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It’s easy to find media articles claiming plagiarism is increasing among university students. These claims have intensified with the rise of generative AI – which can quickly produce large amounts of text that students can copy and paste into their assignments. But while AI certainly poses a range of challenges for academic integrity, is plagiarism increasing as much as we think it is?","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Exploding head syndrome:  the surprisingly common condition with a terrifying name","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-exploding-head_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/exploding-head-syndrome-the-surprisingly-common-condition-with-a-terrifying-name","publisheddate":"2026-03-31","summary":"
Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but the room is silent. Nothing has happened – but it felt very real. This experience has a dramatic name: exploding head syndrome.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Lonely construction workers at highest risk of suicide","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/construction-worker-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/lonely-construction-workers-at-highest-risk-of-suicide","publisheddate":"2026-01-06","summary":"
High levels of loneliness among construction workers in Western Australia is the most pertinent factor driving suicidal thoughts and highlights a need to strengthen social connection, according to a new study.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Animals may feel like us, but the way we think is different","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/animal-feelings-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/animals-may-feel-like-us-but-the-way-we-think-is-different","publisheddate":"2025-12-04","summary":"
Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according to a new study.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"UWA researchers at the top of their fields","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/top-researchers-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/uwa-researchers-at-the-top-of-their-fields","publisheddate":"2025-11-19","summary":"
Eight remarkable researchers from The University of Western Australia have been named as leaders in their respective fields in The Australian newspaper’s 2026 list of Australia’s top 250 researchers","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Worried about turning 60? Science says that's when many of us actually peak","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-peaking-at-60-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/worried-about-turning-60-science-says-thats-when-many-of-us-actually-peak","publisheddate":"2025-10-15","summary":"
As your youth fades further into the past, you may start to fear growing older, but recently published research shows that for many of us, overall psychological functioning actually peaks between ages 55 and 60.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Lecture explores how social media influences mental health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/social-media-health-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/lecture-explores-how-social-media-influences-mental-health","publisheddate":"2025-09-09","summary":"
How we connect, share and perceive ourselves on social media and its effects on our mental health will be explored at a free public lecture at The University of Western Australia later this month. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Study finds local government CEOs regularly deal with rude behaviour and it hurts","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/rude-work-people-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/july/study-finds-local-government-ceos-regularly-deal-with-rude-behaviour-and-it-hurts","publisheddate":"2025-07-21","summary":"
Local government CEOs experience workplace rudeness that has detrimental effects on their psychological and physical health, according to a new study by researchers from UWA.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Emerging research leaders awarded national funding","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/future-fellows-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/july/emerging-research-leaders-awarded-national-funding","publisheddate":"2025-07-16","summary":"
Researchers have received Federal Government funding to improve wellbeing in daily life, advance Australia’s position in time keeping, and explore traditional ecological practices and the creation of cultural landscapes.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Study finds low distress not always a reflection of wellbeing in daily life","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/distress-and-wellbeing-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/may/study-finds-low-distress-not-always-a-reflection-of-wellbeing-in-daily-life","publisheddate":"2025-05-29","summary":"
Psychological therapy should explore treatments that take a two-fold approach to decrease distress and increase wellbeing to obtain optimal mental health, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}