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Jays: the birds that can talk like humans | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/jays-the-birds-that-can-talk-like-humans5 Aug 2015: Professor Nicky Clayton (Department of Psychology) has carried out pioneering research into the thinking power of corvids. ... It was the movements of birds that first drew me to them,” she says.
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The intoxication of power | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-intoxication-of-power18 Sep 2013: Barclays Bank; Professor Manfred Kets de Vries, an authority on leadership development; and Professor Nicola Clayton and Clive Wilkins, from the Department of Psychology at Cambridge. ... Nicola Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition, and Clive
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Extra testosterone reduces your empathy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/extra-testosterone-reduces-your-empathy10 Feb 2011: Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly research news email.
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Monogamous birds read partner's food desires | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/monogamous-birds-read-partners-food-desires15 Feb 2013: The research was carried out in Professor Nicola Clayton’s Comparative Cognition lab at Cambridge University’s Department of Psychology, and is published today in the journal PNAS. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent
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Popular COVID-19 conspiracies linked to vaccine ‘hesitancy’ |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/popular-covid-19-conspiracies-linked-to-vaccine-hesitancy14 Oct 2020: Numeracy skills are the most significant predictor of resistance to misinformation that we found,” said Dr Jon Roozenbeek, lead author and Postdoctoral Fellow in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... We all now deal with a deluge of statistics
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Substance over style? That’s entertainment | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/substance-over-style-thats-entertainment14 Mar 2011: often spring from a desire to experience the same kind of thing," Dr. ... That would suggest that our entertainment preferences are more a function of substance, than style.".
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The future’s uncertain – but noradrenaline can help us adapt |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-futures-uncertain-but-noradrenaline-can-help-us-adapt13 Nov 2020: by doing things differently,” said Dr Rebecca Lawson, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and lead author of the study. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and
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Report examines origins and nature of ‘maths anxiety’ | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/report-examines-origins-and-nature-of-maths-anxiety14 Mar 2019: Dr Denes Szucs from the Department of Psychology, the study’s lead author. ... Understanding Mathematics Anxiety: Investigating the experiences of UK primary and secondary school students.
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Addiction treatment – genes can play a part | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/addiction-treatment-genes-can-play-a-part4 Jan 2011: Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly research news email.
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“You need to ignore it, babe”: how mothers prepare young children for …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/you-need-to-ignore-it-babe-how-mothers-prepare-young-children-for-the-reality-of-racism19 Jan 2015: It’s important to stress that my research looks at a small number of families. ... Iqbal looked at two types of ‘preparation for bias’ strategies: reactive and proactive.
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Loan applications processed around midday more likely to be rejected…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/loan-applications-processed-around-midday-more-likely-to-be-rejected5 May 2021: Tobias Baer. These are the findings of a study by researchers in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science. ... After lunchtime they probably felt more refreshed and were able to make better
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The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2021 | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-royal-society-announces-election-of-new-fellows-20216 May 2021: research.”. Professor Usha Goswami CBE FBA FRS. Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education. ... Professor David Rowitch FMedSci FRS. Professor and Head of the
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Cuttlefish show their intelligence by snubbing sub-standard snacks |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cuttlefish-show-their-intelligence-by-snubbing-sub-standard-snacks3 Mar 2021: of Psychology, first author of the paper. ... s Department of Psychology, senior author of the report.
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Novel Thoughts: what Cambridge scientists read | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/novel-thoughts-what-cambridge-scientists-read8 Jun 2015: Dr Juliet Foster from the Department of Psychology discussing The Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer on 22 June. ... Dr Amy Milton from the Department of Psychology discussing Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Junior on 3 July.
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Stigma of broken family relationships compounded by lockdown |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stigma-of-broken-family-relationships-compounded-by-lockdown18 Jun 2020: Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Royal Society announces new Cambridge fellows | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/royal-society-announces-new-cambridge-fellows18 May 2007: Professor Barry John Everitt, Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology. ... Since 2005 he has been Head of the Department of Physics, and the Cavendish Laboratory. -
Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hallucinations-linked-to-differences-in-brain-structure17 Nov 2015: In a previous study, a team of researchers led by Dr Jon Simons from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, found that variation in the length of the ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to
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Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gardeners-and-carpenters-the-skill-of-parenting8 Nov 2018: There are obvious reasons for this – mothers are more often the primary carers and theories that have dominated psychology have revolved around the mother–child relationship – plus, over the past 30 ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright
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Ageing cuttlefish can remember the details of last week’s dinner |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ageing-cuttlefish-can-remember-the-details-of-last-weeks-dinner18 Aug 2021: Search. Search. Ageing cuttlefish can remember the details of last week’s dinner. ... the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, first author of the paper.
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Artificial ‘brain’ reveals why we can’t always believe our eyes |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-brain-reveals-why-we-cant-always-believe-our-eyes25 Feb 2021: at or tested before,” said Dr Reuben Rideaux, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and first author of the study. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as
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Pets are a child’s best friend, not their siblings | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pets-are-a-childs-best-friend-not-their-siblings26 Jan 2017: Department of Psychiatry, who led the study. ... Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology; 24 Jan 2017; DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2017.01.003.
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Personality test to explore rules of attraction | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/personality-test-to-explore-rules-of-attraction30 Jul 2010: The results could prove groundbreaking, enabling social scientists to cross-refer the results and accumulate an unprecedented set of data on two of psychology's biggest unknowns. ... The research will be carried out by Dr. Rentfrow and Professor Michael
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Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ageing-affects-test-taking-not-language-study-shows12 May 2016: the same sentences leads to the additional activation of several task-related networks. ... Journal of Neuroscience; 11 May 2016; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4561-15.2016.
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Musical tastes offer a window into how you think | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/musical-tastes-offer-a-window-into-how-you-think22 Jul 2015: Department of Psychology. ... The app asked Facebook users to take a selection of psychology-based questionnaires, the results of which they could place on their profiles for other users to see.
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Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-reveals-how-elephants-see-the-world28 Aug 2013: Inset image: Josh Plotnik with elephants and some of the co-authors of the research. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Spending for smiles: money can buy happiness after all | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/spending-for-smiles-money-can-buy-happiness-after-all7 Apr 2016: The study was authored by Sandra Matz, a PhD candidate in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology; Joe Gladstone, a Research Associate at Cambridge Judge Business School; and David Stillwell, University Lecturer ... Categories with the lowest and highest
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Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/just-like-humans-more-intelligent-jays-have-greater-self-control31 Oct 2022: The worst performers, ‘Dolci’ and ‘Homer’, could only wait a maximum of 20 seconds. ... Dr Alex Schnell at the University’s Department of Psychology, first author of the report.
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Mood-tracking app paves way for pocket therapy | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mood-tracking-app-paves-way-for-pocket-therapy8 May 2013: In terms of sheer presence, mobiles can provide an ongoing link with a person.”. ... Rentfrow, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, said.
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Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mothers-and-babies-brains-more-in-tune-when-mother-is-happy17 Dec 2019: Leong in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, who led the study. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified.
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Why be human when you can be otherkin? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-be-human-when-you-can-be-otherkin16 Jul 2016: Feijó’s essay Doctors Herding Cats: The Misadventures of Modern Medicine and Psychology with NonhuMan Identities offers a fascinating insight into questions of identity and how they have been mediated. ... The problem is that the ridicule seems to
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Near misses are like winning to problem gamblers | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/near-misses-are-like-winning-to-problem-gamblers4 May 2010: The dopamine system is associated with addiction and targeted by drugs of abuse. ... The findings are published in the new issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
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Gates Scholar Melisa Basol on inoculating against fake news |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gates-scholar-melisa-basol-on-inoculating-against-fake-news11 Dec 2018: immigration. Melisa Basol was just finishing her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Aberystwyth at the time. ... As a member of the Social Decision-Making Research Lab at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, she has been working
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Unhappy mothers talk more to their baby boys, study finds |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unhappy-mothers-talk-more-to-their-baby-boys-study-finds3 Sep 2019: The findings of the research, which was supported by Wellcome and the Economic and Social Research Council, are published in the Journal of Family Psychology. ... Journal of Family Psychology; 22 Aug 2019; DOI: 10.1037/fam0000590.
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Bridging the divide: philosophy meets science | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bridging-the-divide-philosophy-meets-science12 Jul 2018: For three years, Daniel De Haan, Natalja Deng and Peter Woodford worked side-by-side with colleagues from the Department of Experimental Psychology, the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics ... DAMTP) and the Department of Zoology
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Marmoset study identifies brain region linking actions to their…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/marmoset-study-identifies-brain-region-linking-actions-to-their-outcomes24 Jun 2021: When we temporarily turned this off, behaviour became more habitual - like when we go onto autopilot,” said Lisa Duan in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, first author of ... Trevor Robbins in the University of Cambridge’s
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How risky is your breakfast? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/how-risky-is-your-breakfast27 Oct 2012: the outside world – they are constructed on the basis of our judgement and knowledge. ... I have been collaborating with Dr Mike Aitken in the Department of Experimental Psychology on the Big Risk Test run by BBC Lab UK, in which over 60,000
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Cambridge psychologist helps Facebook fight climate change…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-psychologist-helps-facebook-fight-climate-change-misinformation18 Feb 2021: Facebook is in a unique position to counter the circulation of online misinformation. ... Department of Psychology.
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Cultural heritage after conflict | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cultural-heritage-after-conflict1 May 2010: Dr Marie Louise Stig Sørensen in the Department of Archaeology leads the 1.2 million project, which is funded through the European Union Seventh Framework Programme and brings together researchers in ... For more information, please contact the author
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Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/eye-contact-with-your-baby-helps-synchronise-your-brainwaves29 Nov 2017: Their results are published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). ... Dr Victoria Leong is an Affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, and also an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological
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Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/beliefs-predictions-and-shortcuts-in-the-deceitful-brain1 May 2010: Professor Fletcher’s group, in collaboration with Professor Tony Dickinson, a learning expert based in the Department of Experimental Psychology, and Dr Philip Corlett at Yale University, has been studying the ... and Trevor Robbins in the Department
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How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-could-multilingualism-benefit-indias-poorest-schoolchildren20 Nov 2018: Research Council and the Department for International Development. ... Led by Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, the project involves Dr Dénes Szucs from the Department of Psychology, plus researchers
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Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/elephants-and-humans-a-love-affair-over-1300-years1 Jul 2015: The remarkable intelligence and memory of elephants is at the core of a research programme run by Dr Josh Plotnik, a researcher in the Department of Psychology at Cambridge and a ... In Kenya, Dr Lauren Evans, a post-doctoral researcher at the Department
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Is there any such thing as the female brain? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/is-there-any-such-thing-as-the-female-brain22 Jun 2011: At Women’s Word - a festival of literature, debate and discussion taking place at Lucy Cavendish College this weekend – Melissa Hines, Professor of Social and Development Psychology at Cambridge University, will ... Studies of genetics, prenatal
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"Academic Incubator" to develop new medicines of value |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/academic-incubator-to-develop-new-medicines-of-value1 Sep 2008: Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology and the Institute of Metabolic Science, to develop a novel centrally acting agent with therapeutic potential for obesity and addictive disorders. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent
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People more afraid of catching COVID-19 are more judgemental, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/people-more-afraid-of-catching-covid-19-are-more-judgemental-study-finds9 Jun 2021: Department of Psychology, senior author of the report. ... of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and first author of the report.
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Cocaine addiction: Scientists discover ‘back door’ into the brain |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cocaine-addiction-scientists-discover-back-door-into-the-brain12 Jan 2016: Previous research by Professor Barry Everitt from the Department of Psychology at Cambridge showed that when rats were allowed to self-administer cocaine, dopamine-related activity occurred initially in an area ... and so on,” says co-author Mickael
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Opinion: How to start healing those Brexit family rifts | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-to-start-healing-those-brexit-family-rifts1 Jul 2016: Estrangements are rarely static and cycling in and out of estrangement is common. ... Lucy Blake, Research Associate at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge.
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Young minds think alike – and older people are more distractible |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/young-minds-think-alike-and-older-people-are-more-distractible14 Aug 2015: Dr Karen Campbell from the Department of Psychology, first author on the study, says: “As we age, our ability to control the focus of attention tends to decline, and we end ... variety of techniques to draw attention to the focal item in each shot.
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Rates of infectious disease linked to authoritarian attitudes and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rates-of-infectious-disease-linked-to-authoritarian-attitudes-and-governance21 Sep 2021: an expert in the psychology of ideology from the University of Cambridge. ... If COVID-19 increases the allure of authoritarian politics, the effects could be long-lasting,” said Zmigrod, from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology.
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Fervent fans keep faith with heroes even after ‘immoral acts’, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fervent-fans-keep-faith-with-heroes-even-after-immoral-acts-study-finds6 Sep 2022: analysing the posts from 36,464 YouTube followers of a famous online prankster. ... The question is whether anything can break this spell of commitment,” Karg said.
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