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OCD patients’ brains light up to reveal how compulsive habits develop …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ocd-patients-brains-light-up-to-reveal-how-compulsive-habits-develop19 Dec 2014: Trevor Robbins. The research, led by Dr Claire Gillan and Professor Trevor Robbins (Department of Psychology) is the latest in a series of studies from the Cambridge Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience
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LGBT History Month kicks off at Cambridge | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/lgbt-history-month-kicks-off-at-cambridge6 Feb 2008: Dr. Fraser Watts, Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Science at Cambridge and Director of the Psychology and Christianity Project. ... In 1989 she founded the Family and Child Psychology Research Centre at City University, London to carry out research -
React at the Cambridge Science Festival | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/react-at-the-cambridge-science-festival10 Mar 2004: Spotlight on Science continues next week on March 17, 18 and 19, and will include talks on the evolution of humans, positive psychology, our perceptions of time, and the essential differences -
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
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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: 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 participants have
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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.
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Vice-Chancellor's annual 1 October address to the University |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellors-1-october-address-to-the-university-20191 Oct 2019: That initiative will link together a network of researchers – from neuroscience and neurology to genetics and physics; from psychology and psychiatry to computer science and anthropology – to address widespread conditions such ... The
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‘Stay Safe Cambridge Uni’ public health campaign launched |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/stay-safe-cambridge-uni-public-health-campaign-launched24 Aug 2020: Additionally, Dr Simone Schnall from the Department of Psychology surveyed students and staff from across the University and Colleges to determine which messages were most effective.
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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.
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New index of children’s ‘school readiness’ highlights importance of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-index-of-childrens-school-readiness-highlights-importance-of-family-support28 May 2015: British Journal of Educational Psychology; 8 May 2015.
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Mind Over Chatter: What is the future of wellbeing? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/about-research/podcasts/mind-over-chatter-what-is-the-future-of-wellbeing27 May 2021: 06:30 - Wellbeing and economics. How do we think about wellbeing outside of psychology? -
Children's literature comes of age | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/childrens-literature-comes-of-age1 May 2010: Indeed, research at the Centre draws on ideas from many areas, including literary criticism, art criticism, childhood studies, cultural studies, psychology, sociology and pedagogy.
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A step towards solving the enduring puzzle of ‘infantile amnesia’ |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-step-towards-solving-the-enduring-puzzle-of-infantile-amnesia29 Nov 2014: A team led by Professor James Russell from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology has shed some light on this fascinating puzzle by carrying out a study on two-
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Cambridge celebrates 10th anniversary at Hay Festival | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-celebrates-10th-anniversary-at-hay-festival26 Mar 2018: machines will ever be able to replace a ‘human’ translator while Professor Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins, artist-in-residence at the University's Psychology Department, will explore the subjective experience
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Here’s looking at you: research shows jackdaws can recognise…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/heres-looking-at-you-research-shows-jackdaws-can-recognise-individual-human-faces11 Aug 2015: Researchers Alex Thornton, now at the University of Exeter, and Gabrielle Davidson carried out the study with the wild jackdaw population in Madingley village
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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.
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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.
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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: This study, published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, was conducted in collaboration with the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, part of Mars Petcare and co-funded by the Economic ... Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology; 24 Jan
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Fact: there is an I in team | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/fact-there-is-an-i-in-team10 Feb 2014: By contrast, experiments in social psychology show that harmony is more likely to be the consequence than cause of performance.
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Royal Society announces new Cambridge fellows | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/royal-society-announces-new-cambridge-fellows18 May 2007: Professor Barry John Everitt, Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology. ... Professor Barry J Everitt received his first degree (Zoology and Psychology) from Hull University, his Ph.D. -
The therapist encouraging students to reach out
https://www.cam.ac.uk/this-cambridge-life/the-therapist-encouraging-students-to-reach-out7 Nov 2022: I’ve always aspired to help people. I studied psychology and went on to train as a counsellor, practising for 15 years.
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University volunteers to carry Olympic torch | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-volunteers-to-carry-olympic-torch6 Jul 2012: Catherine Potterton (Wolfson College) graduated with a degree in Politics, Psychology and Sociology last year.
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Christ’s College hosts inaugural HE + Masterclass | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/christs-college-hosts-inaugural-he-masterclass4 Apr 2013: She is taking masterclasses in medicine as she hopes to study psychology at university.
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Can women get us out of this downturn? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/can-women-get-us-out-of-this-downturn11 Mar 2009: In this book, she uses psychology, sociology, economics and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. -
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: The report, by researchers at the University of Cambridge, Edge Hill University and the UK-based charity Stand Alone, brings together over 800 responses to a
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Top Teaching Score for Molecular Biosciences | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/top-teaching-score-for-molecular-biosciences15 Mar 2000: Molecular Biosciences has been awarded 24 marks out of a possible 24, following on from the recent successes of Organismal Biosciences and Experimental Psychology. -
BA Festival of Science arrives in Norwich | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ba-festival-of-science-arrives-in-norwich31 Aug 2006: Other topics range from popular psychology (including a scientific approach to helping people look on the bright side!) to nutrigenomics and mammoth hunting in Norfolk. -
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. ... Professor Barry J Everitt received his first degree (Zoology and Psychology) from Hull University, his Ph.D. -
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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The ‘Original’ Apprentice is coming to town | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-original-apprentice-is-coming-to-town7 Nov 2008: He graduated from Middlesex University with a degree in psychology before working as a senior planner within Strategy and Service Development for London Underground. -
Cambridge Ideas - The Emotional Computer | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-ideas-the-emotional-computer10 Jan 2011: We need to understand psychology, signal processing and statistical machine learning as well as systems engineering to tackle these problems.
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Going green: why don't we all do it? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/going-green-why-dont-we-all-do-it10 Jun 2016: Fascinated to find the factors at play, Fuerst and his colleague Ante Busic-Sontic started supplementing their economic models with insights derived from psychology.
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Have we misunderstood post-traumatic stress disorder? | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/have-we-misunderstood-post-traumatic-stress-disorder19 Aug 2016: It’s long been assumed that war-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stems from how well a person copes psychologically with exposure to violence or
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New Fellows elected to Academy of Medical Sciences | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-fellows-elected-to-academy-of-medical-sciences1 May 2008: Professor Barry Everitt, at the Department of Experimental Psychology, and Professor Ed Bullmore, at the Department of Psychiatry, have been elected for their ‘outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical science, ... neuroscience, which I -
Cabaret: Science of Sex, Drugs, and Rock’‘n'Roll | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cabaret-science-of-sex-drugs-and-rocknroll15 Mar 2007: In 2006 he was part of the psychology team analyzing the housemates' body language on Channel 4's Big Brother's Big Brain. -
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 ... Following female emancipation and
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And you thought ’‘bird brains’ was an insult… | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/and-you-thought-bird-brains-was-an-insult6 Apr 2006: The work is reported by Ms Amanda Seed, Professor Nicola Clayton and colleagues from the Department of Experimental Psychology and Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, and appears in this weeks's -
Unpublished Wittgenstein archive explored | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unpublished-wittgenstein-archive-explored28 Apr 2011: For example when people say that one day when psychology will be far enough developed it will make us understand the nature of beauty.).
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Forget your previous conceptions about memory | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/forget-your-previous-conceptions-about-memory7 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, -
Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-reveals-how-elephants-see-the-world28 Aug 2013: A new study reveals that elephants are not able to recognize visual cues provided by humans but are responsive to vocal commands. These findings may directly
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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: Scientists from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) scanned participants during testing and found that the areas of the brain
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New US Scholars selected for Gates Cambridge Scholarship | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-us-scholars-selected-for-gates-cambridge-scholarship9 Feb 2017: She hopes to target the philosophy of cognitive psychology through the multispecies interactions between humans and animals, particularly scientists and their test subjects.
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Murdoch and Sartre: a match made in heaven? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/murdoch-and-sartre-a-match-made-in-heaven29 Oct 2008: Professor Moran is a leading authority on the philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and epistemology. -
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.
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Sarah A Teichmann | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/women-at-cambridge/profiles/sarah-a-teichmann12 Feb 2014: In psychology, it’s been shown that we overestimate the probability of unlikely events, as discussed by Daniel Kahneman in his recent book Thinking, Fast and Slow. -
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
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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: the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, first author of the paper.
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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: Three years later, Chennu and Dr Tristan Bekinschtein from the CBSU, and now in the Department of Psychology, showed that their mathematical analysis of the EEG outputs was enough to measure ... The team in Cambridge are also distributing funds for
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Limited resources leave school leaders with few options to manage…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/limited-resources-leave-school-leaders-with-few-options-to-manage-poor-behaviour7 Jun 2023: The findings are from a qualitative study which investigated why more school leaders are not exploring alternative approaches to behaviour management. It
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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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