Dr Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of SydneyAbstract: From re-enactments to pilgrimages, extraordinary experiences engage consumers with frames and roles that govern their actions for the duration of the experience. Exploring such extraordinary frames and roles, however, can make the act of returning to everyday life more difficult, a process prior research […]
Dr Nicholas Everett, The Brain and Mind Centre, School of Psychology, University of Sydney.Abstract: While psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders can be effective for some, they are inaccessible for the many, and relapse occurs in 60-80% of people despite successful abstinence. Unfortunately, addiction medicine is in its infancy, with very few therapies approved for […]
Tess Neal, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Arizona State University Abstract: Do experts assume that their expertise protects them from bias? One might hope and expect experts to be more protected than the average person against various psychological biases that affect judgment and decision making, yet the evidence supporting this expectation of expert objectivity […]
