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Category: Differential psychology

Edinburgh is home to the world’s largest group dedicated to studying individual differences, from ageing to personality research.

Personality Psychology Podcast
29 October 202129 October 2021 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Personality Psychology Podcast

30 June 20216 July 2021 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Psychology can’t help us understand people like you and me

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24 January 202024 January 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Music and healthy ageing

A mix of board games
19 December 201919 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Board games can protect thinking skills in old age

Group photo of the Lothian Birth Cohort in 2018
6 June 20196 June 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

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31 August 201813 September 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Portraits of the Lothian Birth Cohort

Intelligence
17 April 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The genetics of intelligence

Resilience Science Ceilidh
30 January 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Resilience and mental health

22 - IQ advent calendar
22 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

IQ: what does it say about you?

Parapsychology: spoon-bending or truth-bending advent calendar
13 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Parapsychology: spoon-bending or truth-bending

6 - Lothian Birth Cohort Advent Calendar
6 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The Lothian Birth Cohort: a study of the ageing brain

a row of red apples of different sizes in front of grey background
17 October 20175 September 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

In defense of IQ testing

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13 May 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Parapsychology: the science of the paranormal

6 April 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Putting dementia on the map

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