Interesting Articles/Research The Psychological Impacts of Poverty, Digested Why scientists say experiencing awe can help you live your best life Loneliness Is Fatal. Video Games Can Keep Men Alive Maslow & The Paradox of Personal Growth Scientists Show How Gratitude [...]

Interesting Articles/Research The Evolution of Human Cooperation Buying Less Stuff Can Make You Happier, Study Claims New studies suggest actors’ sense of self is profoundly changed by their characters Our creative ideas are viewed as a window into our true [...]

Interesting Articles/Research What are the psychological effects of losing your religion?  Facing our fears can actually overwrite traumatic memories Taking a placebo can reduce exam anxiety (even if you know it’s a placebo) What happens in the brains of those [...]

Existentialism, Neuroscience & Emotional Intelligence: A full day of talks exploring the fascinating psychology of human emotions. Does changing how you think about an emotion, change the way you feel it? How? How can you use the latest research into [...]

How do traumatic events in early life affect you in later years? And how can you best heal from them? Why, without solid scientific justification, has the number of mental disorders risen from 106 in the 1960s, to around 370 [...]

Can you learn to ‘wake up’ and be conscious in your dreams? What does the latest neuroscience reveal about the connection between sleep, circadian rhythms, and mental health? How can Jungian Psychology help you interpret what your dreams mean? These [...]

This month’s event at The Weekend University will be ‘A Day on Behaviour Change.’ In this series of talks, we’ll explore evidence-based approaches to behaviour change from psychotherapy, addiction treatment and existential positive psychology, to help you make changes that [...]

This month’s event at The Weekend University will be ‘A Day on Depth Psychology’. In this series of talks, we’ll explore the key ideas of Freud, Jung and Adler, and examine them in light of modern, scientific research. Attendees will [...]

This month’s event at The Weekend University will be ‘A Day on Psychotherapy’. In this series of talks, we’ll explore how psychedelics, music and meaning are being used in a therapeutic context to help people overcome psychological problems and live [...]