santa Barbara sociologist explores ‘the hidden literature of shame’ (read more)

Plastic surgeons push fake-face book.

14/05/2013 Trebuchet Magazine

Many plastic surgeons view social media as important tool for promoting their practice. (read more)

Relative Rudeness : Cultural Customer Service Pitfalls

24/04/2013 Trebuchet Magazine

Research shows that culture plays a significant role in how frontline workers deal with customer rudeness and abuse (read more)

Sports fandom and forgiveness

16/04/2013 Trebuchet Magazine

Celebrity confessions : Deep in Sports fandom do we really believe that anyone believes them anymore? (read more)

Good news for Nice People

08/04/2013 Trebuchet Magazine

Conscientious, nice people are more likely to have higher grade point averages, according to new research from psychologists at Rice University. (read more)

From Punishment to Performance

26/03/2013 Trebuchet Magazine

Participants’ performance increased systematically as the amount of punishment increased, suggesting that punishment acts as a performance enhancer in a similar way to monetary reward. (read more)

Feeling good about spending money on someone else rather than for personal benefit may be a universal response among people in both impoverished countries and rich nations, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. (read more)