Dr. Steven Taylor
Vaccination treats and bribes
Several months before the roll-out of COVID vaccines, we published a study looking at incentives for getting vaccinated. Our research, as...
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Dr. Steven Taylor
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
The Future of Panic Buying
There have been many episodes of panic buying during COVID-19. There will be more to come, involving a combination of in-store and online...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
One in three people avoiding healthcare workers during pandemic
The following is a UBC news release concerning our recently published research on the fear and avoidance of healthcare workers. Many...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
COVID Stress Syndrome
We have a new scientific article on the COVID Stress Syndrome, available via open access.
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Article in The Guardian
A shortened version of yesterday's blog was published today in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/07/life-n...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
The Right Stuff
What are the characteristics of people who cope well under self-isolation? In the past few years this issue has been of great interest in...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Finally available on Kindle!
A Kindle version of the pandemic book is finally available on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Pandemics-Preparing-Outbreak-Infe...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Go home and stay home
Good advice today from the Prime Minster of Canada: “go home and stay home”. Most people are doing just that, but the problem is that a...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 21, 2020
- 3 min
Current reactions to COVID-19: Rising anxiety and can’t pay the rent, so let’s party like it’s 1999
Opinion polls provide a snapshot of how people are reacting to the current pandemic. The most comprehensive was a recent Ipsos poll of...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
COVID-19 and suicide
Research shows that most people cope well during natural disasters such as pandemics. People may feel stressed or anxious but most will...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
If it walks like a duck: Quack cures and COVID-19
Quack cures and folk remedies have always been around. Some highly anxious people, desperate to find some way of protecting themselves,...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Q&A: Psychology of COVID-19
Q&A in progress. Submit your questions here.
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
Backstory: The Psychology of Pandemics
The backstory on the Psychology of Pandemics
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
Pandemic book available for download
The Psychology of Pandemics is finally available for digital download.
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 7, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19 and The Trouble with Trolls
Troll (noun): “a person who intentionally antagonizes others online by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
Fear of COVID-19: Turning Coronas into Cash
With the high demand for protective masks, and the recent panic buying of supplies from supermarkets, it was inevitable that hustlers...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 and protective masks: It’s more complicated than you think
At the time of writing (March 2, 2020), protective face masks are not recommended in Canada or the U.S. for protecting healthy people in...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
Panic Buying and COVID-19
Is panic-buying in a pandemic rational or irrational, psychologically speaking? Anything that creates a sense of urgency or scarcity can...
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
What’s in a name? Does it matter whether we call the COVID-19 outbreak a “pandemic”?
To declare that an outbreak is a pandemic is like setting off a fire alarm. It alerts people that something serious is about to happen....
Dr. Steven Taylor
- Feb 26, 2020
- 5 min
Coronaphobia: Managing the Psychological Fallout of COVID-19
The psychological fallout of COVID-19