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    How to change police culture

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    Latest RSA Journal

    In keeping with the times, this edition of the RSA Journal includes a range of articles addressing some of the darker sides of life, including cruelty, mental health, crime and addiction.

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    Latest RSA Animate on the Divided Brain

    Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our 'divided brain' has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society.

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May

Subliminal: The new unconscious and what it teaches us about ourselves

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May

Time Warped

Acclaimed writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond draws on the latest research to shed light on the mysteries of time perception.
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