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Cambridge academics to receive prestigious psychology award |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-academics-to-receive-prestigious-psychology-award16 Aug 2011: marking a collaboration that began in 1980 when Professor Robbins was a lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology and Professor Everitt was a lecturer in the Department of Anatomy (moving ... have been previous recipients. It perhaps -
Gentrification changes the personality make-up of cities in just a…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gentrification-changes-the-personality-make-up-of-cities-in-just-a-few-years16 Dec 2021: Substantial personality shifts within cities can and do occur within a couple of years,” said Dr Jason Rentfrow, the study’s senior author from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and fellow ... He has since taken up a position at the University
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Study confirms a gene linked to Asperger Syndrome and empathy |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-confirms-a-gene-linked-to-asperger-syndrome-and-empathy17 Dec 2013: The team was co-led by Dr Bhismadev Chakrabarti from the Department of Psychology at Reading University. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Families with a difference: the reality behind the hype | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/families-with-a-difference-the-reality-behind-the-hype12 Mar 2015: of the empirical research that has sought to answer a series of contested questions. ... that, by virtue of its human intimacy, demands a high level of sensitivity and diplomacy.
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Scientists identify part of brain linked to gambling addiction |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-part-of-brain-linked-to-gambling-addiction8 Apr 2014: For a small proportion of players (around 1-5%), their gambling becomes excessive, resulting in features seen in addiction. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly research news email.
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Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/robots-can-be-used-to-assess-childrens-mental-wellbeing-study-suggests1 Sep 2022: Professor Hatice Gunes, who leads the Affective Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory in Cambridge’s Department of Computer Science and Technology, has been studying how socially-assistive robots (SARs) can be used ... With colleagues in Cambridge’s
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Brain, body and mind: understanding consciousness | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/brain-body-and-mind-understanding-consciousness23 Feb 2016: It was discovered by Chennu’s colleagues in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBSU), led by Dr Adrian Owen. ... Three years later, Chennu and Dr Tristan Bekinschtein from
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Brain waves could help predict how we respond to general anaesthetics …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-waves-could-help-predict-how-we-respond-to-general-anaesthetics14 Jan 2016: from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. ... Dr Tristan Bekinschtein, senior author from the Department of Psychology, adds: “EEG machines are commonplace in hospitals and relatively inexpensive.
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Investigating child abuse: how interview training really matters |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/investigating-child-abuse-how-interview-training-really-matters5 Apr 2013: The research was carried out by an international team including Michael Lamb, Professor of Psychology at Cambridge University, who is an expert on children and forensic interviewing. ... version of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law in May.
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Inaugural Fellowship strengthens ties between Cambridge and CUHK |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/inaugural-fellowship-strengthens-ties-between-cambridge-and-cuhk24 May 2017: The team in Cambridge and CUHK will deepen our understanding of the causes of autism.”. ... Prof Patrick Leung, Chair of CUHK’s Department of Psychology, added: “We are very excited to have the first CUHK Autism Research Fellow in Neuroscience in
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Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/deep-brain-stimulation-may-significantly-improve-ocd-symptoms-study-suggests7 Mar 2019: But as many as 40% of OCD patients fail to respond to treatment. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified.
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What birds' attitudes to litter tell us about their ability to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/what-birds-attitudes-to-litter-tell-us-about-their-ability-to-adapt31 May 2016: Alison Greggor, who is doing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Cambridge, said: "From a broad perspective this work aims to help us understand how animals adapt to ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to
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Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fake-news-vaccine-works-pre-bunk-game-reduces-susceptibility-to-disinformation25 Jun 2019: They were randomly allocated a mixture of real (“control”) and fake news (“treatment”). ... This first set of results from Bad News has its limitations, say researchers.
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Fake news ‘vaccine’: online game may ‘inoculate’ by simulating…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fake-news-vaccine-online-game-may-inoculate-by-simulating-propaganda-tactics20 Feb 2018: But recognising and resisting fake news doesn’t require a PhD in media studies either,” says Jon Roozenbeek, a researcher from Cambridge’s Department of Slavonic Studies and one of the ... The study has been accepted for publication in the Journal
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Winner takes all: Success enhances taste for luxury goods, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/winner-takes-all-success-enhances-taste-for-luxury-goods-study-suggests19 Sep 2017: field of consumer psychology, these measures can predict brand preferences, usage, and recognition. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Online tool can measure individuals’ likelihood to fall for internet…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/online-tool-can-measure-individuals-likelihood-to-fall-for-internet-scams4 Apr 2018: Just like in advertising, elements of consumer psychology and behavioural economics all come into the design of an online scam, which is why it’s useful to know which personality traits ... Over the past ten years, crime, like everything else, has
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People can ‘beat’ guilt detection tests by suppressing incriminating…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/people-can-beat-guilt-detection-tests-by-suppressing-incriminating-memories3 Jun 2013: Dr Jon Simons, Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. ... Dr Jon Simons, of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, added: “Our findings would suggest that the use of most brain activity guilt detection tests in
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New study reveals scale of problem gambling among homeless population …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-reveals-scale-of-problem-gambling-among-homeless-population2 Apr 2014: According to lead author Steve Sharman from the Department of Psychology: “Many issues face the homeless population, including drug and alcohol use. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Industrial Revolution: damaging psychological ‘imprint’ persists in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/industrial-revolution-damaging-psychological-imprint-persists-in-todays-populations10 Dec 2017: The UK findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, are supported by a North American “robustness check”, with less detailed data from US demographics suggesting the same patterns ... and formative epochs in modern history,
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Nine Cambridge researchers among this year’s Royal Society medal and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/nine-cambridge-researchers-among-this-years-royal-society-medal-and-award-winners4 Aug 2020: 2014). Professor Barry Everitt FMedSci FRS, from the Department of Psychology and former Master of Downing College, receives the Croonian Medal and Lecture for research which has elucidated brain mechanisms of ... Croonian Medal and Lecture. Professor
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Tonight: Mental Time Travel and Embryonic Steps towards Stem Cell…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/tonight-mental-time-travel-and-embryonic-steps-towards-stem-cell-medicine22 Mar 2005: At 6pm, Dr Nicola Clayton, Reader in Comparative Cognition, from the Department of Experimental Psychology will give one of the two ‘Spotlight of Science’ talks tonight, addressing the subject of episodic ... Unexpected experiences: Lucy Spokes talks -
Elephants’ ‘body awareness’ adds to increasing evidence of their…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/elephants-body-awareness-adds-to-increasing-evidence-of-their-intelligence12 Apr 2017: To test for body-awareness in Asian elephants, Dr Josh Plotnik, visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge, visiting assistant professor of psychology at Hunter College, City University of New York ... up the stick and pass it to an experimenter
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The Cambridge Science Festival: tickets to book before they’re gone | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-cambridge-science-festival-tickets-to-book-before-theyre-gone3 Feb 2017: Children (and adults!) will love the explosive fun of Burning Issues: Fire and Flames with Peter Wothers (Department of Chemistry, 18-20 March) and school groups can make a rocket launchpad ... Mums can discover how ‘in tune’ they are with their
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Study finds GB’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-gbs-most-extroverted-agreeable-and-emotionally-stable-regions25 Mar 2015: Understanding how personality traits differ by region is more than just ‘a bit of fun’,” explains Dr Jason Rentfrow from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow ... Although participants in an online test are
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Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/encourage-wealthy-and-well-connected-to-use-their-influence-to-tackle-climate-change30 Sep 2021: a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, first author of the paper. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified.
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World-leading academic appointed to lead play research centre |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/world-leading-academic-appointed-to-lead-play-research-centre26 May 2017: This research strand will be developed by the new Professor of Play, working alongside Dr Marisol Basilio and colleagues in the Department of Psychology. ... from the field of cognitive developmental psychology and applied in practice by working
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New Year Honours for members of the University of Cambridge |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-year-honours-for-members-of-the-university-of-cambridge3 Jan 2012: Dr Ramakrishnan works at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. ... Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology, Director of the University's Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience
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Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/noises-off-the-machine-that-rubs-out-noise2 Oct 2013: Crucially, the system is capable of telling the difference between speech and audio textures. ... said Turner, who is working with hearing experts Professor Brian Moore at the Department of Experimental Psychology and Dr Robert Carlyon at the Medical
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Women much less likely to ask questions in academic seminars than men …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-much-less-likely-to-ask-questions-in-academic-seminars-than-men27 Sep 2018: Alyssa Croft is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. ... Gillian Sandstrom is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex, UK.
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Gendered play in hunter-gatherer children strongly influenced by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gendered-play-in-hunter-gatherer-children-strongly-influenced-by-community-demographics26 Sep 2019: recently completed her PhD in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified.
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Research exposes long-term failure of Russian propaganda | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-exposes-long-term-failure-of-russian-propaganda-in-ukraines-donbas-region3 May 2022: Only one newspaper paid any attention to Putin’s adopted concept of “Novorossiya”. ... of the Society for the Psychology Study of Social Issues book series Contemporary Social Issues, published by Cambridge University Press.
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‘Cognitive flexibility’ associated with voting attitudes in EU…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cognitive-flexibility-associated-with-voting-attitudes-in-eu-referendum-study-finds16 Apr 2018: The research was conducted by scientists from the University’s Department of Psychology and is published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ... All data were anonymised and controlled for a number of factors including
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Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lockdown-or-not-personality-predicts-your-likelihood-of-staying-home-during-the-pandemic15 Oct 2020: the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, and first author of the report. ... added Andrés Gvirtz, a PhD researcher in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and second author of the study.
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'Neuroscience and Society' - University of Cambridge Horizon…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/neuroscience-and-society-university-of-cambridge-horizon-seminar4 Oct 2006: Leading scientists from the University, including Professor Alastair Compston, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Professor Trevor Robbins, Department of Experimental Psychology and Professor Bill Harris, Department of Physiology, will outline -
Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pedestrians-choose-healthy-obstacles-over-boring-pavements-study-finds5 Dec 2022: Lead author, Anna Boldina, from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Architecture, said: “Even when the increase in level and extent of activity level is modest, when millions of people ... Working with Dr Paul Hanel from the Department of
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Virtual investment experiment indicates informed consumers choose…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/virtual-investment-experiment-indicates-informed-consumers-choose-sustainable-funds-even-with22 Oct 2019: Walking the talk: Understanding consumer demand for sustainable investing’ is a collaboration between CISL, the Department of Psychology and the Psychometrics Centre, and was commissioned by the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), ... Images, including our
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Robots can help improve mental wellbeing at work – as long as they…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/robots-can-help-improve-mental-wellbeing-at-work-as-long-as-they-look-right15 Mar 2023: We wanted to take the robots out of the lab and study how they might be useful in the real world,” said first author Dr Micol Spitale, from Cambridge’s Department ... Try a positive psychology session with the robots used in this research as part of
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Cambridge Professor provides key evidence in overhaul of same-sex…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-professor-provides-key-evidence-in-overhaul-of-same-sex-marriage-ban9 Aug 2010: Professor Michael Lamb, from the University’s Department of Social Psychology, provided information that played a crucial role in the decision of a Federal Judge to overturn “Proposition 8” last week. ... Professor Lamb is Professor of Psychology -
Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/does-your-empathy-predict-if-you-would-stop-and-help-an-injured-person31 Oct 2016: Carrie Allison. A team of psychologists at the University of Cambridge has conducted a social psychology experiment to test the theory that an individual’s level of empathy influences their behaviour. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge
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Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering reduces political…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rewarding-accuracy-instead-of-partisan-pandering-reduces-political-divisions-over-the-truth6 Mar 2023: Research. Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering reduces political divisions over the truth.. ... Jay Van Bavel, Professor of Psychology at New York University and co-author of the study, said: “It is not possible to pay everyone on the
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At the edge of vision: Struggling to make sense of our cluttered…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/at-the-edge-of-vision-struggling-to-make-sense-of-our-cluttered-world25 Nov 2015: Research. At the edge of vision: Struggling to make sense of our cluttered world.. ... The researchers showed volunteers a series of images with differing levels of visual crowding.
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Presenting facts as ‘consensus’ bridges conservative-liberal divide…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/presenting-facts-as-consensus-bridges-conservative-liberal-divide-over-climate-change11 Dec 2017: the truth on one of the most polarising issues in US politics: climate change. ... the University of Cambridge's Department of Psychology.
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Statement from the University of Cambridge about Dr Aleksandr Kogan | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/statement-from-the-university-of-cambridge-about-dr-aleksandr-kogan23 Mar 2018: Department of Psychology, which have been widely reported in the media. ... Dr Kogan joined the Department of Psychology as a lecturer in 2012, where he established the Cambridge Prosociality and Well-Being Lab. -
Assisted Reproduction and Family Development: The New Parents Study | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/assisted-reproduction-and-family-development-the-new-parents-study1 Nov 2013: The study brings two groups based in Cambridge, the Applied Developmental Psychology Research Group, and the Centre for Family Research, together with groups based at the University of Paris in France ... In March 2014, the Applied Developmental
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Want to stick with your diet? Better have someone hide the chocolate…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/want-to-stick-with-your-diet-better-have-someone-hide-the-chocolate25 Jul 2013: The researchers compared the effectiveness of willpower versus voluntarily restricting access to temptations, called ‘precommitment’. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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The OCD Brain: how animal research helps us understand a devastating…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-ocd-brain-how-animal-research-helps-us-understand-a-devastating-condition28 Mar 2017: In the films, Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of Psychology at Cambridge, introduces David to scientists who use a combination of studies to explore the inner workings of the brain. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent
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Feeling poorer than your friends in early adolescence is associated…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/feeling-poorer-than-your-friends-in-early-adolescence-is-associated-with-worse-mental-health15 Nov 2022: Gates Scholar and PhD candidate in the University’s Department of Psychology. ... The latest study, published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, was co-led by Piera Pi-Sunyer and Dr Jack Andrews of the University of New South Wales
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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to have a child with …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-with-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-more-likely-to-have-a-child-with-autism1 Aug 2018: baby to more of this hormone, and changing the baby’s brain development. ... Polycystic ovary syndrome and autism: A test of the prenatal sex steroid theory.
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Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/viral-charity-campaigns-have-a-psychological-recipe-and-all-too-brief-lifespan13 Feb 2017: clear this entails viral phenomena which by their very nature are ephemeral and superficial,” says van der Linden, from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... Our selection of the week's biggest Cambridge research news sent directly to your inbox.
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Women in England had predominantly negative experiences of childbirth …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-england-had-predominantly-negative-experiences-of-childbirth-during-pandemic-in-2020-survey12 Apr 2022: with them during labour and birth,” said Sarah Lloyd-Fox in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, senior author of the paper. ... anxiety they feel,” said Ezra Aydin in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology,
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