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Researchers get serious about kids’ stuff | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/researchers-get-serious-about-kids-stuff3 Feb 2010: by treating it as a social science with links to areas like education and psychology.
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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: Professor Barry Everitt and Dr Jonathan Lee of the MRC-Wellcome Behaviour and Clinical Neuroscience Institute have shown that they can selectively impair
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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
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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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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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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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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 -
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: 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. -
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-memory3 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
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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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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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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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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? -
Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reclaim-wellness-from-the-rich-and-famous-and-restore-its-political-radicalism-new-book-argues28 Mar 2024: It challenged you to think through every facet of your life: your diet, health, psychology, relationships, community engagement and aspirations.
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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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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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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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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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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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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. -
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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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. -
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. -
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. -
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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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. -
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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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. -
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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Teaching pupils empathy measurably improves their creative abilities, …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/teaching-pupils-empathy-measurably-improves-their-creative-abilities-study-finds3 Feb 2021: Dr Helen Demetriou, an affiliated lecturer in psychology and education at the Faculty of Education with a particular interest in empathy, and the other researcher involved in the study, said: “We
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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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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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Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reduced-grey-matter-in-frontal-lobes-linked-to-teenage-smoking-and-nicotine-addiction-study15 Aug 2023: Smoking is perhaps the most common addictive behaviour in the world, and a leading cause of adult mortality,” said Prof Trevor Robbins, co-senior author from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology.
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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. -
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 -
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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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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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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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 -
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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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, -
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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