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Wednesday, 31 Jul 2019
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Treatment for a rare and currently incurable autoimmune disease has been given a major boost thanks to a $10 million bequest made to The Australian National University.

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Thursday, 30 May 2019
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As part of the $28-million ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language at ANU, the project is looking to explain individual variability among children: why some two-year-olds have more than 200 words in their vocabulary while some have none.

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Thursday, 09 May 2019
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An inability to recognise faces is causing loneliness for people living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019
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The Medical School is researching how to help a woman after the death of a baby.

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Monday, 18 Mar 2019
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Psychology's Dr Amy Dawel explores facial recognition for 'out-groups' in a feature in the American Psychological Society's 'Particularly Exciting Experiments in Psychology'

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Wednesday, 06 Mar 2019
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Vulnerable narcissists are more likely to develop eating disorders, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).  

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Wednesday, 20 Feb 2019
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For psychologists, fake news provides a worrying insight into human cognition, as Tabitha Carvan reports.

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Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019
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“The really cool thing about this is … ,” she begins, before stopping herself mid-sentence. “No, wait. I should say, it’s the really disturbing thing.”

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Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018
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New research from The ANU shows people imprisoned on terrorism offences stand a better chance of being rehabilitated when placed in general prison populations, than when kept in isolation or in a separate location with other terrorists.

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