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Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud; hypocrisy; suicide prevention; awe

Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud, the psychology of hypocrisy, the generation most at risk of suicide and how to help someone suicidal, feeling awe at the Northern Lights.

First today, a story of alleged academic fraud. The allegations against Professor Francesca Gino might seem unremarkable at first sight. After all, we鈥檝e covered allegations of fraud in psychology on All in the Mind before and the field has been doing all sorts to try to fix the problems. But what is unusual about this eminent Harvard researcher is that her research topic is dishonesty. Yes, a dishonesty researcher accused of the doing the very thing she studies. Cathleen O鈥橤rady reports on a tale of data sleuths and multi-million dollar law suits.

Of course there鈥檚 no reason why a dishonesty researcher should be any more honest than anyone else. But somehow we feel as though you should have extra high standards if this is the topic you study, otherwise you could be accused of hypocrisy. Which got us wondering what it is about hypocrisy that interests, and sometimes infuriates, us so much? Professor Catherine Loveday, from the University of Westminster, is in the studio with Claudia to take a look at the evidence.

And we hear from Professor Rory O鈥機onnor, at the University of Glasgow, about a generation of men whose suicide risk appears to have followed them through life. We talk about what that generation can tell us, as well as about the latest suicide statistics for England, and about what you can do to help someone in your life who you think might be having suicidal thoughts. And if you are suffering distress or despair, details of help and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

And finally, were you lucky ones enough to see the Northern Lights this weekend? Claudia and Catherine Loveday unpack the psychology of awe.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Lorna Stewart
Content Editor: Holly Squire
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire

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