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Why some of us are bad at maths
developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, but why Clare Jonas 08/10/2025 developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, but why Clare Jonas 08/10/2025

Why some of us are bad at maths

Why are some of us good at maths and some of us bad at maths?

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Why we get left and right confused
but why, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, individual differences Clare Jonas 18/12/2024 but why, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, individual differences Clare Jonas 18/12/2024

Why we get left and right confused

How do we develop our sense of left and right? How it can go wrong? And why can sudden left-right confusion tell us that someone is having a stroke?

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How to remember people's names
how to, individual differences, cognitive psychology Clare Jonas 12/06/2022 how to, individual differences, cognitive psychology Clare Jonas 12/06/2022

How to remember people's names

We’ve all forgotten someone’s name at one point or another. Here’s how to reduce the chances of that happening.

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Why we sigh
cognitive psychology, social psychology, individual differences, but why Clare Jonas 10/04/2022 cognitive psychology, social psychology, individual differences, but why Clare Jonas 10/04/2022

Why we sigh

Is sighing about feelings, thoughts, or maybe both at once?

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Dreams that come true: coincidence or precognition?
cognitive psychology, hallowe'en Clare Jonas 30/10/2021 cognitive psychology, hallowe'en Clare Jonas 30/10/2021

Dreams that come true: coincidence or precognition?

Ever had a dream that predicted the future? Let’s talk about whether it was a coincidence or not…

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Why people collect celebrity memorabilia
cognitive psychology, social psychology, but why Clare Jonas 04/04/2021 cognitive psychology, social psychology, but why Clare Jonas 04/04/2021

Why people collect celebrity memorabilia

How much would you pay for a half-eaten slice of Vegemite toast?

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What is aphantasia?
brain biology, individual differences, perception, cognitive psychology, what is...? Clare Jonas 12/09/2020 brain biology, individual differences, perception, cognitive psychology, what is...? Clare Jonas 12/09/2020

What is aphantasia?

Can you see the world in your mind’s eye, or is it all a blank? Come find out why not everyone has mental imagery.

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Why we can't remember being born
cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, individual differences, but why Clare Jonas 08/08/2020 cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, individual differences, but why Clare Jonas 08/08/2020

Why we can't remember being born

Does the memory of your own birth disappear? Or was it never there in the first place?

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Why we copy others’ way of speaking
cognitive psychology, social psychology, but why Clare Jonas 12/04/2020 cognitive psychology, social psychology, but why Clare Jonas 12/04/2020

Why we copy others’ way of speaking

Ever wonder why you sound different depending on who you’re talking to? Come find out!

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Why repeating a word makes it go weird
cognitive psychology, brain biology, but why Clare Jonas 15/03/2020 cognitive psychology, brain biology, but why Clare Jonas 15/03/2020

Why repeating a word makes it go weird

Hello, is it meaning you’re looking for? Well, you won’t find it if you keep repeating the same word.

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Why we sometimes see ourselves from outside in memories
cognitive psychology, mental health and illness, but why Clare Jonas 14/02/2020 cognitive psychology, mental health and illness, but why Clare Jonas 14/02/2020

Why we sometimes see ourselves from outside in memories

Sometimes we see memories as though we’re observing them from outside our own bodies. Ever wonder why this happens? Psychology has the answer!

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The IKEA effect: why we like the things we make and own
cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, but why Clare Jonas 14/01/2020 cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, but why Clare Jonas 14/01/2020

The IKEA effect: why we like the things we make and own

Ever wondered why you’re so fond of the wonky bookcase you put together yourself? Come find out!

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What makes a word funny?
cognitive psychology Clare Jonas 01/10/2019 cognitive psychology Clare Jonas 01/10/2019

What makes a word funny?

What makes gurgle, tit and bassoon such funny words? Psychology has the answer!

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How false memories happen
cognitive psychology, social psychology Clare Jonas 12/06/2019 cognitive psychology, social psychology Clare Jonas 12/06/2019

How false memories happen

It's probably not that we've glitched into an alternate reality, just that we're not very good at remembering…

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Why do we get déjà vu?
guest blog, cognitive psychology, brain biology, hallowe'en, but why Clare Jonas 25/10/2018 guest blog, cognitive psychology, brain biology, hallowe'en, but why Clare Jonas 25/10/2018

Why do we get déjà vu?

Déjà vu expert Courtney Aitken explains why it sometimes feels like time has gone in circles.

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Why are people superstitious?
cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, hallowe'en, but why Clare Jonas 04/10/2018 cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, hallowe'en, but why Clare Jonas 04/10/2018

Why are people superstitious?

An 🦇extremely spooky🦇 Hallowe’en blog, featuring lucky charms, pigeons behaving weirdly, and bananas conspiring against fishers.

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How to get rid of a song that's stuck in your head
cognitive psychology, how to Clare Jonas 08/07/2018 cognitive psychology, how to Clare Jonas 08/07/2018

How to get rid of a song that's stuck in your head

How do earworms happen and - more importantly - how can we make them go away?

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How much do people with dementia understand?
cognitive psychology, guest blog Clare Jonas 22/04/2018 cognitive psychology, guest blog Clare Jonas 22/04/2018

How much do people with dementia understand?

While memory for daily life may go, memory for emotions remains. Dr Lauren Rooney explains…

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Why does jetlag affect our memories?
cognitive psychology, brain biology, but why Clare Jonas 19/03/2018 cognitive psychology, brain biology, but why Clare Jonas 19/03/2018

Why does jetlag affect our memories?

Is it stress, circadian rhythms, or simply the fact that all airports are cursed?

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Why do words get stuck on the tip of your tongue?
cognitive psychology, but why Clare Jonas 03/03/2018 cognitive psychology, but why Clare Jonas 03/03/2018

Why do words get stuck on the tip of your tongue?

It’s all to do with the different levels of knowledge we have about a word.

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