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Hello! I’m Dr Clare Jonas.
I explain psychology research, offer evidence-based tips, and make bad puns
Why are some of us good at maths and some of us bad at maths?
Your brain’s doing its best, but what you see isn’t reality. It's more like a useful hallucination that lets you interact with the world.
Navigating by sound isn’t just for bats! If you can hear, you can probably learn to echolocate. Find out how.
We’ve all forgotten someone’s name at one point or another. Here’s how to reduce the chances of that happening.
Is sighing about feelings, thoughts, or maybe both at once?
What makes an animal cute, and why is that sometimes a bad thing?
If you've ever faced the struggle of giving the right gift, then good news: I’ve been reading the research on gift-giving and I have some science-based tips!
Ever had a dream that predicted the future? Let’s talk about whether it was a coincidence or not…
Spoiler alert: it’s far more than five
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?