In lectures on Personality Disorder and on Romantic Relationships, people are intrigued by the research finding that women are drawn towards psychopathic me...

In marriage, conflict is inevitable. Even the happiest couples argue. And research shows they tend to argue about the same topics as unhappy couples: childre...

Think your new romance will be much different from your last one? According to new University of Alberta research, it's not likely. An eight-year study of 55...

In training and lectures I discuss the idea of homophily. This describes the how we tend to be drawn to others who are similar to us in personality, values ...

As part of an ongoing series of blog articles, the role of laughter appears once again in an interesting article in the Conversation. It reviews the researc...

Yesterday I was discussing laughter and alliances with substance misuse teams in Dorset. when this research came through on laughter and relationships. It sh...

In lectures and training on Motivational Interviewing I stress how the emotional brain does not speak to us but through us. The casual words we use are not ...

Nothing cheers me up as much as a quirky research study on the humble fruit fly. We share approximately 65 per cent of our DNA with these little fellas and ...

In lectures on life course development I often discuss the differences between men and women and in particular, in what genders value in attraction and relat...

A recent study of relationships has found interesting predictors of infidelity within married couples. Read the surprising findings here.

Two recent studies caught my eye on body language. In the first study the eye movements of of heterosexual students were tracked whilst being show a range o...