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Grants, Honours & Success (March 2013)
More grant success for the department
Grant Success and Fellowship Awards (May 2013)
Grant and Fellowship Awards (April 2013)
First study of government’s phonics check finds it is a valid but unnecessary test
‘Belief in science’ increases in stressful situations
Government commits to psychological therapies in the Spending Review
Horizon: The Truth about Personality
Cutlery 'can influence food taste'
Prisoners doing yoga may see psychological benefits
Risk of infanticide drove evolution of monogamy
Department of Experimental Psychology ranked 2nd in the world.
New clinical-academic network for anxiety disorders and depression.
Charles Vincent appointed Professorial Fellow at the Health Foundation
Oxford Handbook of Attention published by Kia Nobre
Anke Ehlers receives Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology
Brain area unique to humans identified by Oxford-based researchers
'Psychotic personality' could be key to making people laugh
Oxford Science Adventures!!
Dyslexia may relate to difficulty shifting attention between the senses
New funding awards for Glyn Humphreys and Mark Stokes
Oxford primary schools visit EP for Brain Awareness Week
Molly Crockett to speak at world's largest philosophy and music festival
Video information about postgraduate research in EP available
Anke Ehlers elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Dorothy Bishop elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Oxford Science Adventures returns for May half term
Professor Jenny Saffran to give 2014 Anne Treisman Lecture in Experimental Psychology
Kate Nation interviewed on BBC Radio 2
Kia Nobre at the World Science Festival
Roi Cohen Kadosh wins BPS Spearman Medal
Mark Stokes and Roi Cohen Kadosh awarded James S McDonnell Scholar Award
Robin Dunbar wins Huxley Medal
Departmental participant recruitment system (SONA) goes live
Professor Kia Nobre appointed to Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience
RALLI celebrates 2 year anniversary with visit to Parliament
David Clark and Lord Layard launch "Thrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapies".
Professor Kia Nobre gains a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
Oxford research on "boosting brain function with batteries" published in European Comission's Horizon Magazine
Oxford research reveals that brain structure predicts social status in monkeys
Dr. Lucy Bowes appointed associate professor and tutor for Magdalen College
Sibling bullying linked to mental illness later in life
2014 Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience
Oxford researchers discover fake tongue illusion
Professor Dorothy Bishop listed among top 100 Twitter stars in Science!
PhD student Lauren Heathcote interviewed on BBC South Today about her research into chronic pain
Kate Watkins and Jennifer Chesters interviewed for International Stammering Awareness Day
Oxford Science Adventures - free activities for children in half term!
Mark Stokes awarded BBSRC grant
Kate Nation awarded grant from the Australian Research Council
EP researchers find that most people would rather harm themselves than others for profit
Two more grant successes!
REF 2014: Oxford Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience excels
Christopher Summerfield wins Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award
Dr. Miriam Lommen wins EBTA award
Student Minds Founder, Dr. Nicola Byrom, Awarded the Queen’s Young Leader Award
EP researchers reveal secrets of fidelity and infidelity in romantic relationships
Charles Spence and Roi Cohen Kadosh recognised in the PROSE awards
Masud Husain gives TORCH talk on priming effects
Oxford researchers find brain processes that are key to understanding other people’s learning
Professor Dick Passingham retires from academia
British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award to Gaia Scerif
Nele Demeyere receives Stroke Association award
EP papers featured in American Psychological Association Peeps highlight preview
Molly Crockett awarded grant to study transformative prosocial experiences at Burning Man festival
Anke Ehlers wins 2015 Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award
Associate Professorship in Advanced Statistical Methods associated with Lady Margaret Hall
Ritwik Niyogi awarded a 4-year Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral fellowship
Gaia Scerif awarded grant from the Newlife Foundation
David Clark wins ABCT Lifetime Achievement Award
Experimental Psychology to welcome 3 new British Academy postdoctoral fellows
EP researchers find strong links between adulthood depression and bullying in teenage years
EP contribution to "500 Words" project discussed on BBC Radio 2
EP graduate student wins Fulbright Award
EP researchers show that motivation can enhance speed and accuracy of eye movements
Elaine Fox awarded BA/Leverhulme Grant
EP researchers find that Serotonin and dopamine drugs affect decisions to harm oneself and others
Dorothy Bishop to appear on Radio 4's Life Scientific
Glyn Humphreys wins BPS Lifetime Achievement Award
Kia Nobre elected Fellow of the British Academy
Dorothy Bishop in the news!
EP researchers reveal dissociable functions for amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex
Half term activities: Oxford Science Adventures is back!!
Oxford brain stimulation research in the news
Experimental Psychology awarded Athena Swan Silver Award!
EP researchers uncover secret benefits of singing and dancing
Dorothy Bishop chairs report on reproducibility in science
Oxford researchers reveal neural markers of apathy
Oxford researchers offer new insights into the function of neurotransmitter dopamine
David Clark discusses public provision of psychological therapies in Iceland
Experimental Psychology mourns the sudden death of Professor Glyn Humphreys
EP researchers reveal evidence for mnemonic templates using MEG
British Academy Skills Innovator Award for EP researchers
EP researchers reveal why sometimes it's a good idea to be irrational
Kia Nobre among women leaders in science recognised by the Royal Society
OHBA receives its new fMRI scanner!!
EP researchers contribute to new elearning course on Speech and Language Impairment in Children
Dorothy Bishop wins prestigious ERC advanced grant
Jacquie Scholl wins MRC Fellowship
Oxford Experimental Psychology 2nd in world QS rankings
Oxford MSc and 4-year Doctoral Training Programme in Neuroscience celebrates 20 years
EP researchers co-awarded Wellcome Trust strategic grant to study the history of dyslexia
Masud Husain wins British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience mid-career award
Dr Jill O'Reilly wins outstanding graduate supervisor award
Language and Cognitive Development Research Group launches new website
Dr Anna Mitchell wins Wellcome Trust SRC award
Sandy Schumann wins EJSP early career paper prize
Three funding awards for EP researchers
Oxford reseachers describe how the brain tracks the motivation of others
Oxford researchers use brain imaging to understand how you navigate the London Underground
Oxford science adventures is back!
Professor Jane Mellanby made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Matthew Apps wins ESCAN Young Scientist Award
EP announces new Graduate Scholarship in memory of Glyn Humphreys
EP study shows role of medial dorsal thalamus in decision-making
Maggie Snowling awarded a CBE for her work on Dyslexia
Kia Nobre elected Honorary Fellow of New College
Gaia Scerif to give prize lecture at EPS Society Meeting in Oxford
Hannah Smithson wins Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagment with Research
Associate Professor titles granted to 3 researchers in Experimental Psychology
Mark Buckley appointed Professor of Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mark Walton awarded Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship
Oxford researchers discover brain region that supports "prosocial" behaviour
Oxford successful in two Biomedial Research Centre (BRC) bids
Kate Watkins to speak at Young Scientists Journal Annual Conference
Charles Spence to speak on "The Sensory World of Food" at the Royal Institution
New book from Professor Dick Passingham!
David Clark elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Oxford awarded funds for Wellcome Trust Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
Chris Summerfield granted ERC Consolidator Award
Tinbergen Building Closure
Experimental Psychology staff begin to move to new accommodation
Triple congratulations to Pat Lockwood
Brain diaries exhibit now on at Natural History Museum
Molly Crockett named among World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders
Congratulations to Kate Watkins, Dorothy Bishop and Saloni Krishnan for MRC grant
EP student Lev Tankelvitch wins best film at Bristol Science Film Festival
Film screening organised by Catherine Manning to mark World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd
Professor Dick Passingham interviewed by "Five Books"
Congratulations to several EP staff
Post Available: Career Development Lecturer in Perception and Advanced Methods
Professor Dorothy Bishop celebrated in portrait
Congratulations to MaryAnn Noonan for being awarded the OUSU Outstanding Tutor Award for MSD
Staff success as Brain Diaries comes runner-up in the OxTALENT Public Engagement category
Congratulations to Hannah Smithson and colleagues on securing an EU Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Network
EP Researcher Martin O'Neill takes Pavlov to the stage as part of the Pint of Science festival
Andreas Kappes celebrates success at the Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards
Brain Diaries exhibition picks up a Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Award
Kia Nobre shares her interests in and experiences of science as part of the OHBM 2017 Keynote Series
Number 1 for Psychology - it's us!!
Experimental Psychology research group ReadOxford launch a groundbreaking citizen science project!
Important milestone for Oxford Experimental Psychology announced today
Congratulations to Janette Chow, Anne Aimola Davies & Kim Plunkett on their award-winning publication
"England’s Mental Health Experiment” makes the New York Times.
Congratulations to Saloni Krishnan on winning the OSF pre-registration challenge!
Another successful UNIQ Summer School for aspiring Experimental Psychology students!
Dorothy Bishop discusses Developmental Language Disorder terminology in new RADLD film
Kate Nation talks to TES about balancing phonics and comphrension skills in early readers
Charles Spence writes for The Conversation on how to make meals more memorable
Amy Orben participates in BBC debate on social media and well-being
Congratulations to Matthew Apps on being awarded the title of University Research Lecturer
Dorothy Bishop talks about the Language Problem Language Problem in a new Oxford Impact film
Roll up, roll up! Experimental Psychology researchers prepare to take part in the Curiosity Carnival
Experimental Psychology hopes to strengthen collaborations and foster new synergies with Zoology following joint Research Symposium
Construction gets underway for new Experimental Psychology temporary home
Lovely Q&A with our Head of Department, Kia Nobre, in Neuron - Cell Press
Curiosity Carnival - a night of research to remember!
Congratulations to Matthew Rushworth on being awarded a 2017 Teaching Excellence Award
First look inside our new temporary home
Dorothy Bishop presents evidence on research integrity to Science and Technology Select Committee
Friends with unexpected benefits - working with buddies can improve performance
Official launch of the Broadbent Computer Lab
Launch of Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
Amy Orben shortlisted for TechWomen 50 Award
Introducing our new Associate Professor
A Psychology degree helps graduates wherever they go onto work
Researchers WIN new funding
Dorothy Bishop features in new Bodleian Library exhibition - The Full Picture: Oxford in Portraits
Animal research at Oxford honoured with an Openness in Public Engagement Activities Award
Congratulations to Amy Orben on winning a TechWomen50 award!
Experimental Psychology researcher Manuel Spitschan appointed as Chair of the Optical Society of America's Color Technical Group
Congratulations to Matthew Apps on being awarded a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship!
Significant new publication by David Clark published in The Lancet
Dorothy Bishop awarded two new accolades!
Matthew Rushworth promoted to position of Academic Research Leader
Martin O'Neill joins a panel of experts on BBC's Tomorrow's World LIVE: The Future of the Mind
Pre-Registration Challenge Prize for Experimental Psychology MSc project
Primary school intervention developed by Oxford researchers to be delivered by Nuffield Foundation and Oxford University Press
Experimental Psychology mourns the passing of Larry Weiskrantz
Congratulations to Lucy Bowes and MaryAnn Noon on being granted a SpringBoard Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences
Experimental Psychology mourns the passing of Anne Treisman
Gaming addiction as a mental disorder: it's premature to pathologise players
Oxford Team wins NIHR’s i4i (Invention for Innovation) Mental Health Challenge Award
Professor Anke Ehlers receives NIHR Senior Investigator Award
D.Phil. student Tanja Mueller to participate in the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Patricia Lockwood wins 2018 ESCAN Young Scientist Award
Educators praise Nuffield Early Learning Intervention
Barbara Hepworth’s Six Forms (2 x 3) on display at the Weston Library
Spring Outreach Events at EP
Experimental Psychology Away Day 2018
Oxford Experimental Psychology rated #1 Psychology course for 2019
Celebrating the life and legacy of Professor Larry Weiskrantz
Congratulations, final year students!
Experimental Psychology celebrates the first-ever LGBT+ STEM Day
EP's Julia Badger writes for The Conversation on Sats results and why the numbers don't add up
Experimental Psychology UNIQ Summer School 2018
The Big Brain Roadshow visits local schools
London International Youth Science Forum visits Oxford Neuroscience
Congratulations to Nahid Zokaei on being awarded the title of University Research Lecturer
Congratulations to Mark Walton who has been conferred the title of Associate Professor
Professor Anke Ehlers to give 2018 joint British Academy and British Psychological Society Lecture
State school students get 'in2science' at EP
Ann Dowker represents newly-established Dyscalculia Committee at House of Lords Liberal Democrats' Education meeting
Thinking of studying psychology? Come to our Open Day on 14 September!
Reseachers welcome visitors at Oxford Open Doors
EP researchers study the impact of answering questions about grief
Alumni Weekend 2018
Experimental Psychology celebrates Ada Lovelace Day
Matthew Apps awarded 2018 Early Career Award from the Society for Social Neuroscience
Researchers share their science at IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival
David Clark talks to BBC News about IAPT
Kate Watkins talks to BBC Radio Oxford on International Stammering Awareness Day
Our Head of Department, Kia Nobre, announced as recipient of Broadbent Prize 2019
Experimental Psychology DPhil student Margaret Moore wins BNS Early Career Prize
David Clark talks to the World Government Summit on the value of psychological therapies
Success at Experimental Psychology Society Awards
Award for Gastrophysics
Is child abuse on the increase?
Stroke Awareness Day packs a room full of the curious public
Exciting new open access journal now accepting submissions
‘Night-time Cat’ - a children’s book to support improved grammar understanding
Department member honoured by Royal Society
The future of children and young people’s mental health research at the University of Oxford
The online psychologist
BBC documentary on anxiety
The Planning Fallacy - Three Minute Thesis
Let’s talk about loneliness – the importance of social psychology
Sneak peek inside the Oxford BabyLab
Another successful UNIQ summer experience
Robin Dunbar and his Life Scientific
Paul Salkovskis joins the department
NIHR grant supports research into anxiety disorders in young children
Building quality, diversity and publicity for mental health research
Experimental Psychology joins forces with the Palix Foundation to share knowledge about the brain and psychological science
Psychology Today shines a spotlight on Patricia Lockwood’s research
Oxford Joins The European University of Brain and Technology Partnership
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Cathy Creswell Receives NIHR Senior Investigator Award
Message from Kia Nobre: Unfolding Departmental Response to COVID-19
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New Oxford University Research Study Will Track What Helps or Harms Adolescents’ Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis
Kia Nobre Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Nuffield Early Language Intervention Found Highly Effective in Large-Scale Trial
Co-Space Study: Interim results identify major stressors for parents during COVID-19
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Let them know you care – social disconnection worsens mental health after a loss
New OXCADAT Guidance and Resources to Help Patients Cope with Trauma after Intensive Care
Parents Not Comfortable with Children Returning to School after COVID-19 Lockdown
Supporting mental health and resilience in first responders – operational training is most effective
The neurobiology of social distance: why loneliness may be the biggest threat to survival
Managing Stress and Overcoming Anxiety Talk: Video now available
Oxford Virtual Open Days, 1-2 July
Four faculty members awarded new titles
Antibiotics Disrupt Development of the 'Social Brain' in Mice
New Programme Helps Frontline Healthcare Workers at Risk from PTSD and Depression
Andrew Saxe Named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
Nuffield Early Language Intervention – key to pupils’ COVID-19 catch-up
Enriching Engagement (Round 2) awardees announced
Impact of returning to school on adolescent mental health the subject of a new study
Raised blood pressure and diabetes alter brain structure to slow thinking speed and memory
Children and young people from low income backgrounds show elevated mental health difficulties throughout lockdown
Ambitious Oxford initiative launched to address graduate under-representation
Oxford University recognises 100-year anniversary of the formal admission of women
Cathy Creswell Awarded UKRI/NIHR Funding for Co-CAT Study
10 October is World Mental Health Day
Kate Nation elected to the Academy of Social Sciences
Kate Nation awarded a prestigious ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize
UK lockdown linked to widening disadvantage gap for babies and toddlers
EP launches new EPICS website to coincide with Oxford’s Centenary of Women
Pandemic makes EP's 3rd mental health talk, Managing Depression and Low Mood, even more timely
Return to school sees improvement in children's mental health
New website for the Life and Mind Building
Alex Hendry and colleagues team up with Home-Start Oxford to distribute outdoor clothing to disadvantaged local babies and toddlers
Manuel Spitschan to lead new network of international early-career scientists
Parental Mental Health Worse Since New National Restrictions: New report from Co-Space Study
Matthew Rushworth granted a Wellcome Investigator Award
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New Co-SPACE Report: Younger Children’s Mental Health Worse in the New Lockdown
The brain is a prediction machine: It knows how well we are doing something before we even try
Meron Haile selected for Future Leaders "Powerlist"
Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health: One Year On
EP's Athena Swan Silver Award renewed!
Future-Proofing Mental Health
Sustainable funding needed to provide nursery places
Dick Passingham's new book – Understanding the Prefrontal Cortex – is out!
Lack of Maths Education Impacts Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development
UKRI awards funding for project to research adolescent mental health and development in the digital world
Bernhard Staresina joins EP as Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Fabian Grabenhorst joins EP as new Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents and carers during school closures: A Rapid Evidence Review
Nir Shalev appointed as new departmental lecturer
Dejan Draschkow receives Early Career Excellent Teacher Award
EP celebrates 50th birthday
Shah Moore selected for BNS Undergraduate Project Prize 2021
New Policy Briefing Addresses Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic on Young People
PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic could be exacerbated by past trauma
Ground breaking ceremony signals start of construction of the Life and Mind Building
Michele Veldsman wins RAD Seed Grant
Mark Buckley and Fabian Grabenhorst awarded major MRC grant
Dorothy Bishop awarded Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Liège
Funding announced for new ESRC research centre that will transform understanding of children’s mathematics learning
Kia Nobre receives Mentor Award from Association for Psychological Science
Lucy Bowes and Robin Murphy awarded title of Professor
New research sheds light on how ultrasound could be used to treat psychiatric disorders
Kia Nobre steps down as Head of Department
New research finds mild COVID degrades attention and memory for up to nine months
In Memoriam: Oliver "Ol" Braddick
Children's Mental Health Week 2022
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Children and Young People's Wellbeing
Little understood brain region linked to how we perceive pain
UK-Japanese Collaboration Researches Mental Health Challenges Faced by Young People and their Families
Landmark New Clinical Trial Shows Benefits of Automated Virtual Reality (VR) Treatment for Severe Psychological Problems
Cathy Creswell elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
90 attend EP's first Undergraduate Hackathon!
Inspirational Non-Academic Careers Day for ECRs and Graduate Students
REF 2021: Oxford Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience excel
Anxiety Disorders Among Children, Assessment and Working with Families
Second edition now available of The Science of Reading: A Handbook
How to use the science of the body clock to improve our sleep and health
Kia Nobre awarded prestigious C.L. de Carvalho- Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science 2022
Miriam Klein-Flügge conferred the title of Associate Professor
Professor Susan Michie delivers Anne Treisman talk 2022
Hannah Murray's new book on PTSD published today
EP Gibbs Prize winners announced!
EP Graduate Davide Folloni wins prestigious Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation
Sensory Supermarket event helps businesses make public-facing spaces more inclusive for autistic people
Vocal tract imaging paper wins 2021 Editor's Award at JSLHR
Polly Waite wins NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award
New research finds language learning difficulties in children linked to brain differences
The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
New research reveals relationship between particular brain circuits and different aspects of mental wellbeing
New insights gained into how the brain encodes information about the world
Mark Walton awarded title of Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience
Black History Month: Taking steps to decolonise our curriculum
Translational Neuropsychology Group hosts Stroke Research Day in Oxford
Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
EP October party...much to celebrate!
International Stammering Awareness Day
New research finds that human brain activity can stretch in time
Sage Boettcher and Dejan Draschkow win MSD awards
Staff Census: We need you!
Geoff Bird wins EPS Mid-Career Award
Many adolescents game a lot without negative effects on their wellbeing
In Memoriam: Mark Stokes
Daniel Freeman to join EP as Professor of Psychology!
Life and Mind Building construction tops out
Community play packs inspire families to be more playful at home
Steve Kennerley joins EP as Professor of Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface
The impact of childhood and teenage anxiety disorders on later life – new research
Professor David M Clark joins Oxford Health as Non-Executive Director
Professor Kate Nation elected as Fellow to the British Academy
Brian Parkinson joins Emotion Review Editorial Team
New survey reveals that a quarter of UK adults mistrust others
What is selective mutism? And is it a lifelong condition?
Prestigious prize for Asifa Majid
Welcome Prof Shelley McKeown Jones
New online tool for child anxiety could expand access to child mental health services
Study outlines feasibility of multiple disease risk prediction model for primary care
Professor Asifa Majid honoured with a Fellowship of the British Academy
‘Coming Of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us’ - A Q&A with Lucy Foulkes
New therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders
Professor Ole Jensen appointed to Professorship of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience
Transforming Childhood Anxiety Treatment
NICE approves new digital mental health technology developed at the Department for children and young people for use in the NHS
Professor Asifa Majid awarded the International Vigdís Prize
Dr Miriam Klein-Flügge Wins Prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
Can chatbots bridge the gap in parental support? A cautious optimism
Brain acts like music box playing different behaviours
Professor Daniel Freeman recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List
David Clark and Anke Ehlers win 2024 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award for mental health research
Amy McCall wins Max Perutz Award for science communication
Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People
Free lesson plans to help young people deal with stress accredited for use in schools
The Life and Mind Building: a new home for Oxford's Biology and Experimental Psychology departments
2025 EP Engagement Ambassadors announced
British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Urges Immediate Action to Safeguard Preclinical Neuroscience in the UK
Our Brains, Our Selves
New study reveals genetic effects on cognitive health are age and sex specific
Simona Skripkauskaite awarded a fellowship with Administrative Data Research UK
Major investment from Wellcome to transform mental health treatment research for NHS
New study on how positive psychology interventions can benefit incarcerated people
Professor Sue Iversen (1940–2025)
New study reveals how the brain stores information on how people interact
New research reveals psychological ‘booster shots’ can strengthen resistance to misinformation
Balancing Reward with Threat Highlights the Interplay between Brain, Behaviour, and Individual Traits
Daniel Freeman reappointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator
Professor Asifa Majid Named 2024 AAAS Fellow
A landmark experiment published in Nature puts leading theories of consciousness to the test
Connor Keating wins Dissertation Award from the International Society for Autism Research
A systematic review identifies the reasons why ambulance employees do not seek support at work for their mental health
Cathy Creswell's ChAAMPS Study selected as a finalist for the 2025 Made With Patients Awards
Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile
New OPM-MEG brain scanner installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)
Award in memory of Dr Valeria Frighi given to psychology trainee Michael Barry
Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile
New research: "Harry Potter and the SPELL Against Bullying"
Oxford Professors Mark Walton and Stephanie Cragg celebrate publication of The Handbook of Dopamine
£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people's mental health
Identifying research priorities for severe paranoia
Laurence Hunt conferred the title of Professor
People with severe mental illness gain three times as much weight as peers, yet weight-management referrals do not increase
Oxford Researcher Wins the Prestigious 'Outstanding Doctorate of the Year' Award
Masud Husain wins 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize
Innovative Oxford child anxiety treatment to be rolled out internationally
Experimental Psychology Celebrates Multiple Teaching Excellence Awards
Experimental Psychology researchers rewarded for contributions to children and adolescent mental health
Shame a significant factor in hairpulling in young people, new study finds
Engagement Ambassador Scheme now open for applications
Emeritus Professor David Clark Receives Inaugural WCCBT Global Impact Award
Sir Paul Nurse officially opens the Life and Mind building
New study investigates cause of repetitive negative thoughts
Leading academics recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List
2026 EP Engagement Ambassadors announced
New Study Finds Storytelling Reduces Political Polarisation
Professor Kate Watkins receives 2026 Suffrage Science Award in Life Sciences
Stroke Cognition Calculator could help predict thinking problems after stroke
Oxford scientists uncover how the brain resolves emotional ambiguity
New mental health pathway for primary school children reduces anxiety problems – study shows
Professor Asifa Majid awarded Humboldt Research
Professor Masud Husain elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Oxford joins major new Educational Neuroscience centre to shape government policy

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