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Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic
Panic buying has returned to Australia in the wake of its second-biggest city experiencing a spike in COVID-19. The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response.
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How brain rhythms can reveal your personality
A new study shows machine learning can be used to predict aspects of a person's personality from their electrical brain rhythms.
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Epilepsy research funding success
Congratulations to Dr Genevieve Rayner who was awarded an Australian Epilepsy Research Foundation (AERF) Investigator grant through the MRFF for her research project Phenotyping Depression and Anxiety in People with Epilepsy.
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Celebrating Ron Taft's contribution to psychology
Ron Taft, retired Professor of Social Psychology recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
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How COVID-19 could inspire us to a better future
Now is the time to take stock of the new norms that have emerged, the new ways of working together, and how we might leverage these to build stronger more capable and innovative cultures and teams in the future.
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The meaning in the stars as a memorium to the pain caused by COVID-19
As part of the Stars project (https://theconversation.com/why-do-different-cultures-see-such-similar-meanings-in-the-constellations-121981) and in collaboration with the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) we are developing an online memorial for victims of COVID-19, particularly for those that fall outside the standard media coverage or are prevented from mourning their loss due to ongoing restrictions.
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Important research recognised
Congratulations to the School's recipients of National Medical Research (NHMRC and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants!
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Why singing can make you feel better in lockdown
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
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Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation. But while things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a person to experience purely negative emotions. More commonly, people are instead experiencing mixed emotions, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19's other death toll
We know economic downturns drive up the suicide rate. So what kind of toll could COVID-19 exact in the years to come, and what can we do now to prevent it?
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Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring
Designed to help health professionals and health professionals in training recognise, understand and prevent compassion fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Waves, rain and chirping birds: How ambient sounds help to ease anxiety
But as anxiety surrounding the coronavirus and subsequent social-distancing measures began to set in, Roberts started searching for something different
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Research Programs
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Research Highlights
Our researchers are tackling questions that will transform our understanding of the mind. Learn about the exciting work taking place.
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Graduate Research
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Degrees
Our degrees, taught by our world-renowned academics, are the perfect way to begin in the field of psychological sciences.
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Indigenous Students
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Why study Psychology at University of Melbourne?
Study Pathways at Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Psychology Majors
Psychology can be studied as either an accredited sequence, an unaccredited sequence or as individual subjects of study. By offering multiple options you have the flexibility to tailor your study to your academic interests.
Careers in Psychology
There are career opportunities for psychology graduates in a variety of contexts including health, community agency, private practice, research, or in one of many industries that build upon psychology studies.
Accreditation and Profession
All courses offered by the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences have been conditionally accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council which is the approved accrediting authority responsible for accrediting education providers and programs of study for the psychology profession by the Psychology Board of Australia.
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There are a number of societies in the School run either by students or research groups, set up with the aim to provide a support network for particular groups of students.
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PsychTalks
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University Melbourne Psychology Clinic
The University of Melbourne’s Psychology Clinic is a teaching clinic that provides low-cost, high quality clinical services to adults 17 years and over living in Melbourne. The Clinic is a component of the University's professional training program in Psychology and has been running since the 1970's. Postgraduate students working towards their clinical degrees (Master of Clinical Psychology, or Master of Clinical Psychology/PhD) see adult patients under the supervision of The University of Melbourne’s faculty members who senior clinicians and registered clinical psychologists.
Our History
Psychology at the University of Melbourne has a long and distinguished history since the founding of the Department of Psychology in 1946. In the following 70 years the School has grown to become an internationally recognised research leader across many fields including cognitive psychology and behavioural neuroscience, social and developmental psychology, clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology, and quantitative psychology.
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