Author: Jodie Raybould, Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University

If you’re feeling down, maybe don’t pet your cat, new study suggests

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Kulkova Daria/Shutterstock.com You come home after a stressful day and reach out to your cat for a bit of comfort. It hisses. Maybe takes a swipe. Or simply flicks its tail and saunters off without so much as a meow. A dog, by contrast, greets you as though they’ve just won the lottery. Of course, […]

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Can you treat a narcissist?

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Picture from Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you’re apologising for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone like this ever truly change? You could be talking about a narcissist. When people […]

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