Psychology class: stories for study
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
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Social Influence
Israel grapples with ‘Eichmann’ dilemma over Hamas attack trials
World heading for hot 2024 after records ‘shattered’ in 2023, says WMO
The west’s handling of the pandemic beat its own expectations
Troops condemn Israeli army actions in Gaza
Memory
Donald Trump injured in attempted assassination at Pennsylvania rally
Multi-tasking: how to survive in the 21st century
‘My memory is fine’: Joe Biden rages as age question resurfaces
Attachment
My son, my working mother and childcare
Time off for new fathers raises bias awareness
America’s childcare system is broken
Psychopathology
Self-diagnosis ads on TikTok blur mental health fears with reality
Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, UK researchers find
AI-designed drug to enter human clinical trial for first time
Your wellbeing plans don’t work
I’d never stuck with therapy. Then I tried psychoanalysis
Approaches to Psychology
Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies, aged 90
Researchers hunt for new dementia detection methods
Biopsychology
New studies find benefits in very early drug treatment of Alzheimer’s
UK biotech group raises £48mn for Alzheimer’s research
Spa wars – the race to be the best retreat in the world
Relationships
Divorce: do the numbers still add up?
Cognition and Development
US seeks up to 50-year sentence for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
‘Grief tech’ avatars aim to take the sting out of death
AI forces a rethink on executive MBA teaching
Schizophrenia
Indivior aims to move primary listing from London to New York
I’d never stuck with therapy. Then I tried psychoanalysis
Eating Behaviour
Behold the Ozempic effect on business
Stress
Rising stress at ECB puts almost 40% of staff at risk of burnout, survey finds
The bottle and the blues: how different generations respond to stress
Swiss bank regulator steps down citing toll from ‘permanent stress’
Aggression
Ecuador arrests 6,000 people in month-long gang crackdown
Forensic psychology
Why are the far right rioting in England?
Shoplifting, self-checkout and the limits of AI
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud
Violence in Argentina’s drug capital tests Javier Milei’s small-state vision
Gender
We must mind the maths gap for women
Gender theorist Judith Butler: ‘What are they frightened of exactly?’
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