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Latest news on psychology, covering new psychology studies and research, psychologists and psychotherapy, mental health, therapy and CBT, psychoanalysis, Freud and Jung, neuropsychology, behavioural science, cognition, personality, emotion, motivation, happiness, depression, attention, relationships and the human brain.

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour, and it reaches into almost every part of daily life. Psychologists study how people think, feel, learn, remember and relate to one another, from early childhood to old age. Their work runs from laboratory experiments on perception and attention to clinical practice with people facing depression, anxiety or trauma.

Much of today's news comes from new studies in cognitive, social, developmental and personality psychology, and from research in neuropsychology that links brain activity to emotion, memory and decision-making. Stories on relationships, motivation, sleep, stress and happiness are among the most widely read. Psychotherapy and CBT, or cognitive behavioural therapy, are covered both as treatments and as areas of ongoing research into what works, and for whom.

Psychology also raises real challenges. Researchers have debated how reliable some published findings are, which led to calls for preregistered studies, open data and larger samples. There are ongoing discussions about access to therapy, the role of technology and artificial intelligence in mental health support, and how best to measure traits through psychometric tests. Misleading pop psychology and personality labels are another frequent subject of criticism.

Modern psychology is often traced to 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt opened an experimental laboratory in Leipzig. Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis and Carl Jung's analytical psychology shaped ideas about the unconscious, while Pavlov's work on conditioning inspired the behaviourists, who focused on observable learning. CBT grew out of Aaron Beck's work on cognitive therapy, and it now sits alongside psychiatry and neuroscience in how we understand mental health.

Staying informed matters because findings in psychology influence schools, workplaces, healthcare and family life. Our NewsNow psychology feed gathers the latest headlines on psychology news, studies, therapy, mental health, personality and behavioural science from reliable sources in one place, updated throughout the day.