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  2. Academic to give prestigious neuroscience lecture | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/academic-to-give-prestigious-neuroscience-lecture
    10 Nov 2005: In addition to his role as Head of the Department, Professor Robbins is the Director of the Cambridge MRC-Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI). ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. 2024
  3. Memory and concentration problems are common in long COVID and must…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/memory-long-COVID
    Thumbnail for Memory and concentration problems are common in long COVID and must not be ignored, say scientists 17 Mar 2022: The impact on the working population could be huge,” said Dr Lucy Cheke, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology and senior author of the paper. ... Lyn - pictured here with her son - is a member of the research team in
  4. Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sleight-of-hand-magic-trick-only-fools-monkeys-with-opposable-thumbs
    Thumbnail for Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs | University of Cambridge 3 Apr 2023: Nicola Clayton FRS, senior author of the study from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... Another co-author of the study, Clive Wilkins, Artist in Residence at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, is a professional magician and Member of the
  5. Is Social Media Changing Your Life?

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/socialmedia
    Thumbnail for Is Social Media Changing Your Life? 16 Mar 2021: Dr Amy Orben, a Fellow at Emmanuel College and Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge's MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, has spent her academic career looking at the effect of ... She’s planning a new study, in collaboration with Professor Sarah
  6. Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tired-of-london-maybe-its-time-to-change-postal-districts
    Thumbnail for Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts | University of Cambridge 12 Jan 2015: choosing a place to live,” says Dr Jason Rentfrow from the Department of Psychology and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly research news
  7. The Power of Positive Psychology | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-power-of-positive-psychology
    17 Mar 2004: On Thursday, March 18, Dr Nick Baylis, Times columnist and Lecturer in Positive Psychology in the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, will introduce the fast ... Positive Psychology is a whole new field of
  8. Research Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_16_research_horizons.pdf
    24 Oct 2011: The Language Sciences Initiative is jointly chaired by Dr Henriëtte Hendriks (the first Head of DTAL) and Professor William Marslen-Wilson(Department of Experimental Psychology). ... For more information, please visithttp://cambridge-brc.org.uk/. The
  9. Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
    Thumbnail for Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults 31 Jan 2023: Each brain has its own natural rhythm, generated by the oscillation of neurons working together,” said Prof Zoe Kourtzi, senior author of the study from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... Dr Elizabeth Michael tweaks the experiment at the
  10. Search is on for ‘super memorisers’ to help scientists unlock the…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/search-is-on-for-super-memorisers-to-help-scientists-unlock-the-secrets-of-memory
    Thumbnail for Search is on for ‘super memorisers’ to help scientists unlock the secrets of memory | University of Cambridge 3 May 2023: Professor Jon Simons from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge said: “Memory is one of the best understood psychological processes in terms of brain networks and yet we ... Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism
  11. Colour blindness sometimes an advantage | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/colour-blindness-sometimes-an-advantage
    14 Dec 2005: The study, published in the journal Current Biology (December 6) by researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge and the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, developed ... Please read our email privacy notice
  12. Cambridge game ‘pre-bunks’ coronavirus conspiracies

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/goviral
    Thumbnail for Cambridge game ‘pre-bunks’ coronavirus conspiracies 11 Oct 2020: and researcher at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. “The game empowers people with the tools they need to discern fact from fiction.”. ... Melisa Basol, Cambridge Gates Scholar. Intervention effects in social psychology often dissipate within
  13. The impulsive brain | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-impulsive-brain
    31 May 2001: Now researchers at the University of Cambridge's Department of Experimental Psychology have discovered some of the underlying brain systems probably responsible for such impulsive behaviour. ... Rudolf. The University of Cambridge's Department of
  14. Test your memory! | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/test-your-memory
    Thumbnail for Test your memory! | University of Cambridge 10 Jan 2012: Dr Jon Simons from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Experimental Psychology. ... Yasemin Yazar, Dr Zara Bergström and Dr Jon Simons from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Experimental Psychology, along with Dr Charles Fernyhough
  15. New ideas and inspiration feature at Cambridge Festival 2022

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-2022-launch
    Thumbnail for New ideas and inspiration feature at Cambridge Festival 2022 30 Mar 2022: Chaired by Professor Nick Hopwood, historian of biological and medical sciences at the University of Cambridge. ... Professor of Social Psychology in Society and Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab in the Department of Psychology at the
  16. Being overweight linked to poorer memory | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/being-overweight-linked-to-poorer-memory
    Thumbnail for Being overweight linked to poorer memory | University of Cambridge 25 Feb 2016: Lucy Cheke. In a preliminary study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, researchers from the Department of Psychology at Cambridge found an association between high body mass index (BMI) ... The University of Cambridge will use
  17. The science of cultural psychology | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-science-of-cultural-psychology
    7 Jun 2006: The grant has funded Professor Valsiner’s stay at the department of Social and Development Psychology at the University of Cambridge over the last year. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge.
  18. Aesop’s Fable unlocks how we think | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/aesops-fable-unlocks-how-we-think
    Thumbnail for Aesop’s Fable unlocks how we think | University of Cambridge 26 Jul 2012: folk physics. Lucy Cheke. Lucy Cheke, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Experimental Psychology, expanded Aesop’s fable into three tasks of varying complexity and compared ... The University of Cambridge will use your email
  19. Extremism is part of being human | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/extremism-is-part-of-being-human
    4 Nov 2010: on the Psychology of Extremism at the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology. ... His research aims to establish an understanding of the psychology of extremism by looking at the deep-seated tendencies that exist within all of us.
  20. The intoxication of power | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-intoxication-of-power
    Thumbnail for The intoxication of power | University of Cambridge 18 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
  21. Forget your previous conceptions about memory | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/forget-your-previous-conceptions-about-memory
    7 Dec 2010: Dr Lisa Saksida, from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, said: “This study suggests that a major component of memory problems may actually be confusion between memories, ... Please read our email privacy notice
  22. Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tackling-covid-19-professor-sarah-jayne-blakemore
    Thumbnail for Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | University of Cambridge 22 Oct 2020: I usually work in the University’s Department of Psychology on the Downing Site. ... Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
  23. Monogamous birds read partner's food desires | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/monogamous-birds-read-partners-food-desires
    Thumbnail for Monogamous birds read partner's food desires | University of Cambridge 15 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. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send
  24. 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-ban
    9 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
  25. Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hallucinations-linked-to-differences-in-brain-structure
    Thumbnail for Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure | University of Cambridge 17 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 ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly
  26. 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-eyes
    Thumbnail for Artificial ‘brain’ reveals why we can’t always believe our eyes | University of Cambridge 25 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
  27. Personality test to explore rules of attraction | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/personality-test-to-explore-rules-of-attraction
    Thumbnail for Personality test to explore rules of attraction | University of Cambridge 30 Jul 2010: The research will be carried out by Dr. Rentfrow and Professor Michael Lamb, who helped to design the original personality test and are based at Cambridge's Department of Social and ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you
  28. 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-all
    Thumbnail for Spending for smiles: money can buy happiness after all | University of Cambridge 7 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 ... The University of Cambridge will use
  29. 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-happy
    Thumbnail for Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy | University of Cambridge 17 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.
  30. Gates Scholar Melisa Basol on inoculating against fake news |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gates-scholar-melisa-basol-on-inoculating-against-fake-news
    Thumbnail for Gates Scholar Melisa Basol on inoculating against fake news | University of Cambridge 11 Dec 2018: She wrote to Dr van der Linden about her proposal and soon began her MPhil in Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. ... As a member of the Social Decision-Making Research Lab at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, she
  31. Mood-tracking app paves way for pocket therapy | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mood-tracking-app-paves-way-for-pocket-therapy
    Thumbnail for Mood-tracking app paves way for pocket therapy | University of Cambridge 8 May 2013: Rentfrow, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, said. ... For more information about this story, please contact: Tom Kirk, Office of Communications, University of Cambridge.
  32. Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pedestrians-choose-healthy-obstacles-over-boring-pavements-study-finds
    Thumbnail for Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study finds | University of Cambridge 5 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
  33. Cambridge psychologist helps Facebook fight climate change…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-psychologist-helps-facebook-fight-climate-change-misinformation
    Thumbnail for Cambridge psychologist helps Facebook fight climate change misinformation | University of Cambridge 18 Feb 2021: Climate change is an existential threat, which makes misinformation about climate change an existential threat,” said Van der Linden, Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab at the University’s ... Department of Psychology.
  34. Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/eye-contact-with-your-baby-helps-synchronise-your-brainwaves
    Thumbnail for Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves | University of Cambridge 29 Nov 2017: Researchers at the Baby-LINC Lab at the University of Cambridge carried out a study to explore whether infants can synchronise their brainwaves to adults too – and whether eye contact might ... Dr Victoria Leong is an Affiliated Lecturer at
  35. 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-years
    Thumbnail for Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of Cambridge 1 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
  36. Cocaine addiction: Scientists discover ‘back door’ into the brain |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cocaine-addiction-scientists-discover-back-door-into-the-brain
    Thumbnail for Cocaine addiction: Scientists discover ‘back door’ into the brain | University of Cambridge 12 Jan 2016: Most people who use cocaine do so initially in search of a hedonic ‘high’,” explains Dr David Belin from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge. ... Previous research by Professor Barry Everitt from the Department of
  37. 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-memories
    Thumbnail for People can ‘beat’ guilt detection tests by suppressing incriminating memories | University of Cambridge 3 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
  38. Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/feeling-powerless-increases-the-weight-of-the-world-literally
    Thumbnail for Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally | University of Cambridge 4 Feb 2014: Eun Hee Lee - a researcher working with Dr Simone Schnall at Cambridge’s Department of Psychology - carried out a series of tests in which volunteers were surreptitiously surveyed about their own ... The University of Cambridge will use your email
  39. Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/young-children-use-physics-not-previous-rewards-to-learn-about-tools
    Thumbnail for Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools | University of Cambridge 23 Feb 2018: Dr Lucy Cheke from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge says: “Imagine a situation where someone is learning about hammers. ... The University of Cambridge will use your email address to send you our weekly research news email.
  40. Hard Brexiter or ardent Remainer? Psychologists aim to find out what…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hard-brexiter-or-ardent-remainer-psychologists-aim-to-find-out-what-drives-our-political-ideologies
    Thumbnail for Hard Brexiter or ardent Remainer? Psychologists aim to find out what drives our political ideologies | University of Cambridge 1 Dec 2016: Leor Zmigrod. Now, researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge have launched an online survey looking at the relationship between political attitudes and cognitive thinking styles, exploring ... The events of this year
  41. 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-regions
    Thumbnail for Study finds GB’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable regions | University of Cambridge 25 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 ... The University of Cambridge will use your email
  42. Social media influencers could encourage adolescents to follow social …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/social-media-influencers-could-encourage-adolescents-to-follow-social-distancing-guidelines-say
    Thumbnail for Social media influencers could encourage adolescents to follow social distancing guidelines, say researchers | University of Cambridge 12 May 2020: Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, who led the report. ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified.
  43. Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/listen-to-your-heart-why-your-brain-may-give-away-how-well-you-know-yourself
    Thumbnail for Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know yourself | University of Cambridge 21 Apr 2015: performance. Dr Tristan Bekinschtein, a Wellcome Trust Fellow and lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, says: “‘Follow your heart’ has become something of a cliché, but ... The University of Cambridge will use
  44. Brains or beauty? People perceive attractive scientists as more…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brains-or-beauty-people-perceive-attractive-scientists-as-more-interesting-but-less-able-studies
    Thumbnail for Brains or beauty? People perceive attractive scientists as more interesting but less able, studies show | University of Cambridge 22 May 2017: A new study published today in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) from researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Essex suggests that when it comes to ... public,” says Dr Will Skylark from the Department of
  45. Research in Japan suggests that a ‘relationship-based’ police…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/research-in-japan-suggests-that-a-relationship-based-police-interviewing-style-gets-the-best-results
    Thumbnail for Research in Japan suggests that a ‘relationship-based’ police interviewing style gets the best results | University of Cambridge 15 Feb 2014: Prize-winning research undertaken in Japan by Dr Taeko Wachi, while a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, suggests that a ‘relationship-based’ interviewing style ... At Cambridge, Dr Wachi’s research was
  46. Male Eurasian jays know that their female partners’ desires can…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/male-eurasian-jays-know-that-their-female-partners-desires-can-differ-from-their-own
    Thumbnail for Male Eurasian jays know that their female partners’ desires can differ from their own | University of Cambridge 26 Mar 2014: Professor Nicky Clayton, whose Comparative Cognition lab at Cambridge University’s Department of Psychology conducted the study, said: “As humans, we ‘put ourselves into someone else’s shoes’ in order to ... The University of Cambridge will use
  47. Science is a Risky Quiz-ness: A new study aims to assess how we…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/science-is-a-risky-quiz-ness-a-new-study-aims-to-assess-how-we-perceive-risks
    Thumbnail for Science is a Risky Quiz-ness: A new study aims to assess how we perceive risks | University of Cambridge 5 Apr 2011: The Big Risk Test, spearheaded by Professor David Spiegelhalter, the University of Cambridge Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, and Dr Mike Aitken, a lecturer in the Department of ... Experimental Psychology at Cambridge, will examine

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