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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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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 ... in Big Data Analytics & Quantitative
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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. ... The study was led by Richard Bethlehem, a
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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. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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: Most people who see a therapist may only have an appointment once every fortnight,” Dr Cecilia Mascolo, a reader in mobile systems at the Cambridge Computer Lab said. ... Rentfrow, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of
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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 Zara Bergstrom, formerly with the University of Cambridge and currently a lecturer in cognitive psychology at the University of Kent and principal investigator on the research, said: “Brain activity guilt ... Dr Jon Simons, of the Department of
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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: 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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly
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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: Working with Dr Paul Hanel from the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex, and Professor Koen Steemers from Cambridge, Boldina invited almost 600 UK residents to compare photorealistic images ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge
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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 ... Professor Hines’ talk for
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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-thumbs3 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
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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: 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
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Cambridge University volunteers webcast BA Festival of Science |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-university-volunteers-webcast-ba-festival-of-science6 Sep 2006: Cambridge University Science Productions, an initiative based at the University of Cambridge, is webcasting the BA Festival of Science 2006 from the University of East Anglia in Norwich. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news -
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 ... Inset images: Illustration of an elephant from Matthew Paris' Chronica
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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: 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
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Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/feeling-powerless-increases-the-weight-of-the-world-literally4 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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research
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Patients with OCD have difficulty learning when a stimulus is safe |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/patients-with-ocd-have-difficulty-learning-when-a-stimulus-is-safe6 Mar 2017: In this study, researchers at Cambridge’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute tested 43 OCD patients and 35 matched healthy volunteers to see how well those people with OCD were able ... Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of Psychology at
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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-tools23 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. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary
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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-ideologies1 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 ... Email. I wish to receive a
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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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge
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Cannabis users no less likely to be motivated or able to enjoy life’s …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cannabis-users-no-less-likely-to-be-motivated-or-able-to-enjoy-lifes-pleasure1 Sep 2022: A team led by scientists at UCL, the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London carried out a study examining whether cannabis users ... Martine Skumlien, a PhD candidate in the
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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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research
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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. ... The following year, it launched its first film on the subject,
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No evidence that physical activity calorie-equivalent labelling…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/workplace-cafeteria-study-finds-no-evidence-that-physical-activity-calorie-equivalent-labelling9 Nov 2022: First author Dr James Reynolds from the School of Psychology, Aston University, who carried out the research while at Cambridge, said: “Although we found that showing the amount of exercise required ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge
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Healthy vs unhealthy food: the challenges of understanding food…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/healthy-vs-unhealthy-food-the-challenges-of-understanding-food-choices11 Mar 2016: Cambridge University) and now Lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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Increasing availability of non-alcoholic drinks may reduce amount of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/increasing-availability-of-non-alcoholic-drinks-may-reduce-amount-of-alcohol-purchased-online30 Mar 2023: For example, scientists at Cambridge’s Behaviour and Health Research Unit have previously shown that serving wine in smaller glasses – even while keeping the amount of wine in the glasses the ... Dr Clarke is now a Lecturer in Psychology at Bath Spa
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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-say12 May 2020: Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, who led the report. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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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-yourself21 Apr 2015: Unit, Cambridge, studied not only whether volunteers could be trained to follow their heartbeat, but whether it was possible to identify from brain activity how good they were at estimating their ... performance. Dr Tristan Bekinschtein, a Wellcome Trust
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Cambridge team develops technique to ‘listen’ to a patient’s brain…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-team-develops-technique-to-listen-to-a-patients-brain-during-tumour-surgery16 Oct 2018: As surgeons, we’re always trying to minimise the risk to patients and provide them with the best possible outcomes,” says Thomas Santarius, a neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge University Hospitals. ... At Cambridge, we have different groups
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Automated phone calls may help patients to take medicines as…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/automated-phone-calls-may-help-patients-to-take-medicines-as-prescribed-pilot-study-suggests7 Jan 2019: The IVR application was developed by Simon Edwards, a Communications Specialist from the University Information Service telecoms team at Cambridge. ... Dr Katerina Kassavou began her career studying psychology at the University of Crete before moving to
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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-studies22 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
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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-results15 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
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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-own26 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 ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly
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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-risks5 Apr 2011: Experimental Psychology at Cambridge, will examine how we think and feel about potential hazards, from taking medication to global climate change. ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email.
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