<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Psychology - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Psychology news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:46:23 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Government Is Rolling Out AI Interviews for Some Hires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsThe U.S. government, which employs nearly 2 million people, will begin using artificial intelligence in the interview process for some job applicants in the coming days, according to officials. The change came last week from the Office of Personnel Management&mdash;the government's Human Resources unit&mdash;which issued guidance nudging agencies to use AI in the hiring process, but it called for human oversight, especially in certain crucial personnel...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/us-government-is-rolling-out-ai-interviews-for-some-hires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:46:23 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/us-government-is-rolling-out-ai-interviews-for-some-hires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Warming Will Top 1.5-Degree Limit, U.N. Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PBS News HourIn a first-of-its-kind report issued Wednesday, the United Nations has said that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Now, the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials warn. Earth is soon going to exceed the safe temperature threshold agreed upon by the world in the 2015 Paris climate agreement because of warming from the burning of coal, oil,...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/global-warming-will-top-15-degree-limit-un-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:46:23 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/global-warming-will-top-15-degree-limit-un-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Focus on Appearance Increases Benevolent Sexism in Men and Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PsyPostNew research suggests that when men and women focus on their physical appearance, they tend to become more supportive of benevolent sexism. These findings indicate that everyday situations emphasizing how we look might inadvertently reinforce traditional gender roles and preserve the societal status quo. The study, published in Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, used a simulated online shopping platform to induce a focus on appearance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/a-focus-on-appearance-increases-benevolent-sexism-in-men-and-women/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:46:23 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/a-focus-on-appearance-increases-benevolent-sexism-in-men-and-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloria Steinem, Trailblazing Figure in Women's Movement, Dies at 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsGloria Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine and a trailblazing figure of the women's movement in the latter half of the 20th century, died yesterday at the age of 92. Steinem "was one of the architects of the entire structure of women's equality," former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. In 2013, Steinem received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, and in 2019, the Freedom Award from the National Civil...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/gloria-steinem-trailblazing-figure-in-womens-movement-dies-at-92/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/gloria-steinem-trailblazing-figure-in-womens-movement-dies-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindfulness May Lower Blood Pressure in Just 8-12 Weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Science Daily - Social Psychology Simple practices such as mindfulness, gratitude journaling, and optimism training may improve several markers of cardiovascular health within a matter of weeks. A recent study found that these psychology interventions were consistently associated with improvements in blood pressure, inflammation, and other heart disease risk factors. The study, which reviewed results from 18 randomized controlled trials, was published in the journal Cardiology...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/mindfulness-may-lower-blood-pressure-in-just-8-12-weeks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/mindfulness-may-lower-blood-pressure-in-just-8-12-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Slavery Is Not a Thing of the Past": UN Supports Call for Reparations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: United Nations NewsSlavery is not just a thing of the past&mdash;its effects continue to be felt in systemic inequality and racism. This message was reiterated on Monday by the United Nations Committee against Racial Discrimination as the world marked the International Day of People of African Descent. The Committee called on countries to implement comprehensive restorative justice, combining compensation, restitution, rehabilitation, and structural reforms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/slavery-is-not-a-thing-of-the-past-un-supports-call-for-reparations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/slavery-is-not-a-thing-of-the-past-un-supports-call-for-reparations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Odyssey" Shows World Collapsing Due to Climate Change. Are We Next?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: DW- environmentChristopher Nolan's latest blockbuster has drawn tens of millions of viewers into a world of stormy seas and cities on fire. Minus the monsters, that world is actually based in reality. "The Odyssey"&mdash;a post-Trojan War survival story&mdash;is set during the Bronze Age collapse of civilization, and a new study links that collapse to a severe climate shift. More than 3,000 years ago, there was a drought that overlapped with the downfall of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/odyssey-shows-world-collapsing-due-to-climate-change-are-we-next/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/odyssey-shows-world-collapsing-due-to-climate-change-are-we-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why People Share Their Location Data With Friends and Family]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PsyPostPeople frequently track the real-time geographic movements of their close friends and family members through smartphone applications. A new survey of adults reveals that users most often share their whereabouts with romantic partners to manage practical logistics, while relying on the technology to monitor the physical safety of their parents and siblings. The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/why-people-share-their-location-data-with-friends-and-family/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/why-people-share-their-location-data-with-friends-and-family/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Point's Only Climate Scientist Fired Over Teaching Human Causes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisThe only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. army's military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of climate change, a lawsuit claims. Adam Kalkstein, a geography professor at the New York institution, was terminated after the spring semester this year, six months after a tense meeting with Brigadier General Shane Reeves, then dean of West Point's academic board, the court filing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/west-points-only-climate-scientist-fired-over-teaching-human-causes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/west-points-only-climate-scientist-fired-over-teaching-human-causes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ban on Trangender Troops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: United Press International - Health NewsA federal court ruled in June that the U.S. military's attempts to remove transgender Americans were "arbitrary and based upon animus." Yet the Trump administration pushed back on Friday, asking the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban transgender people from the military. Donald Trump has targeted transgender service members since 2025 and signed an executive order saying transgender troops' health needs are "inconsistent" with military...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/pentagon-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-ban-on-trangender-troops/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/pentagon-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-ban-on-trangender-troops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forced Birth Control in Greenland Violated Women's Rights, Experts Find]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source:Al JazeeraGreenland is establishing a truth and reconciliation commission regarding a forced contraceptive scheme against Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reports failed to agree whether it constituted genocide. From the 1960s to the 1990s, at least 4,000 Greenlandic Inuits&mdash;including girls as young as 12&mdash;received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections, often without their consent or knowledge, a joint Danish-Greenlandic inquiry...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/forced-birth-control-in-greenland-violated-womens-rights-experts-find/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/forced-birth-control-in-greenland-violated-womens-rights-experts-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ratko Mladic, War Criminal Convicted of Srebrenica Genocide, Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: DW- top storiesMore than 30 years after the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), Srebrenica remains emblematic of its brutality. And no one is more closely linked to the genocide there than Ratko Mladic, who led the Bosnian Serb army and died in prison yesterday at the age of 84. Around 100,000 people were killed during the four-year war in Bosnia, while 2.2 million were driven from their homes across the country&mdash;half of its total population...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/ratko-mladic-war-criminal-convicted-of-srebrenica-genocide-dies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/ratko-mladic-war-criminal-convicted-of-srebrenica-genocide-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Report Calls OpenAI Hacking Incident a "Warning Shot"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: United Press International - Health NewsOpenAI released a final report Wednesday on a July incident in which its artificial intelligence agents hacked into another company's systems, saying it sees the episode as "a warning shot" for the company and the world. The incident is "evidence that, without proper safeguards, highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels and take dangerous actions that no human directed," the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/final-report-calls-openai-hacking-incident-a-warning-shot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:01:34 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/final-report-calls-openai-hacking-incident-a-warning-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Issues Stark Warning About AI's Impact on Jobs and Biosecurity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsIn a nearly 6,000-word essay released Wednesday on his personal website, Bill Gates is sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence, warning that the technology will rapidly transform the U.S. labor market and put millions of jobs at risk. AI is changing the economy much faster than previous revolutions, he says, advancing at what the Microsoft co-founder called a "mind-blowing rate" and leaving less time to prepare for employment...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/bill-gates-issues-stark-warning-about-ais-impact-on-jobs-and-biosecurity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:01:34 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/bill-gates-issues-stark-warning-about-ais-impact-on-jobs-and-biosecurity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are European Leaders Silent After a Summer of Climate Shock?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisDespite four heatwaves that have scorched Europe this summer&mdash;shattering temperature records, fanning unprecedented fires, and causing thousands of excess deaths&mdash;few politicians want to talk about climate action. One exception is France's radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc M&eacute;lenchon, who warned recently that the term "climate change" may sound "almost reassuring," but its actual impact will feel like "landing on another planet whenever we...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/why-are-european-leaders-silent-after-a-summer-of-climate-shock/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/why-are-european-leaders-silent-after-a-summer-of-climate-shock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Reaches $17 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: United Press International - Health NewsMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will pay $17 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general over the mental health risks posed to children by its social media platforms. Court filings on Wednesday detail changes Meta must implement to safeguard its platform for the use of minors. Those requirements include limits on daily use, blocking access at night, more parental tools, and greater proof of age standards.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/meta-reaches-17-billion-settlement-in-social-media-addiction-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/meta-reaches-17-billion-settlement-in-social-media-addiction-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers in China Worry Over Being Replaced by AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PBS News HourComputer programmer Fei Zhaojun's boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 colleagues. It's an increasingly common scenario as artificial intelligence reshapes China's massive job market, and it has some workers worried. Already, humanoid robots are sorting parcels in some postal centers in China.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/workers-in-china-worry-over-being-replaced-by-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:43:14 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/workers-in-china-worry-over-being-replaced-by-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Papers Claiming Sex Differences Never Compared Sexes, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PsyPostNew research indicates that many scientific papers claiming men and women respond differently to treatments or interventions lack strong evidence to back up those claims. When analyzing recent studies in the behavioral and brain sciences, scientists found that fewer than one in four articles properly compared male and female responses. These findings, published in PNAS, raise questions about the evidence behind medical treatments tailored to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/most-papers-claiming-sex-differences-never-compared-sexes-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/most-papers-claiming-sex-differences-never-compared-sexes-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia's Music Industry Bans AI-Generated Tracks From Official Charts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PBS News HourAustralia's recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists' livelihoods, a representative said Tuesday. The crackdown comes as a variation of Madonna's pop hit "Like a Prayer" created by an Australian producer using AI-generated vocals and drums has spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20, stoking debate about generative AI's place in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/australias-music-industry-bans-ai-generated-tracks-from-official-charts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/australias-music-industry-bans-ai-generated-tracks-from-official-charts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Split in the Spectrum? The Ongoing Battle to Define Autism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Google News - HealthIf someone asked you to think of an autistic person, who would come to mind? The world's richest man, Elon Musk? Maybe Greta Thunberg, who says being different can be a superpower? In recent years there has been a rise in the number of people with an autism diagnosis, and the National Autistic Society says there remains "a significant underdiagnosis of autism, particularly among women and older people." Yet experts vary in how they define the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/a-split-in-the-spectrum-the-ongoing-battle-to-define-autism/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/psychology/a-split-in-the-spectrum-the-ongoing-battle-to-define-autism/</guid></item></channel></rss>