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Psychology - Social Sciences - 17.02.2025
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2025
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2025

Psychology - 17.02.2025
Bath Professor awarded Wellcome grant to investigate cognitive impairment in psychotic disorders

Psychology - 13.02.2025
Babies respond positively to smell of foods experienced in the womb

Psychology - 10.02.2025
Promising mental health interventions for schools
An intervention that helps students normalise their everyday emotions is the 'most promising' of several approaches for supporting mental health, according to results from one of the world's largest school-based mental health trials in which The University of Manchester was a key partner.

Health - Psychology - 06.02.2025
University spinout secures £1.8m funding for digital therapeutic platform for severe mental illness
University spinout secures £1.8m funding for digital therapeutic platform for severe mental illness

Psychology - Health - 05.02.2025
School bans alone not enough to tackle negative impacts of phone and social media use
First study of its kind finds that restrictive school policies don't lead to lower phone and social media use overall, nor better outcomes among students Students attending schools that ban the use of phones throughout the school day aren't necessarily experiencing better mental health and wellbeing, as the first worldwide study of its kind has found that just banning smartphones is not enough to tackle their negative impacts.

Health - Psychology - 05.02.2025
Our mental health and wellbeing may be better in the morning
Our mental health and wellbeing may be better in the morning
Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, with clear patterns across time of day in how we report our mental health and wellbeing, suggest the findings of a large study led by researchers at UCL. The findings, published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health , suggest that people generally wake up feeling in the best frame of mind in the morning but in the worst around midnight, with day of the week and season also playing their part. But the researchers caution that the findings need to be replicated in other studies to be sure they are a true picture.

Psychology - Campus - 04.02.2025
UCL academics contribute to Royal Foundation framework on early childhood development
UCL academics contribute to Royal Foundation framework on early childhood development

Psychology - 28.01.2025
University celebrates psychology award given to pioneering researcher
University celebrates psychology award given to pioneering researcher

Life Sciences - Psychology - 15.01.2025
Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire
Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire

Psychology - Health - 13.01.2025
Previous experience affects family planning decisions of people with hereditary dementia
Living in a family where there is genetic risk for dementia significantly affects choices about having children and how to parent, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Health - Psychology - 07.01.2025
Implanting false memories much harder than claimed in court
Implanting false memories much harder than claimed in court
False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, University of London. The 1995 Lost in the Mall study has often been cited in criminal trials, particularly those involving historical sexual abuse - including by Harvey Weinstein's defence team - in order to cast doubt on the memory of accusers.

Psychology - 06.01.2025
Prestigious Leverhulme Fellowship awarded to social psychology pioneer

Psychology - 17.12.2024
Have a Christmas carol stuck in your head? This is how to banish it

Psychology - Career - 17.12.2024
Early pregnancy endings are an overlooked workplace issue - here's how that could change
Early pregnancy endings are an overlooked workplace issue - here’s how that could change
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Julie Davies (UCL Global Business School for Health) outlines four key themes employers could address to better handle early pregnancy endings in the workplace.

Psychology - 16.12.2024
Analysis: Exercise boosts memory for up to 24 hours after a workout
Analysis: Exercise boosts memory for up to 24 hours after a workout
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Mikaela Bloomberg (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) explains the findings of her study that found exercise gives a short-term boost to cognitive performance lasting from minutes to hours. What's good for your heart is good for your brain. Just as physical activity helps keep our bodies fit and strong as we age, it also helps maintain our cognitive function - and is even linked with  lower dementia risk.

Psychology - 13.12.2024
Commentary: Exercise boosts memory for up to 24 hours after a workout
Commentary: Exercise boosts memory for up to 24 hours after a workout
Dr Mikaela Bloomberg (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) describes in The Conversation how new research demonstrates that exercise has mental and cognitive benefits in addition to physical ones.

Psychology - Social Sciences - 10.12.2024
New grant will support Gypsy Roma Traveller awareness efforts

Life Sciences - Psychology - 06.12.2024
Successful events shine a spotlight on neurodiversity

Health - Psychology - 26.11.2024
Researchers warn 360,000 patients in the UK risk being ’trapped’ on antipsychotics
Researchers are warning against the increasing use of antipsychotics, particularly in patients without ongoing psychiatrist review or physical health monitoring to detect early signs of heart disease and diabetes.

Psychology - Health - 25.11.2024
Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools
Treating bullying as everyone's problem can reduce bullying by up to 13%, finds new research. The largest trial of its kind in the UK has shown how a low-cost, structured, anti-bullying programme can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimisation.

Health - Psychology - 21.11.2024
’Pregnancy loss’ considered more acceptable than ’miscarriage’ by most patients
Clinical language used around pregnancy loss can negatively affect patients' mental health and exacerbate their grief and trauma, and should be personalised where possible, according to research led by a UCL academic. In the first study of its kind, published today, social scientists from UCL, led by Dr Beth Malory (UCL English Language & Literature), gathered data from 391 participants from across the UK with lived experience of pregnancy loss to provide guidance for mass communication around loss.

Social Sciences - Psychology - 14.11.2024
Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024
Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024

Social Sciences - Psychology - 14.11.2024
Unregulated experts can cause harm to children in family courts
Unregulated experts can cause harm to children in family courts
Unregulated experts appointed by family courts in England and Wales have caused harm to children by separating them from their mothers and forcing them to live with and have contact with fathers accused of violence and abuse, according to a new study by a UCL researcher.

Health - Psychology - 08.11.2024
Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools
The largest trial of its kind in the UK has shown how a low-cost, structured, anti-bullying programme can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimisation.

Psychology - Sport - 04.11.2024
Deafblind PhD candidate aims for Everest
Deafblind PhD candidate aims for Everest

Health - Psychology - 31.10.2024
Most people who died by suicide within year of discharge from inpatient psychiatric care had recent contact with GP
Most people who died by suicide within year of discharge from inpatient psychiatric care had recent contact with GP
Most people who died by suicide within year of discharge from inpatient psychiatric care had recent contact with GP, study finds More than 80 per cent of people who died by suicide within one year of

Psychology - Health - 28.10.2024
Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression
Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression
A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in patients for whom standard treatments have been ineffective.

Health - Psychology - 28.10.2024
Digital avatar may improve wellbeing for those hearing voices
Digital avatar may improve wellbeing for those hearing voices
A novel treatment using computer-generated avatars, developed by UCL researchers, is an effective way of helping people with psychosis who hear distressing voices, according to a new study.

Health - Psychology - 28.10.2024
Multi-site trial uses digital avatars to effectively reduce distressing voices in psychosis
A new multi-site trial involving the University of Glasgow and led by King's College London has found that a novel therapy using computer-generated avatars is an effective way of helping people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices. AVATAR therapy is a series of guided therapy sessions during which voice hearers are able to have a conversation with an animated digital representation of their distressing voice.

Health - Psychology - 25.10.2024
Lord Mayor of London event: exploring solutions for global health and wellbeing

Event - Psychology - 25.10.2024
New project set to help library visitors check out some winter sun

Psychology - Health - 17.10.2024
Zuckerberg funding for rare syndrome research network
Zuckerberg funding for rare syndrome research network

Psychology - Health - 10.10.2024
University of Bath receives £11 million to launch a Mental Health Research Group
University of Bath receives £11 million to launch a Mental Health Research Group

Health - Psychology - 04.10.2024
Mental Health Overhaul
Every other person will experience a mental health difficulty at some point in their life. The causes are complex, but treatment options are not - and in half of patients they just don't work. A new network of researchers at Cambridge aims to revolutionise mental healthcare by probing the processes underlying the symptoms.

Health - Psychology - 25.09.2024
New therapy for children hearing voices and seeing visions trials in Greater Manchester
New therapy for children hearing voices and seeing visions trials in Greater Manchester

Health - Psychology - 25.09.2024
Insights into young people’s online habits in Scotland
New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents in Scotland. The findings come from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, which surveyed almost 280,000 young people aged 11, 13, and 15 across 44 countries and regions in Europe, Central Asia and Canada in 2022.

Pedagogy - Psychology - 19.09.2024
Targeted interventions add five months’ progress for students with SEND
Targeted interventions can raise overall educational outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by an average of five months, compared to teaching-as-usual or standard interventions, finds a report by UCL researchers.

Psychology - Event - 12.09.2024
National award for psychologist’s dedication, research impact and engagement

Psychology - Health - 06.09.2024
Researcher appointed as new Chief Executive of Anna Freud
Researcher appointed as new Chief Executive of Anna Freud

Psychology - Health - 29.08.2024
Max Planck UCL Centre renewed for another five years
Max Planck UCL Centre renewed for another five years

Psychology - Social Sciences - 12.08.2024
Leading Forensic Psychologist appointed chair of regional research network

History / Archeology - Psychology - 12.08.2024
The UCL Guide to the Best Summer Reads
Looking for a good holiday read? We find the best books to pack with you this summer, from classic fiction to the most exciting books coming out of UCL! With summer well underway, it's time to find a shady spot, sit back and read a fantastic book.

Psychology - 31.07.2024
Manchester lecturer takes to saddle to raise money for autism charity
Manchester lecturer takes to saddle to raise money for autism charity

Health - Psychology - 31.07.2024
New therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders
New therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders

Health - Psychology - 31.07.2024
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors
Addressing 14 modifiable risk factors, starting in childhood and continuing throughout life, could prevent or delay nearly half of dementia cases, according to a new report led by UCL researchers.

Psychology - 30.07.2024
Advice for parents, caregivers and children affected by Southport attack published
Advice for parents, caregivers and children affected by Southport attack published
Researchers at The University of Manchester have published advice for parents and caregivers of children and young people affected by the stabbings in Southport this week.

Politics - Psychology - 29.07.2024
Most US voters agree on basic human values - so is polarisation exaggerated?
Most US voters agree on basic human values - so is polarisation exaggerated?
A surprising number of US Democrats and Republicans agree on their fundamental values - with important consequences for feelings of hope about the future. The vast majority of American voters think alike on what they find important in life, but both Republicans and Democrats fail to recognise their shared views and values, according to new research from the Universities of Bath and Essex.

Health - Psychology - 29.07.2024
Study impact of spinal sarcomas on mental health

Psychology - 25.07.2024
New training helps organisations better understand autism and neurodiversity
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